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I have a male piggie who also plays with his water bottle. Let's put it this way - I have six girls in a cage who go through a third of the water Stripes does all on his own!!! He plays with the spout and most of the water goes into his cage - soaking the bedding and newspapers beneath.

The only thing I have tried that helps at all is a little plastic dish - just a shallow small tupperware type dish. I dig into the shavings and place the dish underneath the spout of the water bottle, but I fill the dish with shavings. Then I can take the dish out and dump the soaked shavings and replace them however often I want. It helps a little.