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- 08/24/2016 at 9:31 PM
  BunnyMunchkin
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  Right now I have a ceramic bowl I am using for his water but when he starts to run around the fleece I use under the xpen moves and the water bowl is usually knocked over. I am wanting to switch to one of the lock on crock type bowls that I can attach to the side of the xpen. Would it be best to get a plastic bowl or a stainless steel bowl?
  
  He is only 9 weeks old so right now he is not litter trained and needs the fleece flooring.
- 08/25/2016 at 5:45 AM
  Muchelle
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  Uhm… I vote neither I have found the perfect solution to my own problem (bun throwing the bowl around) by buying a 3 kgs heavy marble hashtray. It weights more than the bun and impossible to move. Even if the bun could move it, he can’t grab it or push it because the hashtray is bulky and rounded
  
  Like this: http://www.dittaspinettialdo.it/images/tornitura/07.jpg
- 08/25/2016 at 5:50 AM
  Bam
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  I too say neither steel nor plastic, but if those were my only options, I’d chose steel because steal is more hygienic and a bunny won’t eat steel.
  
  I use heavy, glazed stoneware bowls. My buns need heavy bowls or they throw their bowls around for fun.
- 08/25/2016 at 6:16 AM
  Azerane
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  I also use ceramic, however out of those two, definitely stainless steel. Plastic once it gets even small scratches that you can’t see tends to harbour bacteria and can be tricky to clean completely. Stainless steel doesn’t have that problem. It also can’t be chewed as mentioned by bam.
- 08/25/2016 at 8:07 AM
  BunnyMunchkin
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  The bowl I have now is a very heavy ceramic but I have coroplast underneath the pen I built with fleece on top and when he gets to running around at 90mph it moves the fleece and water bowl and occasionally he will find a way to get under the fleece and knock everything on top of the fleece around including the litter box ?
- 08/25/2016 at 11:04 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  I also use a heavy ceramic crock.
  
  Plastic is a bad choice because it can get scratches which can trap bacteria.
- 09/06/2016 at 10:09 AM
  HazelEyes22
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  How about one that attaches to the cage?
- 09/06/2016 at 2:13 PM
  BunnyMunchkin
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  Posted By HazelEyedGemini on 9/06/2016 10:09 AM
  
  How about one that attaches to the cage?
  
  Thats exactly what I ended up getting and its working out great! Its a plastic bowl that locks onto the cage and the stainless steel bowl sits inside so you can easily remove it to clean it everyday and put fresh water in.
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