[Gpdd] Care (Keeping Cool - Water Bottles)
Holly Marr
purplecavy at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 23 13:48:40 EDT 2006
Hello All!
Something i do during the warmer months...i have several extra bottles so that
anytime a new water bottle is needed, i always have a full well-chilled one to use.
What i do is this: i fill the bottles ONLY 1/3 the way with water, & then i put them
into the FREEZER. By only filling them 1/3, the ice can expand and it does not
crack the bottle. When it's time to change a bottle, i pour chilled water over top
the ice (i keep a 1/2 gallon pitcher of water in my 'fridge just for this use) and
put the top on and hang it up like any other bottle. On cages that have 2 bottles,
the iced-water bottle is the prefered one to drink from! (i do lean the bottles in the
freezer against some frozen veggies, causing the water to freeze at an angle and
i believe this gives more surface area for the cold water to melt and stay icy.)
Though this does not cool the surrounding air, it gives the piggies a frosty cold
drink of water, and that will help, too.
Aside...Joan, where do you live that it was 106?!
~snip~
From: joan fagalde <momcat1000 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Gpdd] care:keeping cool
Thank you Pam for the suggestion. Today was 106 degrees outdide and 90
in my place so I used your idea and wrapped the Lady Bug in a clean
damp dish towel. She loved it and actually dozed off. More importantly,
she cooled down! Great idea! Joan, slave to the Lady Bug
~snip~
-holly in New Jersey with brothers Buz and Alfred, and Sonny, and Micah-Man
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