Filtered Water

Ellie-May

Ellie-May

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Hi everyone,

I am currently giving my baby boars water from the tap as giving them bottled water every day would work out really expensive for me. However, I am aware that too much calcium can cause kidney stones and I would like to prevent that. Does anyone recommend any cheap filtered jugs?
 
Ellie-May said:
Hi everyone,

I am currently giving my baby boars water from the tap as giving them bottled water every day would work out really expensive for me. However, I am aware that too much calcium can cause kidney stones and I would like to prevent that. Does anyone recommend any cheap filtered jugs?
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I use a Brita filter jug. It's not ideal but bottled water for my many piggies is too expensive; I haven't had any bladder stones in 6 years in combination with a balanced diet like we recommend in our diet guide and only a tablespoon of pellets per piggy per day.
 
Wiebke said:
I use a Brita filter jug. It's not ideal but bottled water for my many piggies is too expensive; I haven't had any bladder stones in 6 years in combination with a balanced diet like we recommend in our diet guide and only a tablespoon of pellets per piggy per day.
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I have reduced their two tablespoons of pellets per piggy to one tablespoon per piggy. Over time bottle water would just be too expensive, unfortunately :( How long do the filters last? I have heard that filters can be quite expensive
 
Ellie-May said:
I have reduced their two tablespoons of pellets per piggy to one tablespoon per piggy. Over time bottle water would just be too expensive, unfortunately :( How long do the filters last? I have heard that filters can be quite expensive
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Depending on what you are buying, they are not quite cheap but a filter lasts around 2 months (irrespective of what the jug tells you).
 
Hi, my boar had a bladder stone removed a few months ago and I had a conversation with my vet about water, food etc. My vet recommended filtered water and not bottled water, as it can contain more calcium than tap water, depending where the bottled water is from. I've been using a Brita jug for a while now and wouldn't use anything else.
 
I use a wilko jug, the filters are cheaper, and I know that they work, because I use it for kettle water, and my kettle stays spotless. I have very hard water
 
daveclark79 said:
Hi, my boar had a bladder stone removed a few months ago and I had a conversation with my vet about water, food etc. My vet recommended filtered water and not bottled water, as it can contain more calcium than tap water, depending where the bottled water is from. I've been using a Brita jug for a while now and wouldn't use anything else.
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That is very true
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
I use a wilko jug, the filters are cheaper, and I know that they work, because I use it for kettle water, and my kettle stays spotless. I have very hard water
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I saw the wilko one when I was looking and it was really good value for money..I'm just unsure..I might stick to tap until I can go to the shops to buy one
 
Ellie-May said:
I saw the wilko one when I was looking and it was really good value for money..I'm just unsure..I might stick to tap until I can go to the shops to buy one
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Brita have a better lid, with the digital life bar on it. That tells you how much life you have in it. I didn't know you could get 2 months out of them, I was doing 1 month.

I got the wilko one because my Brita lid snapped when I dropped it. The wilko filters themselfes have a date chart on them. You just line the arrow up inside the filter jug, with the correct month on the filter. Bit of. A basic idea, but it's ok
 
Wiebke said:
We make it very clear in our forum guide and in our advice that we only recommend low calcium bottled water as an alternative to filtering.
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Yeah I will be buying a filter this week, but luckily (for now) I live in a soft to slightly hard area
 
Wiebke said:
We make it very clear in our forum guide and in our advice that we only recommend low calcium bottled water as an alternative to filtering.
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The bottled water I have is 4% per 100ml and there are 500ml per bottle but I give the piggies 400lm in each bottle and they don't drink all of that are hardly half..is that okay?
 
Ellie-May said:
The bottled water I have is 4% per 100ml and there are 500ml per bottle but I give the piggies 400lm in each bottle and they don't drink all of that are hardly half..is that okay?
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I have 600ml bottle's
 
Ellie-May said:
The bottled water I have is 4% per 100ml and there are 500ml per bottle but I give the piggies 400lm in each bottle and they don't drink all of that are hardly half..is that okay?
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Guinea pigs can drink anything between nothing at all to over 300 ml in a day and it is OK as long as that is their individual 'normal'.
More about drinking and what to look out for/when to see a vet in our bottle and drinking guide: All About Drinking And Bottles
 
I have a filter attached to my refrigerator door, that's what I give my piggies for water.

Don't forget that piggies get a little water from veggies too.
 
AutumnThePig said:
I have a filter attached to my refrigerator door, that's what I give my piggies for water.

Don't forget that piggies get a little water from veggies too.
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Yeah I’m not worried about the water intake, just trying to prevent anything happening
 
Good morning, we are looking into fitting a filtered water tap to the sink. Around £15 on Ebay and the filter bottles are quite cheap and last for around 6 months.
 
Mine have been on filtered water since we got a new fridge freezer last year with a bulit in water dispenser... our filters are costly at about £70 for 2! But they do last about 5-6 months - depending on how much we all drink as a family... our water is hard as you can see it round the taps!
 
artcasper said:
Mine have been on filtered water since we got a new fridge freezer last year with a bulit in water dispenser... our filters are costly at about £70 for 2! But they do last about 5-6 months - depending on how much we all drink as a family... our water is hard as you can see it round the taps!
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Mine are expensive too. I have 3 in 1 kitchen tap - Hot, boiling and filtered cold. I pay £100 for two filters that last six months.
 
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