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Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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Princesslinlin
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I have read many sites that say gliders have to have bottled water because of the chlorine, lead and fluoride levels of tap water. I err on the side of caution but was wondering if this is true.
Mommy to two human children Eldin and Jaron, a hound named Molly and a gorgeous glider named Noel and her soon to be playmate Patrick will be coming home soon.
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
[Re: Princesslinlin]
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The filtered or bottled water comes into play most if you are already concerned about your local water supply for some reason or if you are on well water or something, where contamination is more likely. We had a notice from our water company last year that water may not be safe and they recommended boiling any water before consuming and then we got a notice that chlorine levels were going to be ridiculously high for a few days. During this time I went out and bought spring water for the gliders. Otherwise they are on city tap.
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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i uae a berkey filter for gliders and us. it filters out flouride, chlorine, lead, and other chemicals and puts the minerals back in the water. we actually taste a differance between tap water and berkey filtered water. I agree! I have a berkey as well and thats all I use for my family and pets.
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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I agree, filtered or bottled water is mostly just if you know there is higher levels of additives in your water. I live in town and find the water to tastes strongly of iron, so i decided to buy bottled for my guys until i get a filter of some sort. I've heard if the water has high levels of chlorine their urine will smell stronger, but not sure if that is true. I think as long as you cant taste/smell any sulfur or chlorine, it should be alright. you could always let it sit in the fridge or on the counter for 12 hours before giving it to them, as it lets air get to the water and some of the chemicals evaporate, like you do when trying to make the water safer for fish in a fishtank. (atleast that's what we do here for the fish)
Proud owner of two lovely Glider boys!
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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04/08/13 06:40 PM
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I live in a different part of the city now than I did 4yrs ago. Back then I bought bottled water for myself, my dog and bird because the water tasted awful. Where I live now has a different water supply, hubby got it professionally tested because he make homebrew beer, and it was rated AAA+ the best you can get anywhere even better than bottled water! So we all drink the tap water.
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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I live in the country and while my husband and I drink our well water I always worry about what's in it for my fur babies so everyone (except the dogs because they drink like fish) gets bottled water in my house.
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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Everyone drinks tap water at my house.
Proud Mom of: 2 grown human babies 2 canine babies 1 shell covered baby (turtle) 1 turbo rat baby (ferret) 7 spoiled glider babies I think I have a house full!!!
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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I don't mean to dig up a topic that hasn't been used in a little bit, so I'm sorry if I'm messing up ;~;
I am a soon to be first time glider mommy, and my logic for choosing bottled/purified/filtered water is this:
Both my parents have sleep apnea machines, that require bottled/purified water, and I currently grow a pot of plants [venus flytrap, pitcher plant, etc] that have explicit instructions to use purified water also.
It costs about 50 cents for a gallon bottle of it here, so.. it's not going to break my bank to get some for my babies [when I finally have them home <3]
Personally, I drink tap water, as do our cats and dog, and they've had it for years, with no problems, but since gliders are considerably smaller, I'd rather not run the risk. [I'm currently obsessing over information gathering, so I guess maybe I'm being way to overprotective, or overthinking things too much..]
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Tabby - Pomeranian Neko, Jamie and Moose - Cats Freya - Glider girl
Soon: Izanami and Izanagi - Glider couple [male neutered]
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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Where I lived in MD we had good water, everyone drank it. Now where live we don't, so bottled it is for everyone.
Lives with: 1 God 1 dog, (Willow) 1 Sugie, (Ollie) R.I.P. Lulu (2/28/12-10/13/17) R.I.P. Skadoosh (2/28/12-3/26/18)
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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Hi, Princesslinlin! When I first made an appointment with my veterinarian, she went though a mental list of questions while checking my baby over (he was my first rescue)-- and after our q&a session she told me that I should only give Bandit filtered water. I should explain this was my first appointment with her EVER, and Bandit was my FIRST sugar glider. She continued to explain the best water plan was also to provide a water bottle as well as open water attachment (to the cage for safety), and that I should replace the open water with fresh, filtered water everyday. This plan was to give him an option to which he wanted to use, and a chance never to get dehydrated. (Since suggies can get dehydrated easily.) It could be simply for my area, but even to my tastes the tap water is strange. (I seriously believe I am that child from the movie "Signs"-- except all grown up. This water tastes funny! lol) This is my two cents, and I still continue to do this every day. Bandit has two other friends now, but they absolutely love the open, filtered water; they drink at least half every night! And even still from the bottles I have set up near their food.
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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05/10/14 07:30 PM
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I have well water but it is filtered.
Donna & Bob, One Miniature American Eskimo dog, Chula; Six Gliders, Chip & Dale, Caspian & Ceridwen, Sasha & Stubby.
RIP Betty, my love.
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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05/30/14 10:56 AM
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I use the HUGE jugs of Zephyrhills filtered water for my babies lol Tried using different types and this is their favorite... Can you say spoiled?! lol
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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My three have had tap water only for the four years that they have been with me and are doing great. We are lucky to have good water which the entire family drinks!
