Can guinea pigs drink water from a bowl?

We know that guinea pigs can drink water and drink it often. They live to drink water and it is the only liquid that they can really drink.
The most common way do feeding guinea pigs is to give them tweet fro a bottle.
Can guinea pigs drink water from a bowl?
But what if you dint have a water bottle, can Guinea pigs drink water from a bowl instead?
Well yes they can.
Water is fine for them to drink from a bowl.
However the thing is with using a bowl for guinea pigs to drink from is that guinea pigs will very easily step in it, pee in it, excrete in it and anything else they fancy doing in it.
In fact, they don’t really care if they do.
So giving guinea pigs water from a bowl is not as good an option as giving them water from a bottle but still enables them to be fed water without a bottle.
However, the water in the bowl does nee do be changed very often to make sure that any contaminants are removed and that the bowl is refreshed properly.
Once they are refreshed properly then they can be given to guinea pigs again.

2 thoughts on “Can guinea pigs drink water from a bowl?

  1. Giving guinea pigs water form a bowl is a more natural way and is easier on their necks. It also don’t leek in the cage. Yes i water from a bowl has its pros and cons, I wouldn’t say its a bad option 🙂

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