One thing i do with the bottles i have is it press my finger against the ball before i.
Chinchilla water bottle leaking.
So i just started using a no spill watering dish that she still tips over on occasion and she is happy and still hydrated after 2 years.
It can come from a dirty waterbottle where it has cultured itself and grown to a concentration that is enough to affect the animals or it can come from the water source.
Your chinchilla should always have access to fresh water.
It does have plastic on the spout that your chin may chew on through the cage bars i found mine just nibbled it on it a bit and then didn t care after that.
Contamination of water is pretty easy to prevent and hard to fix.
Two chins will need a 16oz bottle.
I brought home a chinchilla around a week before christmas.
There are many types of water bottles available.
Published on oct 3 2012 in this video soju the mosaic chinchilla shows off how to use the water dispenser.
Once i ve put everything together i hold the bottle upright and hit the bottle from the side on the palm of my hand until bubbles come from inside so that i know the water will pass through when my chin drinks since doing those things i haven t had a problem with the bottle leaking or not letting water through level 1.
Most of the hangers that come with the bottles don t really help an elastic band will be much more effective.
Make sure your water bottle is.
Many are plastic but you can also get glass.
It drips a little as all water bottles do but overall works really well and my chin has never had any problems with it.
Don t use a bowl for your chins water as most chins won t drink from one and it will always have hay shavings and poops in it.
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At first i put a paper towel on the floor of the cage where the water bottle was leaking.
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Bacteria is the most common of contaminants in chinchillas drinking water.