>> Kicking litter on their water? Do you use open bowls instead
>> of a water bottle?!?!?
>
>No I'm using water bottles, but I have about 3 inches of litter in the tank
>(I'll be posting some of my tank setups soon btw) for the gerbils to burrow
>and make tunnels in. This means that they sometimes kick it into a
>mountain of say 6 inches. If that happens to be where the water bottle is,
>then the litter touches the tip and it drips.
I would move the bottle to a usually clear area then....so they would
be less likely to mound it and make it drip....
>> I usually do a daily water change, filling a 10 oz lixit bottle about
>> half full. Otherwise it can get 'slime' growing in it.... I know I'd
>> rather drink water that's a bit fresher than when the bottle goes
>> dry (about four days or so)
>
>Is the slime something that is visible? Unless there is something I've put
>in the water (e.g., medication), the water always looks clear even if left
>for a week or more.
Run your finger inside the bottle after emptying it. If it feels like the
inside wall of an aquarium that's been up for awhile, that is what
I'm talking about. It isn't visible until it starts turning green....which
can happen.
All waterbottles get the monthly swish in soapy water and exceedingly
well rinse rinse; and the daily water change keeps the slime down. It
also allows me to catch where somebody chewed a miniscule hole
in their bottle that's allowing dripping, or something jamming up the
mechanism....causing the bottle to leak or not deliver water.
Besides, with the gerbies, this allows them to play 'crawl on the human'
while I am working on their cage...<g>
>Donna
Deb
Rebel's Rodent Ranch
