rabbit pulling at his water bottle?

[babybop6379]

Our house bunny Munchie every time he has a drink from his water bottle keeps tugging at it like hes not getting any out, bubbles and receding water line clearly shows hes getting water out but he still does it does anyone else have this problem as it is very noisy when he does it.

[fairkatrina]

I had several rabbits who did exactly the same. It turned out to be overbite, their teeth had got a bit long and they were using the bottle to try and wear them down. Provide him with some good quality soft-ish wood (fruit tree wood is excellent if you can get it), as long as it's not treated chemically then it will be fine, and he will gnaw at that and eventually the problem should be solved. You can have thier teeth clipped by the vet if they are very long, but as rabbit's teeth never stop growing you're better off trying to solve the problem at home. Harder food also helps (carrots, apples etc) and this will also save him from gnawing his hutch.

[babybop6379]

hello there thanks for the answer but we do have his teeth checked regularly when he has his booster injections he also has plenty to gnaw on such as wood cubes cardboard and hard foods aswell maybe its just a strange habit on his part! . thanks anyway fairkatrina x

[Kuin]

Not sure how relevent this is as my pets are guinea pigs but I usually find it's one of 2 things, 1) The animal is just very thirsty for some reason, like they forget they can have a drink whenever they want and suddenly realise how thirsy they are, and 2) When my guinea pig got a little older she tended to twist her head at a funny angle and chew at the nozzel, even though there was clearly water coming fine out of the nozzel - why this is I have no idea, but if your rabbit is getting a little older maybe this is the case. :)