I buy water bottles with water braces. They are like metal things that
protect the bottle from being destroyed by these chewing machines. Work
very well! Two thumbs up!
The Sunflower Clan-
Amy
Aveda
Juan
and No Pups!!!
Proud member of the AGS.
Aveda: Wow!!! What a great feeling, can you here and feel the difference
Juan Baby?
Juan: What do you mean?
Aveda: DUH! We don't have babies!! Good thinkin Eienstein!
Juan: Babies? We had babies? Oh ya! I thought I buried them to keep them
warm a long time ago.
Aveda: Those babies left about a week ago honey.
Juan: Uh, oooops!
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Stidham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: Arrrgh! Accursed chewers...
> You might try the water bottles I use: the capsule-shaped ones that have
> the drinking tube sticking straight out of the bottom. They're about
> $2.50 from pets.com, last time I looked. If you hang them from the cage
> lid, a couple of inches away from the side and back of the tank, there's
> absolutely no way they can be chewed on since they're suspended from a
> paperclip-like wire and the gerbils won't be able to lean on them
> without pushing them out of the way (also since they're capsule-shaped,
> there are no edges). As an added bonus, the gerbils won't be able to
> slam the bottle against the sides of the cage and make all that noise
> (they'll find other ways, I'm sure!).
>
> > > MM Chris:
> > >
> > > >Well, Frick destroyed another water bottle the other day. The first
was
> > my
> > > >fault, putting one of the flat platic ones with the ducks in it in
her
> > > >cage.
> > > >This next one she buried her wheel, used it as a ladder, and chewed
off
> > the
> > > >top. Grrrr.
>
