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Choking Due To Liquid?

*Spider*

Wise Old Thumper
The 3 foster boys were scrambling for their water bottle as I freshly filled it up (had been frozen :roll:) so decided to give them a large bowl, so they could lap it up and then give them their water and close them up (hutch protection - also stops bottle from freezing.)

Frosty and Gabriel happily lapped up the water but Whisper was sort of gulping it, and then choking :? He kept doing it and then was reluctantly drinking and then so did it very carefully.

Do you reckon he just tried to drink the water too quickly (as he's not used to a bowl?)

As soon as they were all finished, they had the bowl taken away from them, and they're all now completely normal, running about causing havoc :roll:

Have your bunnies done this?

It also reminds me of a clip of Lauralou's Carlton. He was eating a grape, pauses and sort of chokes and carries on as normal... :?
 
From the sounds of it it was probably because he was drinking too quickly. Does he normally use a water bowl? If not then maybe it was a combination of that and drinking too quickly.

I would just keep an eye on him when drinking and see if he does it again.
 
Well this is what I thought, but, it was like he was gagging, but I know bunnies do not have a gag reflex :?
 
choking

The 3 foster boys were scrambling for their water bottle as I freshly filled it up (had been frozen :roll:) so decided to give them a large bowl, so they could lap it up and then give them their water and close them up (hutch protection - also stops bottle from freezing.)

Frosty and Gabriel happily lapped up the water but Whisper was sort of gulping it, and then choking :? He kept doing it and then was reluctantly drinking and then so did it very carefully.

Do you reckon he just tried to drink the water too quickly (as he's not used to a bowl?)

As soon as they were all finished, they had the bowl taken away from them, and they're all now completely normal, running about causing havoc :roll:

Have your bunnies done this?

It also reminds me of a clip of Lauralou's Carlton. He was eating a grape, pauses and sort of chokes and carries on as normal... :?

rabbits can cough,but because they lack the muscles to throw up,,they tend to choke and suffocate(dead)at the same time..//..all my rabbits are indoor--it helps ease the burdon of the diagnosis//-fewer medical problems//offering water in a bowl is a natural way for them to drink,,i offer water in bowl and bottle,,kind of a backup system//.we had a teddy bear hamster die because of a faulty water bottle dispenser/very sad,,,sincerely jam,es waller:wave:
 
The description of a "gulping" sound when Whisper drinks reminds me of Thumper when he needs his tiny molar spurs burring. [They're on the tongue side of the molars] I'd have her teeth checked.
 
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