So… this evening when I came to check on my rodents I saw that one of my mouse breeder bins completely flooded from a leaking water nozzle. I just lost my main mouse breeder colony that feeds all of my kingsnakes…
I’m super upset right now but I need to figure out where I can get some better water nozzles that won’t have as high of a risk leaking. The ones I was using were amazon bought nozzles, not spring loaded but the other kind with the rubber washer that releases water when the little metal rod is pushed around.
Anyone know a reliable source of good quality water nozzles? I just feel at a loss right now because I’m going to have to find out where I can get a new breeding group of mice in an area where they are not readily available. Any help on where I can buy better watering equipment would grealty be appreciated.
Unfortunately I can’t really tell you where to find better nozzles. I use the spring ones from reptile basics and have still lost some rats to flooded tubs.
What I can tell you is if you have hard water the type of nozzle probably won’t matter.
I have to do a full CLR soak of my water tub and nozzles every 4-6 months because the calcium buildup will affect the quick release and the nozzles themselves. I even let it sit in the lines and do a full flush on them after a bit.
I got lazy the last time and thought it was just one nozzle. My bottom tub rats were not happy to once again be wet the next morning. Thankfully it’s been really warm here so they didn’t get overly chilled.
I don’t have a whole lot of buildup on my nozzles but I do notice that some of them are quite loose no matter how much I tighten them. I’ve had minor floods in the past but none that have taken any of my rodents out with it, these guys all unfortunately drowned.
I feel awful though, I just upgraded the water container I use for the system so idk if maybe the pressure of more water was too much. It flooded really bad and none of the mice could get out of it
I guess I could give reptile basics a look and try their nozzles.
The pressure could be part of it.
When the scale gets built up on my quick release it leaks and causes more pressure in the line. That’s usually when my last nozzle starts to drip.
That still really sucks though. I hope you can get it sorted.
Sorry for the problems u r having i cant help much but it does sound like the pressure is the problem if it was on this scale since the upgrade of container size and was only minor before
