Lance,
Thanks for the add'l info. I see where you are coming from.

However I still believe Gatorade is a bad idea because of the sugar. Bunnies who get occasional treats made by pet food manufacturers, fruit or carrots...these products all have sugar in them. And a rabbit has a delicate digestive system which needs to be kept in balance.....digestive problems in rabbits can cause death within 24 hours if left untreated.

Every bunny is different when it comes to tolerating sugar. I have three bunnies (of five) that gets very soft stools and/or diahrea if they get too much sugar. This is only disconcerting because they don't get much of either to begin with. In fact recently, several bunny experts have revised their dietary recommendations and have either completely removed carrots from the list of approved food or now recommend 4 inches of carrot only a couple times/wk.

Add an illness on top of low sugar tolerance is asking for real digestive trouble by giving Gatorade. I'm sure the zoo care takers and vets have evaluated and tested Gatorade and determined appropriate dosage before recommending it. I have not heard of any such bunny vet/expert give this recommendation and would be extremely reluctant to administer it when quantity and dilution (if any) is not known.

At this point I think it's up to each pet owner to decide the merits of this method of treatment. Thanks for the interesting exchange of info.