Superpet Water Bottles?

[PepsiePiggy]

I just stepped on my favourite water bottle and snapped the nozzle clean off! I just went to my local pet store and could not find any flat-back water bottles and I loved that one. the superpet glass ones looked good but they were fairly expensive. right now my pigs have a leaky bottle and I really need a new one but is the price worth it for the glass bottles? the wire thing that comes to mount the bottle on the cage makes it look like the bottle will only fit on the inside of the cage and I only want bottles on the outside.

so basically, can superpet bottles go on the outside of a c&c cage?
do they leak?
is it worth paying the money for them?
are they really hard to clean?

thanks for the help

 

[Veggies Galore]

I don't know anything about the superpet brand but I use the living world bottles ...


my piggies use a c&c cage when indoors in the winter and I could move the nozzle round so the bottle could fit either on the inside or outside of the cage. I like the glass bottles and find them easy to clean . I use "magic balls" to clean but I know some other forum members use some grains of rice - just put in bottle with hot soapy water and shake. The nozzle gets a good scrub with a cotton bud and I then sterilise with boiling water.

I have found fitting the bottle to their hutch a bit more tricky but I much prefer using a glass bottle to plastic.

 

[Hermes]

They can go outside the cage, just check the orientation of the nozzle when you buy it (nozzle should point to flat side when screwed tight not sure that it's adjustable). I find them really easy to attach, it reats in the wire cradle thing and the spring goes round the top. I have read reviews saying they leak but I never had a problem with it, make sure the lid is screwed on tight and on the right thread and that a vacuum is created when you tip the bottle over. As for cleaning I think they're easier than the plastic ones as being glass they don't melt if you use hot water! I think you could probably even put them in the dishwasher.

 

[PepsiePiggy]

thanks I'm going to buy one or two of them tomorrow