My cat likes to drink water from the running faucet. But I've NEVER seen her drink from her water bowls (and I have 2 for her - one next to her food bowl and another one in a corner where she likes to hang out).
I'm worried that she doesn't drink enough water. Should I be? Can cats get dehydrated?
Does anyone know how I could train her to drink from her bowls?
2007-02-26 13:22:52 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Get a Drinkwell water dish. It runs like a faucet. My cats love it! PetsMart carries it. You can also get an extra tank to attach to it. It's really cool.
2007-02-26 13:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by CaleeaLu 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My cat is the same , but I let him edrink from the faucet. If you want your cat to stop doing this here is what you have to do . Show your cat the water and tell the cat it needs to drink from the bowl . The cat will probably walk away in disgust.... But then when she jumps up on the counter to drink from the faucet , don't let her drink from the faucet. She knows she has a bowl with water in it . So after a while she will get thirsty and want to have some water so she will use the bowl. Also make sure to wash the water bowl alot. My water bwol and a plastic ring around it and I just cleaned it recently and I found inside the plastic ring there was some mildew. I thought maybe my cat didn't like the smell of the mildew so thats why he wasn't drinking the water.
2007-02-26 23:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by Bloop 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good luck in trying to get her to drink out of a bowl. My cat is 12 years old and has never drank out of a bowl. I tried I don't know how many times too. I'd put a bowl of water down for her. She wouldn't even as much as look at it. Instead, she would sit in the bathtub staring at the faucet waiting for water to come out. I had to give in and let her have her own way. I leave the faucet on a trickle all of the time. Saves me from having to fight with my cat to drink out of a bow. Hope this helps!
2007-02-27 03:15:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cats can get dehydrated. I would suggest getting a bowl that has a fountain of water filtered through it continuously. Also once my cat was really dehydrated and the vet suggested placing many bowls of water out--like 6 or so. He was back to normal in no time. There is a way to test for dehydration by pulling on the fur but I would ask a vet for assistance before doing this.
2007-02-26 21:31:22 · answer #4 · answered by ambage 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some cats just will not drink from the bowl. So if she isn't, it might very well be that she does not get enough liquid. Its definetely a cat quirk and yours is not alone. You will probably need to invest in a water fountain designed especially for cats. They run around $50 and are a good investment for cats that wont drink stagnant water. Get one with a quiet motor if you can. Another trick I try with my cats, although they do drink from the bowl, is to mix their wet food with a certain amount of water enough to make a soupy mixture out of it. They always drink the liquid out first. Its worth a shot.
2007-02-26 21:51:52 · answer #5 · answered by ineeddonothing 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If water is not there..."she will seek" it out...My cats (I have 3...2 like the faucet also)...but I won't leave them running for them..and they eventually will go to their water bowls..however..if we are in the bathroom with the water running that is where these 2 want to be....but that's just an "interesting" "different" thing for them I think...because they WILL drink from their bowls if the faucets aren't running....But like I said..they will seek water out when ever the "need" arises.....DON'T worry as long as there is fresh water available........
2007-02-26 21:31:58 · answer #6 · answered by kiya12bc 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It will never happen. I have a 12 year old cat that only wants to drink fresh water, from the tap or my cup. What is really cool is of my, uh, few cats, the two that are like this are the sweetest and most affectionate ones. I am guessing you have a great cat there, just run the tap when you can and keep fresh water available, and all should be fine.
2007-02-26 21:28:38 · answer #7 · answered by crct2004 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My sisters cat does the same thing. Since he won't drink out of a bowl she leave a short glass of water on the sink for him and he drinks from it when the faucet is not on. Good Luck.
2007-02-26 21:35:44 · answer #8 · answered by unstablegramy 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have had the same problem and I purchased a cat water fountain from SkyMall.com, my cat purrfers aerated water because it's always fresh-tasting like the facet. It has a bowl at the bottom and after a while she would drink out of any bowl of water that was changed everyday.
2007-02-26 21:51:05 · answer #9 · answered by ANGELA S 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One of my cats does that. We thought it was so cute how he wanted to drink from the tub faucet. Now he constantly hops in the tub meowing for us to turn the water on. We are training him to drink from his bowl now. This is what you do. First, don't turn on the faucet for her. Next, when she is meowing next to the faucet or you happen to see her there, pick her up and put her by her water bowls. Eventually she will get the idea that she won't get any more water from the faucet and she will drink from her bowls. This is working for our cat!
2007-02-26 22:17:57 · answer #10 · answered by Tigger 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi,
My cat dosnt drink from her bowls either. She gets in the shower after I get out and has a huge drink.
This is common. I took Lizzy to the vet becasue I was worried like you. They said it is normal. Cats don't drink alot of water. The will maily drink from puddles, dripping or running taps or off glass surfices. I changed her bowl to a glass bowl and she sometimes drinks from it.
Dont stress as cats get there liquid from grass, wet food and showers, kithcen sinks and anywere that is wet.
You cat is fine. Try a glass bowl (not ceramic or china) and if that dosnt work take it to the vet for a check up.
2007-02-26 21:28:50 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