(I love the) Bucatstate Cactus Water Bottle!
Now that I have SEVEN hamsters (!) I found myself short one water bottle & stand. I am sad I gave some away about a year ago when I had mites and was in a big purge phase to help declutter my enormous hamster collection.
However, some of the items I gave away because I just didn’t LOVE them. They were fine, but didn’t really fit in with the aesthetic I like my cages to have, and now that I’ve purchased at lot of the big things (like enclosures & wheels), I can start to get nit-picky about my hamster stuff.
Little Freddie, (the ginger-colored dwarf hamster who spent a year living at Pet Supplies Plus until he was marked down 75%), just had a water bowl. It worked fine, he seemed to know instantly to drink from it, but it always makes me happier to have two methods of giving out water, lest one fail in the middle of the night.
This can be an issue - Maurice, my increasingly grouchy, old man of a hamster, refuses to drink from a bottle. He never has, he never will! One day, he somehow knocked over his water bowl. I didn’t notice it until the next evening when I went to refill water bowls, and the poor guy was probably without water for almost a day. I frantically dug him out and tried to give him water from an eye dropper . He was grouchy and didn’t respond well, but did come out to drink shortly after. In the end, he was fine, but I felt terrible about it and I wish he would be open to a water bottle! Alas.
Anyway, at least with little Fred, I figured, I could attempt to give him a back up source . This guy is a BIG guy, and he drinks a lot of water! He might be a bit obese from a year in a small cage with a 4” wheel (he now runs on a 12” wheel!), but he’s also just a big hammy.
Rather than buy my standard, Niteangel water bottle & stand (which I do love, thanks to the adjustable height—> https://amzn.to/4bNbYWU ), I figured I’d give the Bucatstate Cactus stand a try… and I couldn’t be happier! IT IS SO CUTE! And fits in with my naturalistic / pops of green & red cage theme.
I wasn’t sure how little Fred would take to it, but he’s been drinking from it! For some reason he drinksfrom the side, so I’ll need to reposition it for him to be easier to access. Either way, I’m glad it’s working and I’m happy he’s out, doin’ his thing!
Do you have any favorite water bottles /stands for your hams?
…. okay so now I’m tempted to get this cactus hide from Bucatstate too… maybe next time I have a little extra $$ …. :D
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