Hello everyone! I have a two month old rabbit and have not had him for very long. In this short while of having him however, I’ve noticed that he drinks a kind of worrying amount of water… I could just be worrying too much as I love him and don’t want anything to be wrong.. but i noticed he seems to drink a lot so I looked up the “normal” amount, and compared it with the amount he drinks… I was alarmed to see what could be quite a big difference… A four pound rabbit should drink approximately a cup of water a day, maybe less, and my rabbit, who possibly isn’t even a pound yet, seems to drink approximately a cup a day, therefore he seems to be drinking about four times the recommended amount.

When I did search about this, I found a few places talking about excessive water consumption and they all seemed to mention a possible cause could be anything like kidney problems/failure, diabetes, etc. I’m so very worried and I just want him to be okay. I know I should contact a vet but I kind of have to put that to last resort… because that has to be the last thing I try about this issue, i figure I’d ask everyone here about their opinions/thoughts on the matter. By the way, he does seem to have normal poops and seems to eat a good amount of food and some hay. He does urinate frequently, as expected to happen with the excessive water consumption though… I do supply veggies so he gets water from those as well… not too many vegetables of course though as I know baby bunnies tend to have more sensitive stomachs. He seems to act alright, perhaps not very energetic… but I figure since he’s a baby maybe he just likes naps and feels safer in his cage or something… (if someone has another, possibly more serious theory on that behavior please, please let me know). I do have another rabbit (she is older so they are separated till he is older and I can try to bond them, but they seem to be alright together through the bars of his cage) but she never gave me troubles like this. She ate good, drank fine, was active, etc. and I’ve had her since she was about two months like him. She is about two and a half years now though.

Anyways, I’m sorry for going on and on, I’m just a worried rabbit mom and want to make sure he is okay. I appreciate all the responses I hope to get helping me. Thank you all.