AmberNBuns
Well-Known Member
Hello everybody... I know it's been a while sincemy last post. Today I was watching Martha Stewart and a guydid a short segment mentioning how bacteria can build up in your smallanimal's water bottles.
Being a "bunny slave" I am surprised at myself for never thinking about this.
He suggested that you wash out the water bottles every other day withdish soap and a bottle brush. Get under the rubber washer andclean out the threads too. And don't forget to use a smallpipe cleaner type brush to get in the spout from both sides of themetal balls. And rinse VERY WELL...
I checked my buns' water bottles, and they didn't smell bad, but theywere definitely not fresh. After washing them out I noticed abig difference.
I have had rabbits before and never had a problem with their health,but why not give them as fresh of water as you would giveyourself? They say that the bacteria that grows in there canlead to problems like wet tail.
I am interested in what Pam and Buck think about this issue.(Is it a waste of time if you have multitudes of rabbits?)
If you don't have the time to scrub in the morning while taking care ofthings, you could have 2 water bottles and alternate, cleaning theunused one at your leisure.
Who knows, maybe your buns would notice. I am sure they would thank you for it.
Being a "bunny slave" I am surprised at myself for never thinking about this.
He suggested that you wash out the water bottles every other day withdish soap and a bottle brush. Get under the rubber washer andclean out the threads too. And don't forget to use a smallpipe cleaner type brush to get in the spout from both sides of themetal balls. And rinse VERY WELL...
I checked my buns' water bottles, and they didn't smell bad, but theywere definitely not fresh. After washing them out I noticed abig difference.
I have had rabbits before and never had a problem with their health,but why not give them as fresh of water as you would giveyourself? They say that the bacteria that grows in there canlead to problems like wet tail.
I am interested in what Pam and Buck think about this issue.(Is it a waste of time if you have multitudes of rabbits?)
If you don't have the time to scrub in the morning while taking care ofthings, you could have 2 water bottles and alternate, cleaning theunused one at your leisure.
Who knows, maybe your buns would notice. I am sure they would thank you for it.