I know that sometimes it seems like an impossible mission to make a bunny drink water, many times humans think we should drink from a water cooler, but the truth is that it is very bad, we drink from bowls, as we drink when we are in nature , our body is done so that we drink water with our heads down and not up, maybe you’ve seen in documentaries about cats and dogs how they drink water? We are the same way, we use the tongue that makes a kind of shell that together with the strength and speed makes the water rise up to our mouth and so we drink , with the water dispenser this does not happen, in addition to having our heads turned upwards and an anatomically incorrect position to drink water, our language has to push a metal ball against a metal tube to drop water dripping in our mouth and on top we are hitting our teeth into that pipe, which will end for doing a lot of harm after a while.

With this whole gym to drink water is very normal that the rabbits do not drink, try picking up a bottle of those sports that have a beak, now mess your head up open your mouth and let the bottle to pour water from dripping in your mouth but without touching, can you drink as if you were drinking like you humans normally drink? How is your neck? They can realize more or less what we went through when we Metem drinking by drinking fountains?

It is very important to know how to choose a good bowl to drink water, it is not enough to say that it was bought in a pet store , or that it is like this or roasted, each bunny has its own personality and drinks in its own way, there are bunnies that make a lot of noise to drink water, others almost get into the bowl to drink, it is by observing the bunnies that we can find out which is the best bowl for them, it is not enough to be a heavy clay bowl, you have to have the right measure and the right shape.

The bowls for drinking water can be made of clay, ceramic or even metal, curved inward or outward, straight or diagonally, there are bunnies that drink without touching the bowl, so in this case a normal bowl will do, there are others that they frighten themselves with their own shadow, so a glass that reflects their image or in which the water can reflect their image is sometimes enough to be frightened and not drink, then if they are those who like to get into the glass to drink water they can choose a smaller bowl or a bowl with the edges facing inwards, so it will be more difficult to turn the bowl or put your paws in there and drink at the same time, if he is one of those who likes to support the paws on the top of the bowl, to drink water, a smaller bowl without a rim or diagonal (base wider than the top), will no longer be able to turn .

There are also bowls that can be attached, as I said here, the bunnies are not meant to be in cages, so you can attach these bowls to the enclosure railings , so that the bunny is trapped and a little above the ground, you don't even have to make a big effort drink water.

Another option is to find bases for the bowls as they exist for dogs, they can be made of wood or metal, they are slightly above ground level and trapped, so there is no way for your bunny to turn them around or get inside.

There are already bowls with a reservoir , usually as they are heavy the bunnies cannot turn and it is also an option for bunnies that drink a lot of water.

But even so, after all this there are still bunnies that don't drink much water, it is important that the water be changed every day and the bowl washed, because even if the water is washed every day, the water stopped , together with the drool from rabbits and other dust it gets dirt and slime that will harm the bunnies.

There are drops of flavors on sale in own pet stores for them that can add to water, are usually cranberry can get some of the water winning taste and they drink, then just go slowly reducing the amount of drops until even just water, in addition to these drops can also use apple juice, pear, pineapple, watermelon, etc., but just like the drops, it is just a little bit to flavor the water and repeat the same process as the drops, they decrease the juice until it is just water.

If you don’t have the drops and don’t want to give juices, you can give infusions, it can be chamomile, mallows, roses, etc., at the bottom it’s like making a tea (see here the herbs you can use to make but be careful to see what serve the herbs), without sugar, let it cool and dilute a lot in their water so the water gains flavor and they drink it, it’s the same thing that I said earlier, then they reduce the amount of tea until it’s just water.

They need to know that many vegetables and fruits are given with a lot of water, such as watermelon, cucumber, courgette, etc. it is normal for the bunny not to drink so much water.

There is no exact science, you have to understand what is the best process for your bunny and the only way to know it is to test it until you get it right.