I'm wondering how often people clean their chinchilla's water bottle? I've read that you should do it daily, others say weekly, and I would like some input from all of you. I worry that cleaning it daily will up the chances of getting soap in his drinking water, is that stupid? I've just been using Dawn dish soap and a bottle brush, rinsing well, etc. Is there anything else other people have found to work better? Also, I have recently moved and am now on city water. The water tastes terrible, stains the sinks, and for some reason, the ice melts twice as fast. So, I've been using a Brita water-filter pitcher that you keep in the fridge and I have started using this filtered water in Gordy's water bottle. I have two questions: 1. Do I need to worry about how cold the water is when he drinks it? 2. Is worrying about the purity of his water just flat-out ridiculous? I'm a new chinchilla mom, just want to make sure I'm doing everything right.
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