Leaky Bottles!!

[Mitch21]

In the last month, I've bought 5 different individual bottles (all different brands) for my ASFs but each nozzle keeps leaking... It's getting very frustrating. I've bought some from PetCo and some from Tractor Supply and no matter what, the bottle lets out a drip of water almost every second---That's a LOT of water over a short amount of time!

I have ONE nozzle that is "no leak" which is nice but it only holds 16oz of water and the bigger "no leak" designs would not mount very well on to the outside of a 55qt tub...

So does anyone have any ideas as to how to stop leaky nozzles???

[Bruce Whitehead]

Get a spring loaded bottle...

Only ones I know of are Kritter Kanteens. Not sure where to get them, but I know Deb has a link.

Bruce

[frankykeno]

I've noticed with my rodent bottles that some brands need to be held perfectly upright, others need a slight angle to achieve a nozzle that has the ball tip properly seated so the rats can drink but the bottle won't constantly drip. Try experimenting with that and see if it helps a bit.

One brand I have (sorry can't remember the name) instructs you to fill the bottle, put it in the holder then squeeze the bottle to "burp" it. Seems to work and if I forget it will leak slightly.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

3 words: Spring Loaded Bottles

[Mitch21]

Alright... Thank everyone.. I bought 2 spring loaded Critter Canteens cuz I'm leaving for spring break and NEED something that'll work out for the next 10 days....