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Type of water to use ?
Type of water to use ?
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Feb 23 2017
10:59:46 PM
Hello, I always have used spring water for my gliders but today i noticed Primo premium drinking water and i was wondering if it is safe to use on my gliders ?
Thank you in advance

Edited by - PipersGlider on Feb 23 2017 11:07:02 PM
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Feb 24 2017
06:18:58 PM
TJones09 Goofy Gorillatoes Visit TJones09's Photo Album 3524 Posts
Pretty much just offer tap to all my pets, except for when I lived in A.J. AZ, the water was awful, so we all had bottled (any brand).
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Feb 25 2017
07:52:09 PM
Tveit_Momma Glider Visit Tveit_Momma's Photo Album 197 Posts
I would never offer my animals tap water, and I don't drink it myself either. I know too many people who have gotten sick from tap water all over the country, and these guys are very small so even an "acceptable" amount of something bad for humans would hurt the poor glider. So I give my boy bottled water, and I think any brand would be fine.
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Feb 25 2017
11:30:07 PM
Tiakristin3 Face Hugger Visit Tiakristin3's Photo Album 412 Posts
Some areas have tap water that is perfectly safe, for humans and pets. But then again, better safe than sorry, so I think bottled water would be a wise choice. The filtration process is strictly regulated. Also, the breeder I got my second glider from insisted that I not use tap water.
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Feb 26 2017
12:53:28 AM
BYK_Chainsaw Fuzzy Wuzzy Visit BYK_Chainsaw's Photo Album BYK_Chainsaw's Journal USA 1301 Posts
everything I have read shows tap and bottle water not much different. most bottled water comes from the tap anyway.
we give all our pets tap, fish, birds, gliders, dogs and cats. I have seen nothing in our city that suggest tap is bad.

funny story. a coworker was living in mexico, he always drank bottled water. Even at his girlfriends house he made sure to use their large bottled water dispenser. He was clearly instructed drinking tap in mexico would send him to the bathroom or worse.
after 4 months in mexico, one day he walked into the back yard of his girlfriends house, were he spent most of his off time, and found her dad filling the 5 gallon "bottled water" jug, with the garden hose. even thought he had not gotten sick, he started to bring his own bottled water to the house.
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Feb 26 2017
01:26:28 AM
Tiakristin3 Face Hugger Visit Tiakristin3's Photo Album 412 Posts
I had a similar experience in Mexico with "bottled" water. We were staying in a hotel that had water coolers and we were assured that the water was purified. I got horribly sick and blamed it on the food until a maintenance worker admitted that they fill the bottles from the tap. Never again
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Feb 26 2017
02:24:40 PM
PipersGlider Glider Visit PipersGlider's Photo Album USA 50 Posts
Thank you for your advice and help, I will continue to use bottled water, I know my tap water is drinkable and I have a filter but I think just using bottled water I won't have to worry about what chemicals Ect
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