Is there such a thing as a "silent" water bottle?

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Max makes a horrendous racket when he drinks and as he is housed in the bedroom adjacant to ours it's keeping me awake at night. He doesn't seem to have a very good drinking technique and pulls alot on the water bottle and seems to drink excessively ( about 150ml a day, though I've tried searching for what a "normal" amount is but not had much luck ). He had a UTI a couple of weeks ago which I think has cleared up he finished his course of antibiotics and he hasn't passed any more blood and doesn't squeak anymore when he wees.

It's really starting to grind me down and I don't want to end up resenting the poor thing but I'm really starting to get to the end of my tether with him as I need my sleep! I've found glass bottles online and something called a savic source bottle that has some kind of spring mechanism rather than the ball bearing method. Has anyone found these water bottles quieter?
 
I'm not sure about the different types but Millie makes a complete din too. Would be interested to know.
 
I don't know about the other type of water bottle, I've always used the ball type with my boys... but have you tried Max with a water bowl as well as the bottle?

I know when I first got Artie he had no idea what to do with the water bottle and prefered drinking from a bowl :)

Hope you find a solution that suits you and Max :)) x
 
Terry does this too, it's the only thing about him which bugs me! If he didn't do this he would be the perfect guinea pig. Terry actually lives in my bedroom too so it's extra loud/annoying - he's doing it right now!
 
LOL!

I must admit there is a bit of din with the bottles. I haven't a suggestion, partly because I take it as a part of living with a piggie indoors. Much the same as when the hamster gets on his wheel.

Try listening a 8 bottles all playing a tune at once on top up at supper time!

My boys have a bottle each, and they are rollerball type but are fixed with plastic clips rather than the hook wire style. They do come over less noisy because the bottle doesn't move about.
 
I tried putting a bowl of water in but I'm worried that if he's thirsty he'll not use it as he's used to the bottle and I'll end up getting up through the night to check on him to make sure he's ok rolleyes I don't think he really used the bowl for water to be honest.

I might give it another go though, I'm surprised my neighbour hasn't complained with the noise, it sounds as though hes hammering when he drinks with it clattering against the cage!
 
Yeah Max seems to mainly do it on a night as well, either that or I don't notice it through the day with having other background noise but it's now not even 9 and I'm shattered because a guinea pig is keeping me awake all night. Sounds laughable really :))
 
I've been looking, I have the same issue with Rufus...you used to be able to buy ones with no ballbarian in which were really quiet years ago, I had them for my rabbits-but I don't think they make them anymore. Just those weird looking metal things which look like they'd hurt their tongues... Boooo
 
Try and isolate the bottle from the cage. The cage resonating with the noise makes it a lot louder. Put some cloth or fleece between the bottle and the cage - AND between the bottle and the wire thing which holds it to the cage (or else, replace the wire thing with a shoelace). You can tell if this works by tapping on the bottle yourself.
 
I had a lot of trouble with my girls pulling on they bottle and making it fall off so I got a bottle clip that screws on. The bottle clip doesn't move at all so there is less noise. I doubt changing the bottle while make a difference as it is more likely the cage bars that are making most of the noise.
this is my bottle
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/pet-water-bottle-1000ml-by-savic-13762

and some pics of the clip on my cage

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Funnily enough when I was lying in bed last night ( awake due to a certain piggie ) I was thinking maybe some kind of padding around the bottle might help so I shall give that a try! Steven moved the water bottle to the corner of the cage which seems to have helped a little as he can't clatter it around as much and can still drink ok so there's been a slight improvement and I'll see if I can secure it more firmly to the cage as well
 
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