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Old 10-02-09, 02:29 pm
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how to teach your piggies to drink from water bottle?

Usually I never have this kind of problem, but now I'm facing it...

I bought 3 young piggies, and it seems they don't know how to use water bottle. My previous piggies seems didn't have difficulties with recognizing and learn how to use water bottle. I read another threads that discussed about water problem, and some says to use hands and show them how to use it.

I just don't get idea on "showing how to use water bottle to them".
Any idea on how to teach them?
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Old 10-02-09, 02:49 pm
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Re: how to teach your piggies to drink from water bottle?

Yeah, the mummy piggy and her two pups have not really drank from the water bottle either, so I've kept fresh water in a bottle constantly for them, but have also kept fresh water in a little dish for them AND left water on their veggies, which I feed little amounts about four or five times a day so I'm sure they're getting water from some source!!
When I first got the mummy, I tried a few times by holding the water bottle to her nose when giving her a cuddle so it could teach her that that's where water comes from, but I still don't think she uses it!! I kind of gave up in the end, just because she kept trying to turn away from the water so I didn't know if it was annoying or stressing her, so I've just opted for leaving her lots of options to get her water from somewhere!
Any ideas on what could work would be great, because then I could actually monitor how much water they drink if it's from the bottle!!
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Old 10-02-09, 03:54 pm
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Re: how to teach your piggies to drink from water bottle?

Put a water bottle in the cage with the nozzle in a bowl of water. Gradually raise it up, then eliminate the water bowl.
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