On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:11:48 -0600, "Z-Q" 
wrote:


>
>That is a big load of SHIT.  Water tubes have a completely open pathway from
>the drinking area to the water in the tube.  Water bottles do not because
>they have balls in the stem to seal it shut when not in use.  Water bottles
>can get seed parts and other 'junk' inside of them, so what makes you think
>that a tube waterer can't?
>

They CAN get seed and other junk inside of them, but if set up in a
proper spot, they won't.   My water tubes are set up right inside the
entrance to the cage.   The birds don't perch above them, they don't
eat above or near them, they don't bathe in them.   The finch tubes
are set up outside the back of the cage.   The water that I empty out
every other day has never had seed parts or anything else in it.  My
birds are active, healthy, loud, clear eyed, well feathered, sociable
and content.   It works for us.
Becky


--- UseNet To RIME Gateway {at} 2/20/05 5:25:28 PM ---