Cat not drinking water

"JJ206" wrote in message

> Petzl wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:40:11 GMT, RPSinha wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't seen my cat drink any water. I do feed her 100% canned and
>>> she spends several hrs outdoors, so could be drinking when I am not
>>> there to notice it.
>>> Is this something to worry about or should I just leave water around
>>> and let her nature take its course?
>>> Should I try to insist that she drink some water before serving food
>>> (about the only leverage I have)?
>>
>> You should have a bowl of fresh water available The best bowl is ceramic
>> and wide so whiskers don't touch side.
>> That said cats don't drink much water
>> Petzl
>
> What's bad about metal bowls ?
>
> Jon

Cats love to drink from dirty water pools. Mine like to drink from our
birdbath, even if the water hasn't been changed in weeks......Rain water
pools are their favorite. I leave them fresh water inside the house, but
they still love the dirty stuff. - Maybe they are turned off by the faint
taste of chlorine....I don't know what it is.......
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On Apr 13, 5:26 am, JJ206
wrote:
> Petzl wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:40:11 GMT, RPSinha wrote:
>
[Snip]
> >> Should I try to insist that she drink some water before serving food
> >> (about the only leverage I have)?
>
> > You should have a bowl of fresh water available
> > The best bowl is ceramic and wide so whiskers don't touch side.
> > That said cats don't drink much water
> > Petzl
>
> What's bad about metal bowls ?
>
> Jon

Nothing if your cat will drink from it (cats can be picky)
Metal & plastic bowls can taint the water. (do you dink tea or coffee
from a metal cup? Most can taste a difference)

That said
For my cats I use a 2 litre coke bottle screwed into a plastic
drinking bowl which they seem to like. I have this outside and abut a
litre a week is missing I have only seen my cats drink from it I
suspect cat parties at night may also contribute

For feeding wet food I use disposable plastic party plates (not bowl)
and add a little water around food.
Although "party plates" are disposable they can be washed but are very
cheap to buy

I have top quality dry food in a plastic bowl handy at all times,
along with a fresh water filled plastic bowl (only occasionally drank
from)

Petzl
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William Graham wrote on 11/04/2008 :
> "JJ206" wrote in message
>
>> Petzl wrote:
>>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:40:11 GMT, RPSinha wrote:
>>>
>>>> I haven't seen my cat drink any water. I do feed her 100% canned and
>>>> she spends several hrs outdoors, so could be drinking when I am not
>>>> there to notice it.
>>>> Is this something to worry about or should I just leave water around
>>>> and let her nature take its course?
>>>> Should I try to insist that she drink some water before serving food
>>>> (about the only leverage I have)?
>>>
>>> You should have a bowl of fresh water available The best bowl is ceramic
>>> and wide so whiskers don't touch side.
>>> That said cats don't drink much water
>>> Petzl
>>
>> What's bad about metal bowls ?
>>
>> Jon
>
> Cats love to drink from dirty water pools. Mine like to drink from our
> birdbath, even if the water hasn't been changed in weeks......Rain water
> pools are their favorite. I leave them fresh water inside the house, but they
> still love the dirty stuff. - Maybe they are turned off by the faint taste of
> chlorine....I don't know what it is.......

Are they OK with metal bowls though ?

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Count Baldoni
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"Baldoni" wrote in message
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> William Graham wrote on 11/04/2008 :
>> "JJ206" wrote in message
>>
>>> Petzl wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:40:11 GMT, RPSinha wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I haven't seen my cat drink any water. I do feed her 100% canned and
>>>>> she spends several hrs outdoors, so could be drinking when I am not
>>>>> there to notice it.
>>>>> Is this something to worry about or should I just leave water around
>>>>> and let her nature take its course?
>>>>> Should I try to insist that she drink some water before serving food
>>>>> (about the only leverage I have)?
>>>>
>>>> You should have a bowl of fresh water available The best bowl is
>>>> ceramic and wide so whiskers don't touch side.
>>>> That said cats don't drink much water
>>>> Petzl
>>>
>>> What's bad about metal bowls ?
>>>
>>> Jon
>>
>> Cats love to drink from dirty water pools. Mine like to drink from our
>> birdbath, even if the water hasn't been changed in weeks......Rain water
>> pools are their favorite. I leave them fresh water inside the house, but
>> they still love the dirty stuff. - Maybe they are turned off by the faint
>> taste of chlorine....I don't know what it is.......
>
> Are they OK with metal bowls though ?
>
> --
> Count Baldoni
>
>
I don't use metal bowls, but I don't think it would hurt the cats,
especially if it was made out of aluminum or stainless steel.....I would
avoid copper and/or brass.
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>
> Cats love to drink from dirty water pools. Mine like to drink from our
> birdbath, even if the water hasn't been changed in weeks......Rain water
> pools are their favorite. I leave them fresh water inside the house, but
> they still love the dirty stuff. - Maybe they are turned off by the faint
> taste of chlorine....I don't know what it is.......
My cat has been caught drinking out of the fishbowl- one fish, pretty testy
about his small bowl. She laps up water unless she gets caught. She doesn't
seem to want the fish, but maybe it's because he (the fish) keeps moving.
It's the same water she has in her fountain, except it has a fish and fish
leavings/food in it...
Kathy
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"Kathy" wrote in message

