my cat only drinks out of the sink, what do i do?

[evident]

my cat no longer drinks any water out of his bowl... only the sink now, and he begs us to turn it on when he wants some.

it's cute, but is there no turning back now? do we have to get him a water fountain?

 

[pcgeek11]

Leave him a bowl of water and do not turn on the sink for him. He will drink from the bowl when he gets thirsty enough.

 

[effowe]

I had this issue, we ended up getting a drinkwell fountain. It's filtered and the cat loves it.

http://www.amazon.com/Drinkwell-FCB-RE-Original-Pet-Fountain/dp/B00063446M

Just be sure to clean it once a week to keep it running smoothly.

 

[evident]

I had this issue, we ended up getting a drinkwell fountain. It's filtered and the cat loves it.

http://www.amazon.com/Drinkwell-FCB-.../dp/B00063446M

Just be sure to clean it once a week to keep it running smoothly.

damnit, i knew it would come to this.

 

[Zstream]

Honestly? Be a grown up and turn off the sink... Geeze, people and pets. They let pets rule their lives.

 

[evident]

Honestly? Be a grown up and turn off the sink... Geeze, people and pets. They let pets rule their lives.

he's really cute though when he drinks out of the sink... this thread was just an excuse to post kitty pics.

my other kitten doesn't even drink any water, period. so when we feed them wet food i normally pour some water in the wet food to give them some extra fluid.

 

[Perknose]

Honestly? Be a grown up and turn off the sink... Geeze, people and pets. They let pets rule their lives.

he's really cute though when he drinks out of the sink... this thread was just an excuse to post kitty pics.

my other kitten doesn't even drink any water, period. so when we feed them wet food i normally pour some water in the wet food to give them some extra fluid.

Some cats simply will not drink enough water from any standing source to adequately provide for their long term health.

These cats may come from a line of cats whose long, long ago wild ancestors lived in places that had adequate sources of running water. Standing water, in the wild, is, percentage-wis,e less healthy and safe.

Slowly, over many generations, these particular cat's ancestors were naturally selected in favor of those cats who only drank from running water.

Both of your pets seem to have inherited this behavior. Please don't let yourself be bullied by those here whose reflexive manly-man stance is based in dismissive ignorance.

These are your cats. They are dependent upon you.

It's your choice whether to leave them at long-term health risk for not drinking enough water or to spend the ~$40 for a drinkwell type thingy.

 

[mizzou]

my cats refuse to drink anywhere except from our bedside table out of giant coffee mugs filled with water

 

[0roo0roo]

heh who knew... that fountain is cheaper than i woulda thought though, so i guess its not so bad.

 

[evident]

what's better, drinkwell platinum or drinkwell 360?

 

[SuperSix]

One of my cats got addicted to us putting ice cubes in his water bowl, but he's spastic about clean water too. We got him to stop, by not giving him the ice cubes. If you reinforce the negative behavior, you are the only one to blame.

 

[gorobei]

my understanding was that wet food cats can get all the water they need from the food and dont need to lap/drink. something to do with being descended from desert cat ancestor. dry food cats definitely need water.

 

[Raduque]

My cat will drink out of just about anything. But no matter what it is, she always dips her paw in the water and licks the water out of her fur.

 

[evident]

here are some more pics of the kittens. the bigger one is a 6 month flamepoint ragdoll, the smaller one is a 15 week old blue point ragdoll. :awe:

 

[xanis]

cute cats