4 oz. I use these too, with never a problem. Never had one get stuck,
either. I have a few that are different brands, and they get stuck now and
then. I have to check them daily. Well, I would do that anyway. :)
Jill wrote:
> I have always used the 4 oz (maybe they're 5oz, I'm not sure) Oasis Bell
> Bottles and have never had a problem. They have never leaked and I have
> never had one destroyed by a chew-crazy gerb.
> Jill
>
> > >I have another one as a follow-up to how often water
> > >bottle water should be changed.. I have an 8 oz water
> > >bottle and it seems I waste a lot of water changing it
> > >every day or even every two days.
> >
> >
> > Wasting water? Unless you're putting medication in
> > it, just dump it out into a plant or something if you're
> > bothered about it all.
> >
> > If you're medicating, then just mix 4 oz of it at a
> > time and only partly fill the bottle.
> >
> > >Should I return the 8 oz and buy a 4 oz instead? What
> > >sizes do you guys have?
> >
> >
> > I use 10 ounce Lixit, with a few 10 ounce Quick Quench (almost
> > identical looking) bottles for almost everything. A few 5 oz
> > bottles from same manufacturers were for retrofitting varous
> > cage setups from the drippy leaky things they were supplied
> > with, or as one for those (i.e., Sam Safari) that don't come
> > with a bottle. [I swear the Sam 'canteen' bottles are about
> > the worst ones ever made. You cannot get them to do anything
> > but drip out in about fifteen minutes after you fill them.]
> >
> > And if you can't retrofit a setup with a 5 oz Lixit bottle, it's
> > because it's too small to hold an animal.
> >
> > When dumping, I would dump into the aquarium sumps (we
> > have our tanks on continuous feed drip with overflow so we
> > don't have to change water) that drain out into the flowerbeds
> > outside. So, no 'wasted' water.
> >
> > Daily water bottle changing is good, it helps with cutting
> > the slime and algae and mold growing in the bottle. A
> > weekly rinse, and a monthly soapy warm water scrub with
> > bottle brush and a very good rinse, keeps bottles clean.
> >
> > Deb
> > Rebel's Rodent Ranch
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