Drippage is an issue.

[CardboardCastles]

Leaky water bottles.

I HATE them.

Seriously, I've bought like 6 water bottles now and EVERY SINGLE ONE drips enough to flood the corner of the cage its on. They're not all the same brand shape or size either....what do you guys use that DOESN'T leave your babies searching for higher drier ground?

 

[jorats]

Yep, I sure hate them too. It seems for me, they all leak as well. So I put in large water bowls instead of bottles.

 

[Vixxie]

mine drip to :rant: But I some what battle it buy placing a pourious stone in that corner of the cage. it kinda hleps to soakup the water and a great tool for wearing down toe nails. So instead of a lake in that corner I have a puddle :giggle:

 

[CardboardCastles]

right now I have dishes in UNDER the waterbottles to catch the leakage...it seems, though, that the only thing my girls like these bowls for is pooping in or relocating the litter from the bottom of the cage to them.

 

[lilangel]

i use the hartz water bottles and seem to work for me get them at walmart the clear one i pay $4 and the one with animals on it i pay $5.

 

[ohrats27]

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.j ... Id=2752723

these are the only kind i use. they dont have the ball, they have a little pin. my ratties all adjusted to them fast, and i've never had a problem with them. only thing that takes getting used to, when you take them off the cage to clean them, don't turn them upside down!! :wallbang: i've done this soo many times on accident. they are flip tops, so you fill them from the top, hence, they spill water if you turn them upside down. buutt, i swear by these bottles, love them! only animals i don't use them for are my guinea pigs, they are the only guys who ever made them leak, because they lean on the little plunger because they are lazy, lol.

 

[lilangel]

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2752723

these are the only kind i use. they dont have the ball, they have a little pin. my ratties all adjusted to them fast, and i've never had a problem with them. only thing that takes getting used to, when you take them off the cage to clean them, don't turn them upside down!! :wallbang: i've done this soo many times on accident. they are flip tops, so you fill them from the top, hence, they spill water if you turn them upside down. buutt, i swear by these bottles, love them! only animals i don't use them for are my guinea pigs, they are the only guys who ever made them leak, because they lean on the little plunger because they are lazy, lol.

oh i got to try those sometime too im always open to water bottles hehe you never know with them, they make you :wallbang: sometimes :wink:

 

[user 78]

I've never had a really leaky bottle that wasn't my own fault. It usually because I didn't fill the bottle all the way to the top. Even overfilling it some, so that there's a "bubble" of water, then putting the top on, is a good plan. Always check the rubber seal, make sure it's fully seated and not flipped up or anything. The angle of the bottle seems to make a difference, too. I keep mine mostly upright, with only a little bit of an angle from the spout.

 

[Delaney9940]

we use those little bird food cups, they hang on the cage. We hang one right under each water bottles. Also, we cut up an old blanket to fit each level. No more water puddles or pee puddles. Toss them in the wash and ready to use over and over. Our girls love the wall to wall carpet.

 

[PiedPiper]

we use those little bird food cups, they hang on the cage. We hang one right under each water bottles.

That's a really :goodidea:

 

[CardboardCastles]

Thats what I did with the travel cage, I drilled two little holes and attached a cup, but I dunno how I'd do it with the SP unless I bent the wires from the cup around the cage wires...I dunno

 

[lilspaz68]

I was going to suggest those Walmart bottles, I have only had a problem with 1 out of say 24? The 8 and 16 oz'ers from Walmart worked well too Cheaper than petstore...hated Hagen bottles, only got 2 to work properly.

I use bowls for some and Walmart bottles for others.

 

[Delaney9940]

here is a picture of the bird feeder thingy.

 

[CardboardCastles]

Yeah, lol, I have the exact same one in yellow in their travel cage

 

[PiedPiper]

Which is better . . . glass or plastic?

 

[CardboardCastles]

I had a glass one shatter on me, so I go for all plastic....but I always feel like glass is cleaner.

 

[user 78]

I :heart: my glass waterbottles

 

[PiedPiper]

I had a glass one shatter on me, so I go for all plastic....but I always feel like glass is cleaner.

Mine are all glass . . . I thought they would be easier to keep clean too.

 

[Prime654]

I have been reading great things about the water buddy, don't own one currently but it is on my to buy list.

 

[PiedPiper]

Hi, Prime654. You're new around here, hunh? I've never seen any of those around. Are they only available on-line? Let us know what you think if you ever get around to buying one.

And :welcome4: to the Shack!