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Recently I have been having a lot of trouble with my girls water bottles.. they keep falling off. Up until about a week ago this wasn't a problem the bottles stayed on fine but recently they have been falling off when the girls drink from them. Any good ideas for secure clips for bottles as this is a huge problem when both bottles fall off when i am outgrrrr
 
I had to use a wire coat hanger to fix one of my water bottles.

Just cut the length that you need, and bend the two ends to look like this:

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mine keep falling off too, because my boys are just too violent with their bottles :(|)
I use the metal hook things.
I have no solution, i keep just putting them back on..... :))
 
i swapped all my for ferplast sippy bottles. no more dodgy metal clips to hang on cages!
 
I use 2 of my daughters elastic hair 'scrunchies' (the plain ones) for each bottle just thread the band around the wire then thread it through itself. I have used this method for as long as I have had piggies about 6 yrs with no mishaps.
 
sophiew said:
I get bottle springs from ebay or thistle cavies - fit any size, really secure!
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Would these be secure enough to hang the bottle on the inside of the c & c. My girls won't use the bottle rolleyes but the spout only just reaches over the correx/ fleece. I'm wondering if I put it inside they will explore it and hopefully drink from it. Just don't want it to fall on top of them.
 
Flips- don't know about C&C my girls are in a hutch but if you can find a bottle called 'pet brand' the nozzle comes out of the side of the cap not the bottom resulting in a much longer nozzle. unfortunatly the only place I have been able to find these bottles is in tesco.
 
My girls have these bottles http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Super-Pet-Che...all_Animals&hash=item2306b39454#ht_2164wt_982 they come in either 12oz or 24oz. There is a sturdy metal holder plus a spring fastener that goes round the bottle to hold it in place. You can either hang them on the inside or outside of the cage / hutch. It is made of glass as well so not easily chewable. The spout is also long. I had to buy a second one not long ago as my girls stopped using the plastic bottle and only used the glass one rolleyes Pets at home sell the 12oz ones in store for about £6.00 I think. Not cheap but well worth the money. In my opinion anyway :)
 
Claire W said:
My girls have these bottles http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Super-Pet-Che...all_Animals&hash=item2306b39454#ht_2164wt_982 they come in either 12oz or 24oz. There is a sturdy metal holder plus a spring fastener that goes round the bottle to hold it in place. You can either hang them on the inside or outside of the cage / hutch. It is made of glass as well so not easily chewable. The spout is also long. I had to buy a second one not long ago as my girls stopped using the plastic bottle and only used the glass one rolleyes Pets at home sell the 12oz ones in store for about £6.00 I think. Not cheap but well worth the money. In my opinion anyway :)
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I have one of those bottles but it kept falling off too. The quality of the bottle is great though. It might have been where i had the bottle on the cage
 
Today, I bought a bicycle water bottle holder from the pound shop and put it in the bunny's cage (I got the idea from Shrikopanik on another thread). It is the perfect size for the big bunny bottles if you take the black bit off the top and I would challenge any piggy to pull the water bottle out! It has two screw holes so you can screw it onto the wood of the hutch and is very secure.
 
flips said:
Thanks.
Have got one to try. No kids here though, just clumsy me. :(|)
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If you do manage to drop it, the top will fit onto an empty vinegar bottle (and the cute little duck fits through the hole too).
 
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