Lixit Heavy Duty Deluxe Glass Water Bottles for Birds, Dogs and Small Animals. (32oz Medium Tube)

I so wish I would have gotten them long ago! Mine are used for birds. (Society Finch) They save me from opening the cage and risking my birds getting out (to our four awaiting cats). This, alone, is an awesome feature. Heavy duty construction and material. I don’t think a person could ask for better. I am completely satisfied with them and they make my job of watering SO much easier. The last (silo type) waterers I had would get stuck and my birds wouldn’t have anything to drink in the trough. They were made of plastic (another thing I did NOT like) and were very difficult to wash and keep clean. (Seed hulls were always in the drinking trough.) With these my birds always have water. And it’s clean! No “bacteria soup”. (Please let me mention here, if you change them out every other day (like I do), or a couple of times a week, once a week, check the ball each morning on the spicket when you’re taking care of them. Simply roll your finger across the end where the ball is. To ensure that it is where it’s supposed to be. If your finger is wet, it’s doing it’s job. It takes only a second.) Others mentioned the work in attaching them to the cage. And that is so. (All the hardware is to keep bottle safely, and firmly, in place.) I had my 16 yr. old son help me. He, holding the nut with a crescent wrench on the inside of the cage, and I, using a flat head screwdriver on the outside. (Those are the only tools needed.) Having two people made this little job SO much easier. (I can’t imagine doing it by myself. I don’t think I would have been able to.) This set up DOESN’T take long at all. Very easy, simple instructions…and you’re done. Wash the bottle/spicket, fill up, pop in the rubber stopper, and you’re ready for use. When needing to change the water, you simply push up the little metal bracket holding the bottle at the top (shown in picture) and pull out the bottle. Very easy and handy! These are easy to clean with a bottle brush. And a nice WIDE mouth to the heavy duty glass bottle makes cleaning a cinch. WONDERFUL! (Bottle can also be put in the dishwasher if you want. I hated to try it for fear that the painted on red “LIXIT” word would be compromised and it wouldn’t look new. I’m picky!) These (I bought several), are an excellent product and I simply couldn’t be happier with them. Yep! I wish I would have been able to get them LONG ago.