Thanks, Deb. I'll do that with the bottle. In the meantime, they seem to like the bowl. They have three levels... the bottom level had the bedding, their "timber hideaway" box, their "coconut cabana" and their plastic kitty ball with the bell in it that they play with. Level 2 has a glass bowl off food, and the ice/water bowl. Level three is just a spacious place to stretch out/wrestle in. :) Tam Deb Rebel wrote: > >I'm glad someone brought this up. I'm on water bottle number 3 and it's > >not releasing water satisfactorily. (I don't know why. > > It's better to use a waterbottle than an open bowl, else they can > kick gunk in it and use it for a toilet. Plus if you have little ones > in there, they could crawl in and drown. > > If the bottle isn't flowing right, it means there is probably something > up in the steel ball valves that is causing sticking, especially of > the upper ball. > > Take the bottom assembly, turn the water faucet on low, and stick > it in the waterflow drinking end up, and rattle the upper ball inside > the lid part with a fingertip for awhile, getting water to go through > the whole thing backwards. This will often flush out gunk that is > causing flow problems. > > I can also have stuff like bedding get between the two valves and > a backflush like this can sometimes dislodge it. If that doesn't work > then turn it drinking end down and try flushing it out that way, again > manipulating the lowest ball with a fingertip. > > Good luck. > > Deb R.
