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URGENT HELP NEEDED rabbit haqs drinking problems!!!

recently our 2 albino lionhead rabbits have tried to drink but not seemed to have been getting anything.

we would squeeze the bottle and they would sit for ages drinking and drinking.


we would be VERY VERY GRATEFUL FOR ANSWERS AND HELP.:thumb:
 
Use a bowl :) or a heavy ceramic dog bowl if they chuck things about, it's more natural for rabbits to drink from too :) They won't seem to drink as much from a bowl but they will get a lot more than if they were drinking from a bottle.
 
Yep my rabbits have dog bowls (my giant bun has one suitable for a Great Dane since she wouldn't stop spilling anything smaller :roll:)

They are easier to keep clean too!
 
recently our 2 albino lionhead rabbits have tried to drink but not seemed to have been getting anything.

we would squeeze the bottle and they would sit for ages drinking and drinking.


we would be VERY VERY GRATEFUL FOR ANSWERS AND HELP.:thumb:

As others have suggested, use a bowl instead. You could also obtain a new bottle as sometimes the sipper nozzle gets blocked, especially in hard water areas. Limescale build up prevents the ball in the sipper nozzle from rotating so when the Rabbit licks it it does not move and no water comes out.
 
It just sounds to me as if the bottle is broken somehow and isn't letting the water out, so the easiest solution would be to just buy another bottle and/or add a bowl, as others have suggested. If you do stick with a bottle, it's important to check regularly that it is working properly as you have discovered!
 
My rabbits much prefer to drink from a bowl than a bottle, I gave them both for a short while and the bottle was never touched. I think its easier and more natural for them.
 
Anoter 'bowl' vote here! I found that rabbits could never get enough water from a bottle and, even when replaced regularly, I found them unreliable. Rabbits love a good slurp and it is much easier to change water in bowl once or twice a day than it is a bottle.
 
no worries! they don't have problems now as we have started changing the water every day.
more costly yes but they are fine now :D:D
thanks for the help:thumb:
 
I used to have a couple of water bottles for my rabbit and she would drink and drink but then I put a bowl of water in and she was happier. She could get more from the bowl then a water bottle. She almost seemed impatient and wanted more then it would allow xx
 
I use both. Mainly, Hector uses the bowl but he does often tip it over so the bottle is always there for back up :roll:
 
no worries! they don't have problems now as we have started changing the water every day.
more costly yes but they are fine now :D:D
thanks for the help:thumb:

I'm not sure I understand - why is changing the water every day more costly? Are you on a water meter? I would imagine you'd be spending a few pence a week if that.

TBH I think the water should be changed regularly anyway...
 
I'm not sure I understand - why is changing the water every day more costly? Are you on a water meter? I would imagine you'd be spending a few pence a week if that.

TBH I think the water should be changed regularly anyway...

Think they are maybe somewhere where you need to buy the water.....just guessing.
 
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