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Old 09-30-2017, 04:00 AM  
alipali1
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Clacton-on-Sea
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Default Re: Hamster won't use wheels

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Originally Posted by Serendipity7000 View Post
There are a number of ways of making an easy bottle holder. The cardboard ones get wet though and some fall over. I made one using a plastic spring water bottle (500ml size). You cut the top off so you have a sort of plastic vase. Then fill the base of it with stones (ideally cage safe stones or pebbles - I used polished crystal rocks from stepson's collection they looked very nice in the plastic bottle and easy to clean). You need to make a hole for the spout at the right height, so the bottle sits in the open holder with the spout sticking out through the hole. The spout keeps the bottle in place.

You need to be careful there are no sharp plastic edged where you make the small hole and that the top, where cut off, is a clean cut and no sharp bits too. Also make sure that water still comes out of the bottle easily.

In terms of how high to make the spout hole - too high is better than too low as you can push the weighted holder down into the substrate to make the spout lower.

Oh wow, I will definitely be giving this a try! I will put a photo up when done!
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