home made water bottles?

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.

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

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/img_0095.jpg

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


that is the cheapest source.

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

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

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Originally Posted by tomfromtheshade

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

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

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Originally Posted by FIEND_FO_LYFE

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

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

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Originally Posted by pliskin

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

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

Been down this road.:snake::gj:

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?

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Originally Posted by 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?

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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.

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Originally Posted by 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?

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what stops the water?

on modern bottles they are a ball valve...

on older units, they worked off a vacuum concept

and if you want heavy duty water bottles and food hoppers....

3" PVC drainage pipe and ends


for a water bottle...use a sipper valve with threaded end

pipe with end...drill end to accept the sipper valve

asf's...I would put the bottle right through the lid so i didn't have to go into the cage to fill it

for a food hopper: 3" pipe, 1/2" wire mesh and a big hose clamp..once again, I would run it down through the lid so i can fill it outside the cage

just cut a hole through the mesh top of the lid and use a single bolt through the pvc pipe so it dangles/swings.

could you post a picture of that?

I always like to see others setups, to see if I could make improvements.

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Originally Posted by pliskin

could you post a picture of that?

I always like to see others setups, to see if I could make improvements.

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my stuff is all racks now.

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Originally Posted by pliskin

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

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/img_0095.jpg

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www.mcmaster.com

Pitoon

hey, thanks Pitoon.

that's a cool site, tons of stuff. pretty pricey , though.

I've decided, however, to just buy a automatic watering kit instead. it may just be worth the extra money instead of filling bottles all the time.

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Originally Posted by suzuki4life

for a food hopper: 3" pipe, 1/2" wire mesh and a big hose clamp..once again, I would run it down through the lid so i can fill it outside the cage

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I had problems with smaller asfs fitting through 1/2 inch mesh so I had to go with 1/2 x 1/4 for the food part and 1/4x1/4 for the rest of it.