Baby CAG Doesnt Like to Drink Water?

[Shandra]

My baby ( hatch date of 3-4-09) simply does not like to drink water. I seldom see her put her beak to water. The first 2 days I had her I didnt realize that she wasnt drinking, I dribbled water on her beak gradually moving my finger to the water dish and she literally guzzled water. It seems as tho the only water she will consume is either dripped from my finger or directly from the bottle. She is on bottled water. I allow the water to go into her water bowl as she is drinking from the bottle but she will not drink it from the bowl. I have several different crocks that i have tried to get her to drink from and she actually attacks whatever the water is in and tries to flip it. I was originally using the hang on type water dish and she would walk over to it and fight and jerk on it until she got it off the side and then would flip it over. I thought she was playing a game. I got the type that you lock into the cage and did our water routine and as soon as she finished out of the bottle she tried her best to take the water crock off the side of the cage and got downright hostile with it.
Normally I would chalk it up to just playing but I am concerned she is starting to dehydrate, her legs dont have that robust plump look anymore that would normally be associated with hydration. I have tried offering her water at different temperatures using different bowls that she is familiar with. I have only had her for 2 weeks and I believe she was force weaned.
Any suggestions about what i can do to get her to drink more?

[Poohsbirds97]

My baby IRN was the same way when I got him. Would not touch the water. So I added a small amount of juice to the water and that worked. Then I slowly took away the juice so it was only water. (Less juice each day) I am sure others may have suggestions for you as well, but this is what worked for me.

[sodakat]

You could try the dispenser bottle:

[Lori~D]

Is it possible the only thing it knows is a water bottle?? All my birds are water botlle users and some breeders only use bottles. Try a water bottle.

[Shandra]

Silly bird
I refused to give her drinks from the bottle or finger and hung a Lixit in her home cage. It has the little stem sticking out of it ( its a flip top) I dont think thats what she is used to but she is trying it.
In her shop cage I think it has become a game to her. She drinks out of the crock ( same exact crock as at home) after she thoroughly beats it up, attacking and biting it, trying everything she can to rip it off the cage lol I watched her from across the room today out of the corner of my eye. She seemed so serious, wings flared, head completely extended beak first, then she went to her favorite hanging toy and did the same thing, went back to the water dish and finished the fight with satisfaction, splashing water out with her beak, Then she took a drink. lol silly bird. Now to find out why she is losing weight, could just be a combination of weaning and more exercise.

[Vilas]

Hiccup's former mom gave me some clues regarding his "drinking" issues. She told me that when I needed to replace his water, to ALWAYS offer him some before putting the bowl back in the hanger OTHERWISE he will tip the whole thing over. Sure enough I didn't do it one day and he went right over and water was everywhere. So now it's like a game. He loves ice cubes in his water bowl and I always give him the opportunity to have some before putting the bowl back inside his cage. Usually he is on the door perch chewing on his leather when I offer him a drink. It is almost like he's the Quality Control Bird! So I hold it in front of him, he runs his beak around the outside edge and then pokes his beak into the water. I always talk to him while I'm doing this and saying things like "would you like a drink? I put ice cubes in for you. It's cold water..Good for you" Then he proceeds to make those flamingo beak sounds. He takes his time about it, but worth it for me and saves the cleanup of water from the floor.