> >
>> Cats love to drink from dirty water pools. Mine like to drink from our
>> birdbath, even if the water hasn't been changed in weeks......Rain water
>> pools are their favorite. I leave them fresh water inside the house, but
>> they still love the dirty stuff. - Maybe they are turned off by the faint
>> taste of chlorine....I don't know what it is.......
> My cat has been caught drinking out of the fishbowl- one fish, pretty
> testy about his small bowl. She laps up water unless she gets caught. She
> doesn't seem to want the fish, but maybe it's because he (the fish) keeps
> moving. It's the same water she has in her fountain, except it has a fish
> and fish leavings/food in it...
> Kathy
Yeah......Makes you wonder how they could have survived for millions of
years by drinking the foulest water they could find......:^)
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"William Graham" wrote in message
> Yeah......Makes you wonder how they could have survived for millions of
> years by drinking the foulest water they could find......:^)

Which should make one realize why indoor only cats usually live longer than
outdoor cats. Just because a cat may be happier with the unlimited wide open
spaces available to it doesn't mean it can't be happy living an indoor only
life as well as a longer life.
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On Apr 13, 11:12 am, "Ivor Jones" wrote:
> Upscale wrote:
> > "William Graham" wrote in message
> >> Yeah......Makes you wonder how they could have survived for millions
> >> of years by drinking the foulest water they could find......:^)
>
> > Which should make one realize why indoor only cats usually live
> > longer than outdoor cats. Just because a cat may be happier with the
> > unlimited wide open spaces available to it doesn't mean it can't be
> > happy living an indoor only life as well as a longer life.
>
> Personally I'd rather a short and happy life than a long and miserable
> one.
>
> But that's me.
>
> Ivor

I have 2 cats, 13 and 15 and they are outside all summer and always
have been......they are in all winter. Spring and summer they are
outside, hanging out in the barn or on the front porch.
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Upscale wrote:
> "William Graham" wrote in message
>> Yeah......Makes you wonder how they could have survived for millions
>> of years by drinking the foulest water they could find......:^)
>
> Which should make one realize why indoor only cats usually live
> longer than outdoor cats. Just because a cat may be happier with the
> unlimited wide open spaces available to it doesn't mean it can't be
> happy living an indoor only life as well as a longer life.

Personally I'd rather a short and happy life than a long and miserable
one.

But that's me.


Ivor
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"Ivor Jones" wrote in message

> Upscale wrote:
>> "William Graham" wrote in message
>>> Yeah......Makes you wonder how they could have survived for millions
>>> of years by drinking the foulest water they could find......:^)
>>
>> Which should make one realize why indoor only cats usually live
>> longer than outdoor cats. Just because a cat may be happier with the
>> unlimited wide open spaces available to it doesn't mean it can't be
>> happy living an indoor only life as well as a longer life.
>
> Personally I'd rather a short and happy life than a long and miserable
> one.
> But that's me.
>
> Ivor
>
>
Ivor is stupid enough to think that indoor cats are somehow unhappy when
nothing could be further from the truth.
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"Ivor Jones" wrote in message

> Upscale wrote:
>> "William Graham" wrote in message
>>> Yeah......Makes you wonder how they could have survived for millions
>>> of years by drinking the foulest water they could find......:^)
>>
>> Which should make one realize why indoor only cats usually live
>> longer than outdoor cats. Just because a cat may be happier with the
>> unlimited wide open spaces available to it doesn't mean it can't be
>> happy living an indoor only life as well as a longer life.
>
> Personally I'd rather a short and happy life than a long and miserable
> one.
>

That is about the most ignorant thing I have ever heard.



But I am not going to get in this stupid debate again that a few of you can
resist to keep going
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"Ivor Jones" wrote in message

> Upscale wrote:
>> "William Graham" wrote in message
>>> Yeah......Makes you wonder how they could have survived for millions
>>> of years by drinking the foulest water they could find......:^)
>>
>> Which should make one realize why indoor only cats usually live
>> longer than outdoor cats. Just because a cat may be happier with the
>> unlimited wide open spaces available to it doesn't mean it can't be
>> happy living an indoor only life as well as a longer life.
>
> Personally I'd rather a short and happy life than a long and miserable
> one.
>
> But that's me.
>
>
> Ivor
>

Our cats have always been free to come and go as they please, and only
rarely have ever been the worse for wear because of it.
We accept the tapeworms and the occasional injury as a fact of life, but
cats are not meant to live locked up.
Besides we save on food costs when they hunt down their own.
Perhaps people living on top of 30 story apartment buildings should not let
their cats out.
But for many of us, it's fine.

Cats only have two real goals in life, to sleep, and to hunt.
Let them have both.
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Professor wrote:
> "Ivor Jones" wrote in message
>
>> Upscale wrote:
>>> "William Graham" wrote in message
>>>> Yeah......Makes you wonder how they could have survived for
>>>> millions of years by drinking the foulest water they could
>>>> find......:^)
>>>
>>> Which should make one realize why indoor only cats usually live
>>> longer than outdoor cats. Just because a cat may be happier with the
>>> unlimited wide open spaces available to it doesn't mean it can't be
>>> happy living an indoor only life as well as a longer life.
>>
>> Personally I'd rather a short and happy life than a long and
>> miserable one.
>> But that's me.
>>
>> Ivor
>>
>>
> Ivor is stupid enough to think that indoor cats are somehow unhappy
> when nothing could be further from the truth.

Possibly, but from experience I believe they'd be *happier* if allowed
outside.

Ivor
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