Will your cat drink water from a bowl?
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Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
Mine all drink from water bowls, but Radar prefers pint glasses (which he has been known to get his head stuck in) or a running tap. I bought him a Drinkwell fountain and the silly sod dunked loads of stuff in the well and clogged the motor, it only lasted 2 days 
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
The vast majority of cats are lactose intolerant and cows milk will give them the shits. Lower lactose alternatives such as goats milk or specially formulated 'cat milk' are often ok as treats if your cat doesn't have a sensitive tum, but fatty so shouldn't form a regular part of the diet. Even if a cat can tolerate milk, it cannot be used as a substitute for water, as it doesn't provide the same hydration.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
My cats only drink from the water feature in the garden, glasses of water around the house, or from taps (not nice if they're taps that humans drink from too)- one of them really loves drinking from the bidet and will run after you in the bathroom and miaow at you to turn it on for her
you have a bidet?
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gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I sadly lost my last cat nearly 10 years ago.
But they nearly were the end of me.
In the winter I used to put a bowl of water by the gas fire in the living room and unbeknownst to me, a spider had made a web over the air inlet.
Before too long, shed-loads of fur had stuck to the web and the fire started burning less and less efficiently ....
so yes, my cats used to take water from a bowl.
But they nearly were the end of me.
In the winter I used to put a bowl of water by the gas fire in the living room and unbeknownst to me, a spider had made a web over the air inlet.
Before too long, shed-loads of fur had stuck to the web and the fire started burning less and less efficiently ....
so yes, my cats used to take water from a bowl.
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
We have two cats and the one that was originally mine is the naughty one. She will only drink from the glass of water my partner leaves by his bed, or from the loo.
She sometimes splashes the water from the bowl all over the kitchen.
The other one is good and drinks discreetly. I've never seen her drink from the bowl though - I think she probable drinks from puddles etc.
She sometimes splashes the water from the bowl all over the kitchen.
The other one is good and drinks discreetly. I've never seen her drink from the bowl though - I think she probable drinks from puddles etc.
My two cats don't have their own water bowl, the dog's does for all of them. The cat that is really mine drinks otu of that quite happily, but the cat that's really my daughter's would much prefer you to turn the tap on for him.
Both are seemingly very polite compared to most on here in that they've never shown any interest in anything I'm drinking out of. More realistically, I put this down to it being so rarely anything other than wine or coffee, they simply don't consider it worth investigating.
Both are seemingly very polite compared to most on here in that they've never shown any interest in anything I'm drinking out of. More realistically, I put this down to it being so rarely anything other than wine or coffee, they simply don't consider it worth investigating.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I leave a big plastic bowl in the bath with some water in it for mine. (So I suppose that's a yes, but not really.)
ill-informed
passive aggressive master
i stopped putting water down years ago as it would just end up going green.
and on a related note my dog doesn't drink from his bowl either. Athough i still leave water down for him.
and on a related note my dog doesn't drink from his bowl either. Athough i still leave water down for him.
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
I'm actually quite concerned for my cat and his drinking. The only thing i see him drinking is my bath water 
i've started to buy cat milk because i want him to drink something
I'm sure he must be drinking puddles when he goes out but i would like to get him drinking a bit more at home, just so that i know he is
i've started to buy cat milk because i want him to drink something
I'm sure he must be drinking puddles when he goes out but i would like to get him drinking a bit more at home, just so that i know he is
Our cat rarely drinks from her bowl much to the annoyance of my other half as she puts down bottled water for the cat as our local water has a chlorine taste.
Does the cat appreciate having bottled water put down for her ? No !
She much prefers to drink from puddles, a bucket in the garden that's got stagnant water - in fact unless she's desperate (like it's cold and she can't face going outside) she much prefers some green stagnant source.
Does the cat appreciate having bottled water put down for her ? No !
She much prefers to drink from puddles, a bucket in the garden that's got stagnant water - in fact unless she's desperate (like it's cold and she can't face going outside) she much prefers some green stagnant source.
At my parents' house, not mine, my house is more like a shed. And it was there when we moved in. And it is not really very indicative of what the rest of the house is like tbh.
I knew someone would pick up on that
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
I'm actually quite concerned for my cat and his drinking. The only thing i see him drinking is my bath water
i've started to buy cat milk because i want him to drink something
I'm sure he must be drinking puddles when he goes out but i would like to get him drinking a bit more at home, just so that i know he is
Do you feed him wet food? IIRC, cats get a lot of their moisture intake from this & are not big drinkers anyway.
(Your first sentence & my last sentence make it sound like he's on the sauce....
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