Do buns drink more with certain hays?

Archie and Pip normally eat ings hay and quite a lot of it! However for the past few weeks we've been giving them Timothy hay as an additional treat. They are drinking lots more water. They normally drink just over half a mason and cash bowl a day between the two of them even in the middle of summer. Now they are drinking a whole bowl!

Yesterday they got a very special treat from hop to forage and they munched through an enormous pile of Timothy hay. I didn't notice bun they completed licked the water bowl dry!!!! I felt awful, but luckily they seem ok.

So question is, are some hays drier, which would make them drink more?

Pip has got dental issues and I did notice her drinking more when she needs to get burred, but she's just recently had that done. So all good in that respect.

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This is a good question! But I really don't know but I suppose it is possible.

tonibun said:

This is a good question! But I really don't know but I suppose it is possible.

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It seems drier when I pick it up, but I have no idea really.

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Our hay is different this year, maybe because it only grew to half the length it would normally grow, as not enough rain fell. I am wondering if this also makes it richer.

tonibun said:

Our hay is different this year, maybe because it only grew to half the length it would normally grow, as not enough rain fell. I am wondering if this also makes it richer.

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Oh maybe. Im sure grieing conditions would affect the nutrition of hay. I know my buns have refused to eat new batches of normally favourite hays

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Could it be that in addition to changing them to Timothy hay, they have also had less fresh forage? My bunnies always drink more if they are eating more hay and less fresh food. So possibly it's just they they are eating more hay, rather than it being anything to do with it being Timothy.

Omi said:

Could it be that in addition to changing them to Timothy hay, they have also had less fresh forage? My bunnies always drink more if they are eating more hay and less fresh food. So possibly it's just they they are eating more hay, rather than it being anything to do with it being Timothy.

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That would make sense, except my buns only have a dry diet. So they dont get any water elsewhere?

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I don't see why different hay wouldn't have different waste content TBH, and therefore make them drink more, because they taste different (or whatever reason buns prefer X over Y XD). But I'd keep an eye on it

Is it definitely both of them who are drinking more ?

InspectorMorse said:

Is it definitely both of them who are drinking more ?

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Sorry I couldn't login yesterday. I think so, hard to tell, but definitely seen them both drinking lots

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