Ice bottles in the winter.

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When I have been giving my guinea pigs food lately, their water bottles which are filled up with fresh water everyday, keep on having ice in them! It is only the outside one which has ice so the inside one is safe.

Would the ice inside the water bottles harm the guinea pigs if it got into there mouths?
 
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When I have been giving my guinea pigs food lately, their water bottles which are filled up with fresh water everyday, keep on having ice in them! It is only the outside one which has ice so the inside one is safe.

Would the ice inside the water bottles harm the guinea pigs if it got into there mouths?
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I don't think it would harm them but it may make it difficult for them to drink and be too cold for their little mouths. You can buy bottle snugs that fit around the bottle so stops the water from freezing or an old sock or bubble wrap works just as well.
 
I might try the sock idea, my guinea-pigs bottles are freezing too, even in the shed, and 5 covers might be expensive, thank you. :)
 
don't use boiled water it freezes easier than unboiled water.....
 
Thank you. There inside bottle is fine at the moment so they can still get to it.
 
I don't think there's an easy answer in such cold weather. Whilst the sock or bubblewrap keeps the bottle from freezing (or slows the freezing process down), it doesn't stop the water in the spout from freezing.

At the moment, I'm having to change the water in my rabbit's bowls twice daily. I use lukewarm water last thing at night, just to stop it freezing quite so fast and then I change it again in the morning. And they're in a shed which is insulated with 1 inch thick polystyrene!

The piggies, when I eventually get them, are going to be living indoors so I guess I won't have that problem.
 
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