Water bowl flipping.

[Suki Wingy]

What can I do to stop Oslo from tipping over his water bowl? I used the little clips with sticky stuff to stick on the bowl and then clip the clip onto the bars of the cage, but it keeps waring out and unsticking. It's getting really annoying to have him flip over the bowl every day and spill water all over the food that he digs out of his food bowl. It rots within a few days and I have to clean all the time. Does anyone know what is causing him to do this? Is he just bored?

One more question. He had a bout of diarrhea about a week ago and now there's some dried to his butt. How should I clean this? Just with water? I heard you shouldn't wash your rabbit.

[GreyhoundGirl]

( A lot of people will hate me for saying this but.... ) How long do you leave him in his crate? I have never put a water/ food bowl in Jenny's crate. JMO, but I'd do without it. Also depends how often your dog drinks, or if he's sick.

Anyways, I've never really thought water in a crate is a must. ( Nobody hate me, please. )

EDIT:

I heard you shouldn't wash your rabbit.

One second... Is Oslo a dog?

[Suki Wingy]

he's a bunny

[GreyhoundGirl]

Ah, sorry bout that.

If he's a bunny he probably does need water with him because he'd be spending a lot more time in a crate than a dog would.

Sorry, I've never had bunnys.

[buttercup132]

If he's a bunny he probably does need water with him because he'd be spending a lot more time in a crate than a dog would.

Bunnies dont go into crates.


What I would suggest is getting a heavier bowl that he cant lift. Just like with puppies who do it.

[GreyhoundGirl]

crate, cage, whatever.

Unless you leave him loose? Than just put a large rock on the bottom of it so that he won't be strong enough to flip it. ( did that with Jen's outdoor bowls. )

[Cinder & Smoke]

I have never put a water/ food bowl in Jenny's crate.

... Also depends how often your dog drinks, or if he's sick.

EDIT:
One second... Is Oslo a dog?

NUTZ!
You beat me to it!

A dog?

NOPE ...

Oslo be da WABBITT = Oslo the black Himalayan Netherland Dwarf show buck.

[k9krazee]

What about using a water bottle?

[areias]

What about a water bottle? Or multiple water bottles if it isn't enough?

[Blue_Frog]

Maybe something that you can screw to the bars of hte cage so he can't flip it over? I have a bowl like that for the ferrets since they tend to toss things around quite a bit ... something like

http://www.ferretstore.com/firprizpetlo1.html

[Vela]

why not use a water bottle? I use it for my guinea pigs and rats, and never have a water problem. YOu can get very large ones. They arent vey expensive.

[Cinder & Smoke]

What can I do to stop Oslo from tipping over his water bowl?
I used the little clips with sticky stuff to stick on the bowl and
then clip the clip onto the bars of the cage...

How about switching him to the Hamster-style water BOTTLE?

They hang on the cage bars in a metal holder;
and the bottle has a nipple-like outlet that the pet learns to "lick" for a drink.

/s/ Phred

[Cinder & Smoke]

See:

http://www.rabbitcentral.com/oa-80429.html

The site has several other modesl available.

[buttercup132]

I think water bowls are much easier to fill and with my experience they break often , like the spring gets stuck or messed up some how. They are just a pain. Its much easier to just fill a bowl and put it in rather then having to put the bottle in and having it drip while you put it back on the cage , not to mention they dont stay up very well.Guinea pigs and rats are much smaller so its easier because the bottles dont weight as much but with the bigger ones it weighs them down making them not stay upright. Just my experience. Also if he has been drinking from a bowl all his life he wont know the water is in there or how to use it.

[wolf_Q]

Uh I have a big water bottle on the side of Nebo's crate and I've never had a problem. All it took was a dab of peanut butter on the end for Nebo to figure out water comes out when he licks it. And yes he drinks out of a bowl all other times, but he'd just flip a bowl of water if I left it in his crate with him. He's a dog of course but I don't see why it couldn't work for a rabbit.