home made water bottles?

[pliskin]

I was thinking of following this tutorial http://www.egerbil.com/waterbottles.html to make some extra water bottles since I've got a few more ASF's now since I've had several litters.

When I saw this , I thought it would be worth a try instead of buying the bottles for $5 each.

I was just wondering if anyone else has tried this before. I'm concerned about the spout they used , though. its made out of plastic , and I think my ASF's would chew this to bits in no time.

[pliskin]

anyone know where I can find some metal tubing like they have in the store bought water bottles in this picture?

[suzuki4life]

walmart has little cheap bottles...use them for awhile and when they get chewed up, use them for parts...


that is the cheapest source.

[tomfromtheshade]

There are also places that sell just the nozzles that you can attach to soda bottles.

[FIEND_FO_LYFE]

Beanfarm.com sells water bottle tubes, and rubber stoppers.

[pliskin]

There are also places that sell just the nozzles that you can attach to soda bottles.

got a link , or a name to some of those places?

[pliskin]

Beanfarm.com sells water bottle tubes, and rubber stoppers.

I just checked their site, I may try there, depending how much they charge for shippng , as I'm in Canada.

[suzuki4life]

I just checked their site, I may try there, depending how much they charge for shippng , as I'm in Canada.

that's the thing...by the time you pay for shipping it all costs the same.

Been down this road.

[Muskrat24]

Whats stopping the water to drip out? The instructions said you could use the spout off of a old waterbottle but they were just using a piece of plastic pipe?

[suzuki4life]

Whats stopping the water to drip out? The instructions said you could use the spout off of a old waterbottle but they were just using a piece of plastic pipe?

I use them for asf and gerbils


get a jar with the screw on top like the write up on egerbil...


when they chew the bottle I cut the spout area plastic (the part that has female threads) off the rubber internal stopper....

I drill a hole in the metal lid of the jar....and then just silicone the stopper and spout into the jar lid.

A holder can be anything from an actual bottle holder to some wire you wrap around it and use silicone to keep it in place....


I have used wire and tape(heavy clear packing tape) to make holders already they work fine.

Bottles I sourced from Walmart were roughly $2 each.,....use them while they last and build as a last resort.