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22-09-2009, 02:55 PM   #1

Your Cat(s) & Their Drinking Water


A question so we can talk about our cats!

How do your cats prefer drinking their water?

Do they like it in a bowl, from the sink...? Are they picky with their water?
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Our cats have one of those cat fountain water bowls.
They prefer that we put ice in it so the water is nice & cold
And they all have different ways of drinking from it - from the top, from the side...

Its cute when we wash the bowl, our oldest girl Sliver
will wait patiently until she can have first drinks of the
fresh clean water. She'll sit there for a while just savoring the water

During the day, some of our other cats ask for us to put water in the sink for them.
They'll mew at us for it. They get so happy when they drink out of the sink



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22-09-2009, 03:34 PM   #2

Re: Your Cat(s) & Their Drinking Water


Beauty used to like drinking out of the bird bath. Dylan likes drinking out of a bowl.



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22-09-2009, 04:13 PM   #3

Re: Your Cat(s) & Their Drinking Water


Leia has a bowl downstairs and another in the bedroom which is the one she uses most; almost always has a drink when we get up in the morning. Sultan, my Aby, liked to drink from a leaky tap, and almost all of the others liked to drink from the tiny fishpond in the garden, yuk!

She drinks regular tap water like me; we don't do bottled water.



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22-09-2009, 05:17 PM   #4

Re: Your Cat(s) & Their Drinking Water


Kizzy likes her water from a bowl. She has a deep stainless steel one with a non slip ring on the bottom. I try to remember to change the water at least twice a day, more in the hot weather (what hot weather, I hear UK members ask!).

Pip loves his water best straight from the tap. He also licks water from the sink whilst making sure to get his paws nice and wet, so I can see where he's walked around the work surfaces! I love the look on his little face when he's drinking from the tap. I'll swear that he smiles and sometimes even looks as if he is laughing . I really must try to get a good photo of him - I find it enchanting.



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22-09-2009, 05:30 PM   #5

Re: Your Cat(s) & Their Drinking Water


Wow, its amazing how different cats are, even with how they prefer their water



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22-09-2009, 05:47 PM   #6

Re: Your Cat(s) & Their Drinking Water


I will post a pic of kado in a minute



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22-09-2009, 05:55 PM   #7

Re: Your Cat(s) & Their Drinking Water


Cassie always has a bowl of fresh water next to her food bowl but she much prefers drinking from the bird bath or a puddle!

She is not allowed on the worktops so I wouldn't know how she would react to drinking from the tap ............ but I certainly know how my OH would react if he caught her doing it!



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22-09-2009, 06:00 PM   #8

Re: Your Cat(s) & Their Drinking Water


Not the one i wanted but its Kado in a sink its his favourite place he likes sleeping and drinking of course

He hates drinking out of bowls its never liked it.



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22-09-2009, 07:21 PM   #9

Re: Your Cat(s) & Their Drinking Water


That's a great photo!
Imogen shares two water bowls with Kindly-she's never shown any interest in drinking from the tap and as an indoor cat has never had the opportunity to drink from puddles etc. Our new house has a pond so maybe she'll discover that?



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22-09-2009, 07:28 PM   #10

Re: Your Cat(s) & Their Drinking Water


Alfie enjoys the water fountain, especially if there is ice added to it.

He has abowl of water in the utility but rarely uses it.

He enjoys drinking out of the dogs huge water bowl or a puddle. Also drippy tap or water in the bath!

Love that pic of kado btw.



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