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Water Bottle Holders
Remove any holder that a guinea pig nibbles or tries to eat!

Date(s): May 15, 2003. Album by Kathy: themecages@aol.com. Photos by Kathy, LilyGrace, & Linda Lee. 1 - 24 of 24 Total.
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Erin's - Thick yarn secures water bottles to cage grids.

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Kathy's - Bungee cord and also metal spring

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Kathy's - bungee cord holder

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Kathy's: holder for bird crock

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This water bottle is held in place with four cable ties to keep is from slipping sideways.

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Cable tie used to attach water bottle to travel cage.  Use a larger (longer) cable tie for a larger bottle.

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Large pipe cleaner twisted around bottle.

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Close-up of pipe cleaner attached to cage wire (twisted once around a wire grid).

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LilyGrace's: Two rubber bands 1/4" wide by 7" round and one cable tie.

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Place over cage wire as shown in photo.

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Pull one end of the rubber band through the loop.

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Pull up tight so that the rubber bad is secure.

PLEASE NOTE: This single rubber band will also securely hold a water bottle in place.


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Do the same with the other rubber band so that there are two on the cage.

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Loop a cable tie through the two rubber-bands loops; cable tie is 4".

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Close-up of water-bottle holder in use; black cable tie is 5-1/2".

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Front view of holder.

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Kathy's: Velcro cut to go around water bottle and overlap the ends of the Velcro.

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Close-up of 16 ounce water bottle attached to cage with self-sticking Velcro.

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Close-up of 32 ounce water bottle attached to cage with self-sticking Velcro.

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Linda Lee's: Attach a headband (fold in half first) to the cage using nylon cable ties.

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This view shows the placement of the two nylon-cable ties.

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Another view of the headband water-bottle holder with a "scrunchie" water-bottle holder in the background.

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Hair "scrunchie" (not doubled) and secured to cage with nylon cable ties.

PLEASE NOTE: A variety of items used to hold hair or ponytails may also be used to secure water bottles to a cage.


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Another view of a hair "scrunchie" used to hold a water bottle in place.

PLEASE NOTE: A non-elastic ribbon may also be used; just thread it through the cage grids and secure by tying it around the water bottle.