does anyone know any good low sided alternatives to plant sauce water dishes? i've been getting a bunch of seepers lately that slowly lose water as if they are porous
alternatives to terracotta sauce water dish?
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it's a big pain the butt isn't it? i've seen plastic saucers but don't seem like they'd have enough grip to climb in and out of
I can't think of anything sorry mine don't seep but if they did I would put up with it personally. I don't honestly think you find anything that is non-porous that doesn't but it will be interesting to see what others think
well these are so porous that they seep out in about 2 hours my red foot gets soaked 3 times a week but still he loves his water dish
Get the ones that are glazed. They won't seep water. If they seem too slippery for the size tort you may have, add a flat rock or tile to it
the ones i have are glazed supposedly
If they are glazed, there should be no way they can leak. Are you sure its evaporation from the heat?
Mine seep too but they last for a while first.
yeah it's not near the heat source and i hit the water and dish with my temp gun and it comes up as 80 which is about the ambient temp overall
I use a plastic pie-type pan that I got on clearance at Wal-Mart. It is probably 18 or so inches in diameter and shallow, plastic, and it works great. It also came with a lid, so I really got 2. This kind of thing is usually in with the plastic "summer" type picnic dishes.
I use plastic plant saucers and also plastic food plates used for little kids.
how big are your animals going in and out of the plastic plant saucers? i've been worried about them being to slick or leaching chemical's out
A pic to show the difference.
The dark color ones are not glazed either but are made of a different type of clay. They hold water much better than the old type.I got mine at walmart, they are mixed in with the regular old color ones and are the same price, These are the 4 inch size but they have the larger ones also.
The dark color ones are not glazed either but are made of a different type of clay. They hold water much better than the old type.I got mine at walmart, they are mixed in with the regular old color ones and are the same price, These are the 4 inch size but they have the larger ones also.
mine looks like the one on the left. i wonder if it's possible for the glaze to just gradually break down over time?
You could use a paint roller tray..
Not that I know of, unless maybe if you are washing it with bleach or something, then maybe. I have both glazed and unglazed. i had one unglazed that would seep out, the other unglazed hasn't. Most come from Home Depot. Maybe it's just depending on the quality of clay from one store to the next. The glazed ones have never seeped. They are glazed on the inside, nice and shiny smooth. Pie dishes would work good for a tort that can't break them. Stones in the bottom will help to get out if your tort has a problem with it.
If yours is that left one, that's not glazed. The glazed ones look like they've been coated with clear nail polish LOL and they are usually colored. I've had red, white and green.
I still think a paint roller tray will work very well for you. Shadow beach leading to a deeper pool, what more could a redfoot want?
