Boy do I ever feel stupid!  As I sat here reading all the responses of ALL
the ingenious "replacements" for water bottle wires... I realized just how
creative you folks are!!
 
Being a shelter and breeder both with tons of bottles, I had run into the
problem myself.
 
My solution?  I called Oasis and they shipped me a dozen wires of each size
for no charge.  LOL
 
Okay, so I took the uncreative, easy way out!
[Posted in FML issue 3148]