New water cup

[StodOne]

So I have put my male zebra finch in a bigger cage and my water dispenser cant fit the new cage , so i have put water in a food cup and I saw him drinking from it a few times ...since he wasn't used to the water cup method he always got his tail wet or he jumped in and got really wet a few times he wasn't bathing but rather fell in by accident and started shivering after getting that wet ..
I've put a water dispenser somehow on the edge of the cage and he started drinking from it repeatedly like 10 times , he had that water dispenser for a long time tho xD is it possible that he just missed it or something?
Heres the picture of the water dispenser

[lovezebs]

StodOne

Glad you figured it all out.

Sometimes when they've been used to having a certain dish or water dispenser for a long time, it takes them a while to get used to something new.

Poor guy, falling into the water dish ...

[StodOne]

StodOne

Glad you figured it all out.

Sometimes when they've been used to having a certain dish or water dispenser for a long time, it takes them a while to get used to something new.

Poor guy, falling into the water dish ...

hah..
I saw him drinking water from the cup .. but as soon as I added the water dispenser he started drinking repeatedly from it...

[ac12]

Yup once they are used to something, best not to change if you can help it.

In my case, I even get all the water tubes with the same color bottom, blue. So when I move them between cages, like for breeding, they know where the water is.

But of course, now I can't seem to find water tubes with blue bottoms.
And most on-line places won't let you choose the color, you get whatever they pick from the "assorted" colors.

[lovezebs]

My guys seem to have a preference for glass tubes over plastic ones. Has anyone else come across this?