I've bought and returned 2 water bottles by 2 different brands because of the same problem. When I got my rats a week ago the day after I brought them home I discovered that they had gone nearly 24 hours without water because water wasn't coming out of the bottle. Luckily, they seemed fine but it could have ended horribly if I hadn't discovered it until later. I've had rats before and never had this problem until now. I wish I had kept those bottles but I must have gotten depressed and thrown them away after those rats died. I'm wondering if maybe it has something to do with my different cage setup. Both water bottles seemed to work fine when held completely straight up and down but for a bottle to fit on my cage properly it needs to be slightly tilted. Does anyone know of a water bottle that isn't so fussy? Could it be because of the way my rats go about using it? I don't like using a bowl for water. They knock it over all the time and poop in it. ???
Can someone recommend a water bottle that actually lets out water?
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I use the Edstrom Water Buddy and love it!! It isn't a vacuum bottle but instead has valve which makes it totally drip proof. It has a pop-up lid so I can also fill it without taking it off the cage.
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Never had any troubles with the Oasis brand.
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Which Superpet ones are you using? O_O I would never ever recommend a superpet (the glass one with rubber ducky). I've bought three...of them...yes three and ALL three of them either leaked or wouldn't dispense water. I had to return every. single. one. Technically: 1 leaked and 2 didn't dispense water. I was rather furious when I didn't notice that they weren't actually getting water out until 2 days later....(wondering why they were really at the water bottle). 
Crappy defective product....and the reviews here can vouch for it...
It's this model: http://www.amazon.com/Super-Pet-Ani...Super-Pet-Animal-26-Ounce-Chew-Proof/dp/B000HHQ70S/ref=pd_sim_sbs_petsupplies_4
^ if you do risk it and get that one make sure to fully test it out first. I did water test it at first and it seemed to work on one of them-I didn't think to test the other >< - (though with my human pressure...so I didn't account for the animals). Learned a lesson to watch the animals too at first.
What I would recommend and love are the Oasis water bottles. I LOVE them. Never had a leaking issue and the water comes out easily.
Crappy defective product....and the reviews here can vouch for it...It's this model: http://www.amazon.com/Super-Pet-Ani...Super-Pet-Animal-26-Ounce-Chew-Proof/dp/B000HHQ70S/ref=pd_sim_sbs_petsupplies_4
^ if you do risk it and get that one make sure to fully test it out first. I did water test it at first and it seemed to work on one of them-I didn't think to test the other >< - (though with my human pressure...so I didn't account for the animals). Learned a lesson to watch the animals too at first.
What I would recommend and love are the Oasis water bottles. I LOVE them. Never had a leaking issue and the water comes out easily.
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I think it's kind of hard to find a completely drip-proof bottle. I have 4 different plastic ones and all of them work well, but will drip every now and then. I just put little $1 bird dishes that hook on the cage under them and will occasionally fill them half way with water too since my crew seems to like both. They can get a little noisy with them and sometimes hide them but for the most part, they stay in place with a ziptie and saves me from cleaning up drips. It just seems easier than trying to find a 100% leak-proof bottle that lets water out reliably and I can see how much water gets dripped.
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I second this whole heartedly?! I actually have one on my cage still right now. It's a 2nd bottle I finally FINALLY got to work after three days of shaking it, it's finally working. But they went about two days without water because of it.
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I keep two bottles full at all times in case one malfunctions and I would recommend doing so. I have the super pet glass bottle with the ducky, and apart from dripping occasionally, it's been working fine for months. I also have a blue plastic bottle that came with Jack - I'm not sure which brand it is but it's about half the size of the super pet.I love my bottle, to be honest.Make sure to fill it up all the way to create a vacuum, and I usually suck on the straw part for a second to make sure the water is flowing properly. It's a shame that others have had so many problems.
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In my experience, both work well long-term. But the plastic NEEDS to be hard plastic, otherwise the rats could possibly chew through it.
Anyway, its really up to you which type of bottle you prefer, but I've had several of my small hard-plastic water bottles for over 5 years (and they've gone through hamsters, gerbils, and rats) without any issue (and the gerbils did try to chew them up, but ultimately failed).
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Right now I have a plastic one. But I prefer the glass bottles, I usually get this one -->KAYTEE® Chew Proof Water Bottle | small pet Feeders & Water Bottles | PetSmart Eventually I will get it again.
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The Kaytee one is a liiiittle drippy but not very, not to me anyway, and the ratty gets out water just fine. I've also used the Walmart ones and they're pretty nice, thats what my hamsters use, Cream likes to chew plastic so no plastic bottle for him lol.
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I loved the Kaytee one. If it did drip or leak, I never noticed.
Right now I have this one--> You & Me Water Bottle, Large | Petco It leaks all the time. I don't like it whatsoever. I only got it because the petco I was at was a small store and only carried some things, wasn't a very big selection to chose from.
Right now I have this one--> You & Me Water Bottle, Large | Petco It leaks all the time. I don't like it whatsoever. I only got it because the petco I was at was a small store and only carried some things, wasn't a very big selection to chose from.
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