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Originally Posted by C C Kent Excellent advice on the water.
I use rabbit bottles in the crate for over night. They will drink plenty of water but they can't gulp it. When they drink slowly the bladder stretches slowly...the need to go comes on gradually and they learn to relax and hold it. This is also very handy when we travel by car, I can take water and not worry about it getting spilled.
To train them to the bottle just put a small amount of Nutri-cal on the tip after filling it, when they lick the tip they get water...TAA-DAA |
We use the rabbit bottle too, it's great for road trips, no spillage, and living in Arizona, even a short trip in the summer can leave you dehydrated.