"Alex Clayton"  wrote in message
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>> "Alex Clayton"  wrote in message
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>>> That is the whole point in the bottles. The water is fresh longer
>>> because the birds can't get it all dirty. As long as the bottle is not
>>> growing black fungus your fine. My Macaw was bottle trained when I
>>> bought him. I bought one of the bottles, expensive damn thing, and I
>>> should have known better. Since he is left out of his cage when we are
>>> here he within days learned to take the damn thing off the cage and toss
>>> it on the floor . It's too bad they are nice. If we
are gone for the
>>> better part of a day both of his water dishes are full of junk, but I
>>> had to relegate the bottle to the "junk drawer". For
birds that can't
>>> take them off the cage though they are great, and the water stays clean.
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>>>
>> Dust and dirt can stick to the bottle.
>>
>
> The outside of the bottle? Who cares? Dust sticks to the entire cage, you
> wipe (dust) it off.
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>
If you can spend time cleaning your cage why cant you take the time to give
the bird fresh water every day?




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