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Drinking from a bottle/gut problems

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emmiiee

Warren Veteran
A complete long shot, but has anyone had a rabbit whose has gut problems caused/not helped by drinking from a bottle

when Matilda drinks, she knocks her head right back! and her stomach gurgles like crazy, im wondering if shes gulping air?? which is not heling her stomach/urine problems

like I said its a long shot, but im just thinking of anything that could explain it :/ I have swapped her to a bowl now!
 
Is she mouth breathing? Afraid I have not a sausage about your q but rabbits who are struggling to breathe do tip their head right back.

This may be completely useless dependant on you buns problem, but I believe that rabbits drink more water from a bowl than they do from a bottle. Maybe the extra fluid is helping somewhere?
 
Coineanach said:
Is she mouth breathing? Afraid I have not a sausage about your q but rabbits who are struggling to breathe do tip their head right back.

This may be completely useless dependant on you buns problem, but I believe that rabbits drink more water from a bowl than they do from a bottle. Maybe the extra fluid is helping somewhere?
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shes only tips her head back to drink, other than that shes fine, and her urine is really weak, also translusent, but thats because of her urine problem shes drinking alot x
 
Can dehydration cause stasis? They use fluid therapy in extreme cases don't they. I always syringe some water into Smudge when he has mild stasis and it seems to help. Maybe because of the urinary issues she needs more water on board and isn't getting enough from the water bottle. Mine used to make squeaking noises when drinking from bottles, but don't so much with bowls.
 
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