Water Bottle or Water Dish?

[Rescuemom]

Do you use a water dish or a water bottle and if you use one or the other, why?

P.S - Bowl was meant to be bottle in the poll!

 

[1234bunnies777]

I personally like the water bottle better because my bunny likes to flip things over.

 

[MiniLopHop]

I prefer a heavy dish because I think they drink more, particularly my head tilt girl. I don't think she could use a bottle.

 

[patches2593]

i use water botttles. i think they are more sanitary (my opinion)cuz loose hay or fur, or anything could go in the water ;where water bottels keeps the water enclosed

also i tried a bowl cuz i think it would be so cute watching him drink but he dug and clawed at it and flipped it all over!brat!!!!

 

[I_heart_Fraggles]

They drink more from a dish but even the heavy ones have a chance of spilling.
The girls both use a bottle and we had a dish for Muppet but she used it as a potty and it got pretty gross....

 

[MiniLopHop]

That is true, hay and hair get into the water. I change it in the morning and the evening to keep it clean. Luckily nobun has used it to potty as far as I know. I get dishes made for dogs, so even Sophie can't tip them. (12 inch diameter thick ceramic)

 

[JessicaK]

I use a water bottle, unless it is really hot, then I'll give them a dish too.

 

[Ender]

I feel like since I started using a bowl, he has been drinking a lot more. I haven't had trouble with it, and it's too big and heavy for him to flip it over.

 

[MiserySmith]

I must be very lucky. Peppy has had a bowl since I rescued him, he came with a bottle but it leaked horribly.
He drinks a lot, and only once in a while I'll find a food pellet dissolved in it, apart from that it stays very clean over night.

 

[asugrad96]

I use water bowls because I have had personal experience with water bottles becoming stuck and leaving an animal with no water. Luckily it didn't kill anyone as I caught it in time, but I still felt horrible! I have had a stray piece of hay or a pellet end up in the bowl but that's easy enough to clean out when I rinse the bowls out and refill every morning.

 

[littl3red]

I use a dish, this "corner crock" thing I bought, it attaches to the corner. Unspillable. :biggrin:

 

[cwolfec]

I give ceramic water dishes for mine. Sounds like that is what the majority of people use, which really surprised me actually. I think it makes more sense to have a water bottle (that doesn't leak!) when they travel, but I tried to teach them to drink from one and they won't. Literally won't.

Pippy likes to put her front feet in it when she drinks, so I change it several times a day. I think she would jump right in if she could

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

I use bowls for all my rabbits. I find my rabbits drink well from them and they are easy to clean. I also can't stand the sound a bottle makes when they drink.
A few of my rabbits came from breeders who used water bottles or an automatic watering system and they had no trouble switching to bowls.

 

[littl3red]

See, that's why I switched from a bottle. Teddy lives in my room and the noise was just too much while I was sleeping. There's no problem now.

 

[1234bunnies777]

littl3red wrote:

I use a dish, this "corner crock" thing I bought, it attaches to the corner. Unspillable. :biggrin:

ahhh were did you find that. That is such a good idea cant believe i didnt think of thattt

 

[agnesthelion]

Water bottles here. Agnes has two.

It took 4 different ones ( returning to the store) to get a good brand that doesn't leak. I also prefer ones that attach to the outside of the cage so the bun can't get to it, knock it off, chew etc.

I, for one, would never use a water dish. Too dirty, too much of a chance to get knocked over, used as a bathroom etc. Buns are just too unpredictable for a bowl. Just my opinion

 

[littl3red]

I got the corner crock at Petco, it's a little on the small side, but so is Teddy, so I never need to fill it up more than twice a day, usually only once. It is probably one of the best purchases I have ever made.

 

[ldoerr]

agnesthelion wrote:

Water bottles here.

I, for one, would never use a water dish. Too dirty, too much of a chance to get knocked over, used as a bathroom etc. Buns are just too unpredictable for a bowl. Just my opinion

I use bottles for the same reason. I tried to use bowls but I find that they are too much work. Bowls are great if you are a breeder who has a dirt or concreat floors in their barn. I think that the bottles are more sanitary. I rarely have a bottle that leaks. The feed store in Spring TX sells really great bottles for cheep.

 

[Apebull]

We use a bowl and Twigs leaves it alone. We did have a bottle and he would stand there and drink for like 5 minutes straight. Then one day I was watching and as he was "hitting the bottle" (that's what we called it). It was more biting and trying to get water to drink then drinking. I gave him a bowl and he never looked back.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

I use bottles with all mine.