[Gpdd] health, moldy water bottles

[Ruth Leibowitz]

I'm responding to the person who wrote about water bottles.  Mine don't get 
a dark kind of "mold," but I can see "stuff" gathering on the sides.  I 
don't know what this stuff is made of, but it can't be good for the piggies. 
  So I wash out the water bottles with hot water and replace all the water 
every day, regardless of whether they have drunk all of it or not, and I 
think this is a good general idea, since things like bacteria gathering in 
the bottle or tip may not always be visible.  Also, periodically I use a 
brush to brush out the inside of the bottle -- I guess there are different 
kinds of brushes that work, but I found mine in the pet store under the 
aquarium supplies.

Ruth in Portland

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