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Carlton
at Wed Feb 28 12:34:54 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Carlton ]
The only time I have used a fountain with any success was for an injured and dehydrated female jax in a temporary setup. She spent most of her time perched right on the rim of the bowl barely above the water level and licked the splash drops falling on her face. She was hand fed so there were no feeders in the cage, and I changed the water every day. It just happened to work for her, but I would not want to maintain this long term. She was rescued from a pet shop (good folks who were really worried about her and got my name from a vet) and just about dead. I remember her lying on her side with eyes shut in my bathroom sink while I set up her cage. She was so weak she could not lift her head, but just kept licking warm water droplets off the porcelain. Tough little thing who recovered after a month of hand feeding crushed insects, watering with Pedialyte and water by eye dropper. She didn't open her eyes for about 3 weeks.
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