water bottles

[sue 1]

I have always tried covering water bottles to stop them going green ,well im impressed with my new covering ive made

[Kay 3,709]

i have to do mine regular Sue just stick a bit of rice in the bottle & some water , give it a shake & its nice & clean

[sue 1]

ive had this on for two weeks now ,its clean as a whistle inside . Im just wondering if it will stop it freezing in the winter its got bubble wrap in between 2 pieces of fabric i might stick a bottle in the freezer and see what happens

[Jack NUFC 1]

would a couple of socks work do you think? good idea

[COMPO 54]

i personally have grown to detest water bottles..........mine have a heavy duty ceramic bowl as well as a bottle, they drink from the bowl first and only use thebottle when all the other water is gone

 

i remember a thread on another forum about water and ferrets and someone with vetinary experience stated why ferrets cant drink fast enough from a bottle and to keep them correctly hydrated bowls are better

 

also the water in thebottle always seems warm, where as the water in thebowl always seems cooler?

 

 

Get a big round heavy ceramic dog bowl and be kinder to your ferrets.

[sue 1]

mine have big dog bowls in their runs but i am baby sitting a couple of ferrets for a month and they are in a cage and i got fed up struddling to clean the bottles

[Lilyferret 0]

i personally have grown to detest water bottles..........mine have a heavy duty ceramic bowl as well as a bottle, they drink from the bowl first and only use thebottle when all the other water is gone

 

i remember a thread on another forum about water and ferrets and someone with vetinary experience stated why ferrets cant drink fast enough from a bottle and to keep them correctly hydrated bowls are better

 

also the water in thebottle always seems warm, where as the water in thebowl always seems cooler?

 

 

Get a big round heavy ceramic dog bowl and be kinder to your ferrets.

I don't like water bottles either. Used them for a few years, then started wondering if they were actually drinking enough to compensate for all the dried food they were eating. So started using bowls instead and have used them ever since.

Good idea to have a bottle as a backup though

 

Now mine aren't eating any dried food though, they drink very little water anyway, because most of what they need is in their food.

 

Nice cover Sue. Hope it works well

[Corky(amateur) 0]

I have a water bottle and a drink thing that avery owners use for quails. you fill it, thgen tip it upside down with the lid on. works well as they're to heavy to tip and ferrets can't fill it with crap from the cage.

http://www.kingstonfeedandfarm.com/Poultry%20feeder.jpg

[Corky(amateur) 0]

they work great mate

[Kay 3,709]

Are the chicken feeders fairly sterdy as mine tend to trash everything & tip dishes up

[The one 8,511]

i personally have grown to detest water bottles..........mine have a heavy duty ceramic bowl as well as a bottle, they drink from the bowl first and only use thebottle when all the other water is gone

 

i remember a thread on another forum about water and ferrets and someone with vetinary experience stated why ferrets cant drink fast enough from a bottle and to keep them correctly hydrated bowls are better

 

also the water in thebottle always seems warm, where as the water in thebowl always seems cooler?

 

 

Get a big round heavy ceramic dog bowl and be kinder to your ferrets.

 

mine take great delight in digging at the bottom of the bowl till they move it and empty it .My son reckon's a poultry drinker is the way to go but as there plastic i reckon the ferrets will trash one in a week .

[Meerihunter 7]

I prfer the poultry drinkers I have bottles aswell and they are less mess with the wood shavings than the drinkers I used the drinkers outside in the run and bottle for the inside section. As for them being stable, I had 9 ferrets working on one when it was first put in and the didn't manage to tip it so I'd they are fairly stable.

[The one 8,511]

At present i've got double the amount of water bottles i need and use a bit of chain from a sink plug half full of water and a couple of shakes and there clean again

[Guest on the hill]

lol my ferrets allways empty the bottles when they claw at the hutch :realmad:

[COMPO 54]

i personally have grown to detest water bottles..........mine have a heavy duty ceramic bowl as well as a bottle, they drink from the bowl first and only use thebottle when all the other water is gone

 

i remember a thread on another forum about water and ferrets and someone with vetinary experience stated why ferrets cant drink fast enough from a bottle and to keep them correctly hydrated bowls are better

 

also the water in thebottle always seems warm, where as the water in thebowl always seems cooler?

 

 

Get a big round heavy ceramic dog bowl and be kinder to your ferrets.

 

mine take great delight in digging at the bottom of the bowl till they move it and empty it .My son reckon's a poultry drinker is the way to go but as there plastic i reckon the ferrets will trash one in a week .

 

 

My bowl is about 9 inches accross, and very thick , plus it has straight sides and a very thick bottom, its the size of bowl a person would buy a great dane, plus when full of water, even when i had 7 ferrets they didn't move it!!!

 

I also reckon a poultry drinker would work as long as it was full to add weight!

 

sawdust/shavings will get in but you should be checking/cleaning out often enough to stop that being a problem, also i use very little shavings in my run, i purely put it in the toilet corner to absorb piss!

Edited May 19, 2008 by COMPO