Strange and disturbing mass death of babies

[ConcinusMan]

I know you're probably not saying it does, but brand makes no difference. Spring water only comes from a finite number of sources so water from the same spring can have many different brand labels. Spring water is just that. It can't say spring water on the label unless it is bottled at the source with nothing added, and it comes from natural springs fed by snow melt. Just make sure you read the label. If you don't use spring water, distilled drinking water is so pure that there are no minerals in it at all. Probably safer for snakes than most tap water.

[d_virginiana]

I know you're probably not saying it does, but brand makes no difference. Spring water only comes from a finite number of sources so water from the same spring can have many different brand labels. Spring water is just that. It can't say spring water on the label unless it is bottled at the source with nothing added, and it comes from natural springs fed by snow melt. Just make sure you read the label. If you don't use spring water, distilled drinking water is so pure that there are no minerals in it at all. Probably safer for snakes than most tap water.

Yeah, I was just specifying since a lot of times people will avoid Walmart brand because it's not the highest quality but it's cheaper than most of the others.
Is distilled okay for snakes? I've never used it for mine, but I know you can't use it for frogs because it will leach minerals out of their system.

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, I was just specifying since a lot of times people will avoid Walmart brand because it's not the highest quality but it's cheaper than most of the others.
Is distilled okay for snakes? I've never used it for mine, but I know you can't use it for frogs because it will leach minerals out of their system.

Well, I know that snakes often drink water droplets off of vegetation, either from dew or rainfall. It doesn't get much more distilled than that. Amphibians and fish are different since they don't actually drink water. It's absorbed through the skin by osmosis. This explains why it's not a good idea to use distilled water for amphibians and fish: Osmoregulation in Fish

I would think that it's OK for snakes.