Hi all,
I bought an awesome 5 gallon waterer and wanted another. When I returned to the store they were out. The one I wanted looks like a trash can, with a wide lid. All you do is fill it up and put the lid on. You have to make sure it's level though.
The one I got second is a mess. It is bell shaped with a handle on top. To fill it, you have to screw a lid on the hole the water comes out, fill from the top, twist the handle really tight, take the plug off and loosen the top a bit at a time until the flow is right. Too much, it leaks out, too little, the birds don't get water. I have to adjust it every day, with the change of the vacuum, so they get water. I hate it.
Even worse, every time I open it, little mosquitoes are flying around the inside and there is larvae in the water. I watched and the larvae come in from the drinking trough. I'm considering getting another waterer like the first, but this one was pretty expensive. Does anyone know how I can keep the mosquitoes from laying eggs in the water? We have too many as it is! Opening the lid and having 30 baby mosquitoes fly up is awful.
I bought an awesome 5 gallon waterer and wanted another. When I returned to the store they were out. The one I wanted looks like a trash can, with a wide lid. All you do is fill it up and put the lid on. You have to make sure it's level though.
The one I got second is a mess. It is bell shaped with a handle on top. To fill it, you have to screw a lid on the hole the water comes out, fill from the top, twist the handle really tight, take the plug off and loosen the top a bit at a time until the flow is right. Too much, it leaks out, too little, the birds don't get water. I have to adjust it every day, with the change of the vacuum, so they get water. I hate it.
Even worse, every time I open it, little mosquitoes are flying around the inside and there is larvae in the water. I watched and the larvae come in from the drinking trough. I'm considering getting another waterer like the first, but this one was pretty expensive. Does anyone know how I can keep the mosquitoes from laying eggs in the water? We have too many as it is! Opening the lid and having 30 baby mosquitoes fly up is awful.