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- From: minehart@iscsvax.uni.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.birds
- Subject: New water "cup" for bird cage
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.143927.9536@iscsvax.uni.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 14:39:27 -0600
- Organization: University of Northern Iowa
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- A few weeks ago I visited a pet store in another city and saw a water dispenser
- for birds (actually they came in two sizes) like the ones I used to use for our
- gerbils. It hadn't occurred to me that I could use one for Oscar -- perhaps
- because I hadn't seen one in the bird supply section of any pet stores before
- that.
-
- Anyway, I went ahead and bought one and it's great. No more dropping food (or
- worse) in his water cup. He's naturally pretty curious and eager to try new
- things, so I wasn't surprised to see him drinking from it very soon after I
- installed it. But the directions tell about how birds will be attracted by the
- red ball and when they touch it, the water drop comes to their beak -- or
- whatever it said. I'm sold on it. I can't recall how much it cost, but I'm
- sure it's more expensive than the normal ones you can buy
- for gerbils, etc. On the other hand, it has a "fixture" that enables it to
- hook onto the cage that is pretty slick, so I think it's worth the couple of
- dollars extra. And it should last quite a long time before having to be
- replaced.
-