We have 2 rats here in the Old Peoples Home - pets, not vermin!

They have chewed their way through the bottom of 3 expensive plastic bottomed cages.

We have now put them into a 4foot aquarium tank (without the water smart *****!)

Problem we now have is that the water bottle, which was a through metal cage type, will not work on/in a glass sided aquarium.

I have tried numerous hanging ideas, but all are problematic - a water bowl just gets picked up and thrown by the little gits ......

Anyone any answers??

 

Hi Pete,
How abut using a couple of the rubber sucker things with a spring/wire between to hold the bottle in place?
Seem to remembe rthe angle of the bottle is prety crtical or it just leaks.

Had grebils as a child (but not in the pet shop boys way), they taste just like chicken!

 

Give them a clean bowl with fresh, fizzy Coca Cola - I'm dying to see if the urban myth is true

 

My youngest has 2 pet rats, also kept in a glass 'aquarium' type tank ( specific for rats/hamsters etc )

We originally used a bottle that was held on the glass with suckers, within a month they had eaten the rubber suckers !!

We now have a bowl that we fill up with water, it's made from pot so there is no chance they can throw it around..

* now goes away to check on the Cola myth :0/

 

You'll have some spaced out rats with munchies on you hands if they eat that water bowl

 

We got 8 of the little blighters lol.Was gonna suggest the rubber suckers, but if they chewed the cage then prob not a great idea.

How about putting an inner layer inside the old cage, bit of ply or something that you can renew, and check is not being chewed thru.

OR Something on the outside of the base, again something that is harder to chew thru and can be replaced with ease.

Aquariums take away the whole climbing thing for them, fun to see them hanging off the cage in random ways.

Failing that, a nice heavy terracotta pot or something. Or sucker THAT to the bottom of the cage

 

why not cut away one side of the old cage and leave it inside the fish tank. You can tie the bottle as normal and they still have something to climb

 

Get rid of the rats and buy a dog, or even a cat (who would get rid of the rodents for you).

 

Is there any way that you could have the water bottle suspended outside the tank with an extended pipe with the valve on the end of it inside the tank?

Les

 

Thanks all - some great ideas there .....

 

Make an aluminium frame for a glass water bottle with a metal teat - they can't chew metal

 

Cos a dog sitting on your shoulder gets a bit heavy!!