Watering system.

K so thinking of auto water feeders, but I was wondering if instead of doing it the way I see it. Can I take the bucket and tubing and branch off from that tubing into the top of a normal rat water bottle? Just stick it far enough into the top so it keeps it filled up an doesn't fall out at the same time? I'm wondering because I have a ton of those bottles and I also seem to pick breeder males that like to chew on what ever they can pull into their tubs. They have blocks in there to chew but give them a water hose an they'll goto town on it in a second ha. So was just wondering if any of you do it this way? Hope I made sense I tend to ramble, an didnt wanna hijack someone else's thread :)

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Originally Posted by carlson

K so thinking of auto water feeders, but I was wondering if instead of doing it the way I see it. Can I take the bucket and tubing and branch off from that tubing into the top of a normal rat water bottle? Just stick it far enough into the top so it keeps it filled up an doesn't fall out at the same time? I'm wondering because I have a ton of those bottles and I also seem to pick breeder males that like to chew on what ever they can pull into their tubs. They have blocks in there to chew but give them a water hose an they'll goto town on it in a second ha. So was just wondering if any of you do it this way? Hope I made sense I tend to ramble, an didnt wanna hijack someone else's thread :)

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I don't think it would work because the bottles need to have a vacuum or else they'll leak. If they were attached to a gravity feeder, it couldn't hold that vacuum.

The auto water systems has clips that prevent the tubes from being pulled in. Otherwise I would have the same issue as you with rats pulling in their water lines.

Here are the clips
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...f/IMAG1166.jpg

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Nice! I never seen that part :) thank you never mind about this then haha answered perfectly.

No problem. Some people don't use them, but I definitely need them. If not, all my tubs would be flooded daily. Haha.

Reptilebasics carries them.

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K ill look into them next check :) flooding is what I worried about too mainly in my males tubs tho... They like to chew an pretty sure their too lazy to work at keeping their heads above water for too long haha

+1 on those clips. I almost didn't get them when I ordered the stuff for the first system, but ended up being very glad I did. They aren't what i would call cheap considering what you get but it's worth it for the convenience.