Watering a veiled chameleon

[skully23]

Is well water that has softener good or not for drinking?

What water is the best to use?


*bottled water and distilled water...are they good?*


*Thanks iin advance Pssh *

 

[OOOst16]

distilled water is not good because it lacks crucial minerals....well water i wouldnt sugest unless its treated for anything forgin, and filterd,...i mean if its super clean like tap water go for it ...but only if you know its COMPLETELY 100% clean.

 

[pssh]

I prefer filtered water or tap water that has been sitting out for 24 hours at least.

 

[skully23]

well water i wouldnt sugest unless its treated for anything forgin, and filterd.

What about well water with Softener??

 

[skully23]

I prefer filtered water or tap water that has been sitting out for 24 hours at least.

Like a bottle of water...leave it sit out?

Is cold water really bad? like straight from the fridge

 

[pssh]

fill A bowl with tap water from the sink and let it sit out for a day and it should be fine. Or bottled water, but it's cheaper to do it the other way or buy a sink filter for your sink. I always warm up my misting water so it's really hot. Then when I spray it it's nice an warm. Would you want to be sprayed with 40 degree water early in the morning? Or any time for that matter?

 

[skully23]

Pssh you say fill A bowl with tap water from the sink and let it sit out for a day and it should be fine.

We have well water which we have softener run through, is that ok?

I use bottled water right now.


Does the drinking water have to be cold or warm?

 

[pssh]

I have no idea about well water... I'd imagine you'd want to boil it. Bottled water is fine though. What kind of a well is this?

Drinking water should be room temp or just barely warmer.

 

[skully23]

Never mind the well water.

I am just going to go buy the gallon jugs that have the samething as bottled water and leave it sit in my room. When I mist I will warm some of it up.

Thanks Pssh

 

[pssh]

Okay! I'm sure you can use well water if you took precautions, but it might be more hastle than it's worth for just one chameleon.

 

[jannb]

We have well water and my husband put in an RO system.

 

[OOOst16]

id just stick to the bottled water for now...just incase

 

[SS4Luck]

i just use luke warm tap water through the dripper or distilled water when i have extra from washing my car

 

[Randall]

Hmmm... well water. I grew up on a farm, and that is all we had... once in a while if something got spooky, the health dept. would have us submit a sample for testing, but that water is all that me and the chickens and pigs and kids got... well water... nothing wrong with it. The best part is, NO FLORIDE... NO chlorine.

So if it is fit for humans... it's perfect for any animals.

The concept of taking other waters (tap) and letting them 'air out' for twenty-four hours is simple... the chlorine will evaporate... just like it does in your swimming pool.

 

[JaxyGirl]

I use well water for my cham and and the rest of my zoo and everybody is doing great...
If you're really worried..take a sample to your local pet store, most will test water for free, say it's from your fish tank. If your well water is safe for fish..it will be fine for your cham.

 

[kinyonga]

Randall said..."Hmmm... well water. I grew up on a farm, and that is all we had... once in a while if something got spooky, the health dept. would have us submit a sample for testing, but that water is all that me and the chickens and pigs and kids got... well water... nothing wrong with it. The best part is, NO FLORIDE... NO chlorine.
So if it is fit for humans... it's perfect for any animals."...finally...a voice of reason!

Regarding the fact that Skully said it was softened...I don't know if the softener will affect the chameleon or not. Calcium from hard water is possibly easier ingested than from other sources....but softening the water replaces the calcium and magnesium with sodium.

This is all I could find about it...
"Hard water contains the bicarbonate and sulfate salts of calcium and magnesium. It is safe for reptiles. Softened water has calcium and magnesium replaced by sodium; it is a danger to patients on sodium-restricted diets. The role of sodium-containing softened water on bladder stones in reptiles hasn't been delineated yet, but high sodium intakes should be avoided if your chameleons have problems with the renal system, edema, or chronic stress."
http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=100

http://www.tooscaley.com/reptiles/BrazilianRainbowBoas/CaptiveCare.html
"Softened water may be detrimental to “patients” on sodium-restricted diets and demineralized and distilled water is not necessarily beneficial to reptiles (Mader, 1996). "

 

[moody232002]

i just use boiled water left to cool with some reptisafe in it

http://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/rep...conditioners-593/zoo-med-reptisafe-13121.html