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Originally Posted by FlyingNimbus  It's not particularly that water is the culprit-- it's the fact that bacteria are everywhere and the slime you feel is the beneficial bacteria growing on the side of the water container. Well beneficial to say things like aquarium, but to avoid any of that one could say theoretically use an aquarium grade UV sterilizer-- which can also be found for the water you drink. It basically works like chlorine-- excepts it wont harm you nor anything other than the bacteria in the water.
On the subject of that, there are germs everywhere... and no amount of cleaning will remove them unless you use a heavy dose of chlorine each time you clean your pets stuff... that or boiling it at really high temperatures could kill 90-99% of bacteria, viruses, etc.
But I do get what you mean. Bottled water isn't something that makes much of a difference... Bottled Water Comes From the Most Drought-Ridden Places in the Country – Mother Jones
They're the same thing you would find in your tap water.
I don't know I only ask because my dog doesnt want to drink water often like she should... But then again she's been having problems recently like soft stool, and after she eats she coughs like shes gonna regurgutate. |
I didn't say anything about bottled water. No mater how you make the fountain it's going to get gross and hard to clean it's just how it is. I have used many. If there is water in her food like wet or moist food she is getting water that way.