Should I use a water bowl or a water bottle
Hi readers, todays post is about whether you should use bowl or bottle for your guinea pig's water.
Bowls are good if your guinea pigs don't use their bottle but can get full of bedding. This is a good idea if your guinea pigs are indoors and/or on fleece. It takes a bit of a while when you need to clean the bowl (algae can grow in bottles and bowls) but if your piggies like it more than a bottle it's ok.
Bottles are good but have a downside. They don't get full of bedding like bowls and if you get classic water bottles they don't drip as much as other brands. You will need a bottle brush if you get a bottle but don't get a baby's bottle brush because it won't fit in (I made this mistake but it was the day before I got Patches, because Bramble came a few days later, and my local Pets at home didn't have bottle brushes) but bottle brushes from pet shops will fit and aren't that expensive.
My score for bowls is a 5 out of 10 because you have to put fresh water in at least 2-3 times a day. My score for bottles is a 9 out of 10 because they don't need fresh water more than once a day but it's harder to clean them.
I hope you find this useful when deciding to use bottle or bowls for your piggies,
Book Worm:)
Bowls are good if your guinea pigs don't use their bottle but can get full of bedding. This is a good idea if your guinea pigs are indoors and/or on fleece. It takes a bit of a while when you need to clean the bowl (algae can grow in bottles and bowls) but if your piggies like it more than a bottle it's ok.
Bottles are good but have a downside. They don't get full of bedding like bowls and if you get classic water bottles they don't drip as much as other brands. You will need a bottle brush if you get a bottle but don't get a baby's bottle brush because it won't fit in (I made this mistake but it was the day before I got Patches, because Bramble came a few days later, and my local Pets at home didn't have bottle brushes) but bottle brushes from pet shops will fit and aren't that expensive.
My score for bowls is a 5 out of 10 because you have to put fresh water in at least 2-3 times a day. My score for bottles is a 9 out of 10 because they don't need fresh water more than once a day but it's harder to clean them.
I hope you find this useful when deciding to use bottle or bowls for your piggies,
Book Worm:)