Sharon Mom to: Zeva & Zoey Cooper- Our wonderful Bichon! Daughters, Lauren & Jennifer(all grown up) Hubby & best friend, Paul
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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07/28/14 03:38 AM
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My husband and I refuse to drink, or give our human and fur kids, tap water. If we had a well, we'd certainly drink from the tap. But because of the chlorine and fluoride (mostly just because of the fluoride), we do the best we can to not use it at all. If it weren't for that, I still wouldn't, because a friend of mine had her heart rat die from a chlorine spike in the city's water. Also, if we had the water tested, and it didn't contain fluoride or other things of this sort, we'd definitely drink it.
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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03/23/15 12:52 PM
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It definitely depends on your water supply, some is safe some not. Here in MD, everywhere I've lived the tap was good water and safe for even small pets, fish included (although I'd let fish sit for several hours before changing, that's how I was instructed). When I lived in AZ, where I lived and worked the water was awful and I couldn't even drink it, so bottled water was used all around.
Lives with: 1 God 1 dog, (Willow) 1 Sugie, (Ollie) R.I.P. Lulu (2/28/12-10/13/17) R.I.P. Skadoosh (2/28/12-3/26/18)
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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NO NO NO NO NO sry no do NOT, I repeat DO NOT!! feed your sugar gliders distilled water. Distilled water is far more put then boiled water. Boiled water only kills bacteria. To distil water you must collect the evaporation from the boiling process and place that into a clean container. Distillation leaves behind all chemicals that may have been added to tap water which is great. However, the process of distillation also removes all natural minerals found in water. One of the biggest issues with drinking distilled water for a long period of time is that natural water has a very specific types of ions of certain minerals which cannot be found in other foods.
Therefore lack of those ions in the body:
-increases diuresis, body water volume, and serum sodium concentrations -decreases serum potassium concentration -increases the elimination of sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and magnesium ions from the body
Not only are these things dangerous to humans (since we also have a specific cal:ph ratio) if it can throw off our ratio, which is nowhere near as sensitive as a glider's, I would be very terrified as the how quickly it can through of a sugar glider's
If drinking distilled water for long periods of time, there are products you can purchase to fortify that water, but they are expensive and not designed for a glider's ratio.
Mum to Eva & Brie Bengals Nala & Simba Gecko Galileo Galilee & 4 babies Hedgehog Gandalf Chihuahua Milou Bettas Pablo Picasso & M.C. Escher Cockatiel Charles Darwin Suggies Tesla, Ollie & Akbar The Great Loki & Kaiya Grace Kelly Omeo Audrey Hepburn
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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05/12/15 01:47 PM
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I used to be really crazy about bottled water for myself and my pets, because I grew up in an area that had crappy water. But since the water here is really pure, I just do tap for all of us now. Seems to work well. You can download EPA reports online if you're really concerned and see how your city scores on water purity.
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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Wow, really? I only buy distilled water. I had no idea it was bad for me or my babies!
Anna Bonkers Doodles Joojoob, Nilla, & Rolly -Always in my heart
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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04/09/16 12:01 PM
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we only drink bottled water here. smart or fiji water. in michigan here, lead is a big problem in the flint area, but where we are at in roseville, the water comes out brown some times.
i have also read that lead was found in the drinking water, at schools, in new jersey.
with fracking going wrong, etc. our water systems are being poisoned. i would def. advise using a good filter system or drinking good bottled water.
regards, nancy in roseville (formerly in detroit)
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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12/29/17 04:38 PM
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I am using filtered tap from the fridge but was setting my tap out to allow it to "gas off" the chlorine. I called the water company and our local water uses chlorine. If your water supplier is using chloramine, there will be an issue as the chloramine will not gas off. As far as fridge water-unless you buy the more expensive filters, the only thing they filter are basically the chlorine.
Last edited by Claralice; 12/29/17 04:39 PM.
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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If your tap water is safe for human consumption, then it is safe for gliders. No need to let it sit out the counter to gas off, boil it or anything else.
In fact, if using tap water from your home, I would suggest taking that same water when you travel so your gliders won't have any tummy issues just like we sometimes do when we travel
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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12/30/17 03:04 PM
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Good to know! I will keep the water for trips in mind as we intend to visit my BIL in the summer.
Freddie and Barnabus Caramel neutered males
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Re: Gliders can ONLY have bottled water.
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We have well water at home that gets tested 4x a year. It tastes delicious. And I give this to the girls.
While on the road, I keep some in the fridge for them, and when it runs out, I buy spring water. Not purified. Springwater has all the minerals left in. This is just my prefrence.
We travel with work a minimum 9 months out of the year with a 5th wheel in tow...
Right now we are in Mississippi. The water here is soft, but smells like mud.
Dawn Be patient, and Trust your journey.... Grace Ruby Mom Dad Fiona, Dot and Stewie wish I could turn back time... Miss you
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I get a couple gallons of spring water and use that for my girls. We have a fridge with filtered water, but for human consumption I get water from a Water Store. 4 filtered 5 gallon bottles for $10. Can't beat that at it tastes great! But for my girls, they get Poland Spring and nothing else.
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