"notmolly"  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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The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.




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