Guinea pig C&C mesh panel pet water bottle adapter hook plate (2 versions)

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The C&C 355mm-square (14") mesh grid panels are ideal for small animal enclosures like guinea pigs, but attaching water bottles and similar items to these grids can be a bit tricky if you want something more secure than the usual piece of twisted tie wire holding the top of the bottle. These adapter plates hook onto the grid wires with a positive snap action and allow the use of a 'Pet One' brand small water bottle, but other brand bottles might also work. Feel free to modify the OpenSCAD source provided here for your bottle. They can be clipped and unclipped in seconds, making it easier to refill your piggies' water with minimal fuss. There are two options: you can print the general-purpose hook plate and new C-clip design or a hook plate if you want to use the C-clip that came with the bottle. The new design uses a small self-tapping machine screw to hold the pieces together, allowing you to print the hook plate on its side edge for maximum strength in the layers. Similarly, with the C clip, print on its bottom edge so the layers are built up as C's. The C clip has small holes in its outer ends to allow a piece of tie wire if your bottle is a bit loose. The hook plate also has holes for tie wires if you require it permanently fixed to the grid panel. If you print the hook plate for the original C-clip, be very careful when fitting and turning the clip 90 degrees because they are quite fragile and can break at the pivot point. To mitigate this somewhat, use an Exacto #11 knife to make sure the two "ramps" in the centre hole have clean sharp bevels, and test rotation a bit at a time until it smoothly turns 90 degrees and locks on the small pips on the inner (animal-facing) surface. I printed these from PLA with 100% infill. ABS would also be a good choice. In the photos, you can see both versions being used side by side; our piggies are just fine using them.