;D this may sound ridiculous ;D and probably is ;D, but i believe a lot of ybs dont take a drink in the transporter for one reason or another,especialy with holdovers etc and in the first few races , now i have to take a fair bit of medication [which is obvious by my posts ;D ;D ;D one of the medications i take, is a slow release capsule ,which ,instead of taking this medication in tablet form 4 times per day, i now can take one slow release capsule once a day [this is a capsule which releases my medication,inside my stomach ,at the right dose over a 24 hour period ,,now if this is possible in humans ,, i just wondered if the scientist, vets etc . could produce a capsules , that contained , just plain water that could be popped down the birds throat , so that once in the crop ,would release plain water in a slow release form ,in the birds crop over a 24 hr priod, ensuring the pigeon wouldnt deheydrate any, b4 lib ,,,,if they can do this in humans ,why not animals ??or birds ?? ok a bit mad ; :-/D but on the other hand,who knows ,,,docter j white, m.a.d ;D