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An open dish instead of bottle will encourage more drinking.  Some flavored horse electrolytes can be put in the water or over the feed but you have to calculate down from the horse dose.  I think I had this brand http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html ... ple%20elit  .  You can also just give a salt/trace mineral wheel or block and hope they use it.  For temporary use gatorade or pedialyte can work if you change it often.  The high sugar content of human sports drinks isn't good long term and makes it go bad in the bottle very quickly.  I did occasionally give my guinea pigs gatorade in the summer though.  Never had to with the rabbits but I had out horse salt and mineral blocks in the colonies.