How much water?

How much water does your rabbit drink on an average day?

Hmmm mine have a rabbit sized bottle each and normally about half of it per day..cept for Scooch she's sharing with her babies lol so she goes through most of it by the evening then I fill it up again.

They all take different amounts but it would depend on what size of rabbit , wether they live inside or out and if they get a lot of veg . I did worry about my nethie who was drinking about a 300ml bottle a day and i only found out he was still drinking that much in winter after i moved him outside last year in the summer

Average water consumption is 50-100ml/kg/24hours
Rabbits who are feed alot of Veg tend to drink less than Rabbits fed no veg or very little veg.

I was thinking the same thing, it never looks like Tink has touched her water, but I feed her a lot of veg so it sounds like that might be why :roll:

My rabbit used to drink about half of her water bottle each day but recently has been drinking the full bottle and more each day.

Both vets that I have been visiting recently regarding Jess's health issues have said that they can't do anything for her but I'm convinced she has UTI. *see my 'rabbit pee & poo everywhere' post for details of illness*

Im sure there is something that I can do to make her better!

Cormat said:

My rabbit used to drink about half of her water bottle each day but recently has been drinking the full bottle and more each day.

Both vets that I have been visiting recently regarding Jess's health issues have said that they can't do anything for her but I'm convinced she has UTI. *see my 'rabbit pee & poo everywhere' post for details of illness*

Im sure there is something that I can do to make her better!

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cant find your post ?

if her drinking is higher than normal and she has lost bladder control then you need to take her to the vet (another more bunny savy one if they have turned you away). It may be a UTI but it may also be renal problems, possibly caused by EC or some other underlying cause. It is important to get her treatment quickly as if it is a UTI she is probably in some pain and if it is kidney problems then then they need to be sorted to reduce ASAP! Even if they cannot feel any swelling that might indicate UTI they should be treating her with baytril just in case but I'd also recomend panacur in case it is EC related. If the problems persist (especially if she is loosing weight) then I would be asking for blood tests for renal failure & an xray for kidney stones.

edit - just saw your other posts. It is possible than incontinence is caused by the head trauma but that probably wouldn't explain the excessive drinking. I see you are getting baytril but definately as jane recomended in the other thread ask for her to be treated for EC and consider getting blood works/xray done. If you post a thread in rabbit chat giving your area, someone will be able to recomend a rabbit savey vet if you are not confident in yours.