Can guinea pigs drink out of bowls?

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Well Sprout is still pretty small. His mouth is too small to drink like McMac does (putting the spout in his mouth) and so he ends up having to bite or chew the end of the spout to drink. But it is really really really loud and if he does it in the middle of the night it wakes my boyfriend and I up. So I was wondering is it possible for guineas to drink out of a shallow dish? Might try it as that will be much quieter and easier for the little one to drink
 
Miss Meggy Moo has a small food bowl for water as she can't lift her head to drink. She drinks out of it fine although she poo's in it a lot rolleyes
 
Yeah that always seems to happen with anything involving guineas or rabbits :))

I will try it out, hopefully they wont tip it over rolleyes lol
 
They can drink out of bowls but as sport_billy has said they tend to muck them up pretty quick so you need to keep on top of it and change the water frequently. I first used a bowl with Hazelnut because the place he came from used bowls, not bottles. I used the same heavy ceramic kind that I use for their dry food so they can't tip it over, which means it's not shallow. Hazelnut would put his liitle footies on the edge and bend down and drink. When I got Peanut Butter I put in a water bottle because that was what he was used to. I then discovered H using the water bottle as well, so took out the bowl.
 
We used a bird feeding bowl which clipped onto the side of the cage, as none of our 3 could work out how to drink from a bottle. The height meant no poops in it and they couldn't tip it over! :))
 
pro bowl :)

my boys would bite their bottles so hard they would start leaking within days, even the so called 'tough' ones lol :p

So, both of mine have bowls - I use the earthen ware type bowls to avoid any allergic reactions to metallics.

I just chance them twice a day, this helps to keep them topped up too as they don't hold as much as a big bottle.

Hope this helps :))
 
what about a bottle made for a smaller animal the spout would then be smaller i think... maybe :^-
 
Posiesparkles said:
We used a bird feeding bowl which clipped onto the side of the cage, as none of our 3 could work out how to drink from a bottle. The height meant no poops in it and they couldn't tip it over! :))
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I very nearly went that route myself. I think they're brilliant.
 
I got a little ceramic hamster type bowl. Just the right size for them to lead their head over and get a drink :)



Sprout still insists on chewing on the water bottle spout though {:|
 
I think babies tend to prefer to eat and drink low down instead of reaching up. My babies only eat hay off the floor and ignore their hay rack, however they have no problem drinking from a bottle.
 
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