Pet Fountains (WAS: OT Got the swamp cooler!)
"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>> b.com...
>>> On 7/14/2014 6:10 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>> They are a PITA. I had to get rid of ours because Jetta has a plastic
>>>> allergy. Even the metal and ceramic ones have plastic parts in them.
>>>> Plastic gives her an itchy chin which I have been told would progress
>>>> to
>>>> pimples but I nipped it in the bud by taking away the fountain and
>>>> replacing all of their dishes.
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>>> It's not an allergy, and this is very common when using plastic dishes
>>> for pets. They don't clean up completely and bacteria get in the
>>> porous material causing the face rash.
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>> That is what I read but I fed her in brand new dishes and she was still
>> scratching at her chin. The lady I got her from freaked and told me not
>> to use plastic. Now she has only ceramic, metal or some old Corelle.
>> No problems.
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> I used Corelle for Ming's food and a big ceramic bowl for water. And he
> had a fountain. THAT is what he really loved! One of my last memories is
> of him drinking... not too successfully, although he did manage to ingest
> some water. Poor baby.
Very sorry.
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