Help!! (please read!)

well on topic I've used a bowl with guinea pigs and changed a couple times a day was usually good enough. I preferred the bottle though. My rabbit only uses a bowl but his whole cage isn't covered by shavings.

What you need is a chew guard so they don't keep ruining the bottles. If you can't buy one it really wouldn't be to hard to make something.

Ont he barrowing. you find someone to lend you the money so you can find the money to use by finding someone to give it to you or by finding something to sell. You found a way to get the money so in a way you found the money.

I was a little scared to post in here though. To get that mad over someone suggesting to use a water bowl? If they knew you what might they do to you for using one yourself if they think it's that horrible?

There are water bottles all the time at one thrift store I go to. Just bleach them really good.

I m a boy, and, do not give out my name in public or i wil really report you.

I normally don't post on the pet side, but thought I would add my $.02. I've used heavy ceramic water bowls for rodents as a temporary water source with no issues at all. Just clean them if the water gets dirty and replace the bedding if it gets soaked. The most important thing is that you should never a companion animal without a water source. An ice cube would have been better than nothing at all.

**I deleted my thought about reporting people because they had nothing to do with caring for an animal.**

man, now i am scared of the backlash if i ever need help with a problem, why is everyone so angry? if you don't like the thread, don't post in it. i don;t understand what the big deal is?

Blue Dragonfly, you only need worry about the backlash if you ask for advice and then get pissy when you don't like the advice given. There are a lot of people here with a vast wealth of knowledge, so it's easy enough to pick and choose the advice you take without being snide to the people trying to help you. :)

Blue dragonfly is right, buy a water bottle nozzle you can screw onto any soda bottle. You'll have the nozzle a long time and can change bottles anytime.

Reggie,

I have had rodents that chewed through water bottles, too. It IS frustrating ... seems mine always did it at 10:00 pm after all the stores closed.

For a temporary fix, should the situation ever arise again, YES, use duct tape!

For a permanent fix, there are several, most already mentioned, that I have used in the past with good results: buy a glass or metal water bottle instead of plastic;buy a metal guard sold at pet stores or just get a thin piece of metal, drill holes in the corners and attach it to the bars of the cage between the bottle and cage, or buy the attachements that can be screwed into normal plastic bottles.

a gerbil is a desert animal??

yes but desert rodents generally get some water daily from dew when it gets cold at night.

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Originally Posted by buttercup132

That's still not alot. If you can't afford that you can't afford your pet. A water bottle is a nessecity (sp?) if you can't provide that how can you provide all the other stuff he NEEDS.

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So, if I'm ever in a tough time financially for a week or so (let's play pretend), I don't deserve to have a pet? Hm.....

Hopefully THIS emergency is over by now but I must say the suggestion about an ice cube is brilliant. It's moisture. It can't hurt the little critter. Perfect temporary solution if the need should rise again.

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Originally Posted by BC_MoM

So, if I'm ever in a tough time financially for a week or so (let's play pretend), I don't deserve to have a pet? Hm.....

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I don't think that's what anyone was saying. I think any of us here, no matter how tough the financial spot we were in, could come up with $10 (through borrowing or whatever) for something out pets NEEDED. Water is not optional for gerbils, it's a NEED.

Ok, I understand now. :)

Dude, i borrowed $10. So, its over. And, if this ever happens ever again, i will try using an ice cube or duct tape.

wow, $10! I think I saw the cheapest here was $3.59 - for the smallest bottle. yikes.

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.. if this ever happens ever again, i will try using an ice cube or duct tape.

ice cube would freeze his little poor tongue! :) and I've tried (clear) duct tape, and it doesn't work well. :(

but what my prince mendo is having for now is a mountain dew. :D (he chewed the store bottle for third time recently. :rolleyes: .. ) you may try it and it works the same! excellent. just make sure you rinse and rinse it well before putting in fresh water. :)

sorry this happened, annoying I know!