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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2006Cats' water supply
I'm looking for advice and suggestions for not having to replace the cats' water supply several times a day. The thing is, Tommy is never content to simply drink water from a dish - at the very least, he has to splash it all over the place with his paw, and when the water level goes below half full, he'll turn it over. He even does this with the automatic waterer I got at Walmart. I'm tired of constantly mopping the floor and want to find a mean of watering the cats that Tommy cannot defeat. Any ideas? > I'm looking for advice and suggestions for not having to replace the cats' > water supply several times a day. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any ideas? Well... there are no-tip bowls, that he couldn't turn over, but he'd still be able to splash around in one. (picked Petco, coz it was the first one that came to mind) http://www.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?Nav=197&sku=32646&R=1689&enemerch=1 Then I seem to remember seeing something similar as the bottle used for rodents, but bigger and meant for cats. Now I cannot find one tho... hold on, this one's for small dogs too, so why not cats: http://www.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?R=1894&PC=productlist&Nav=239&N=26%20106& sku=702285&familyID=6144& or http://tinyurl.com/h68uv  SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 > Well... there are no-tip bowls, that he couldn't turn over, but he'd still > be able to splash around in one. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > http://www.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?R=1894&PC=productlist&Nav=239&N=26%20106& sku=702285&familyID=6144& > or http://tinyurl.com/h68uv The first one looks like a good idea (especially the no-skid bottom) but I'd like to find a deeper one that would take up less space on the floor. The other I think would only work if I had just one or two cats, with seven cats it would need filling too often. And some of them may not figure out how to use it. Thanks for the tip! >> Well... there are no-tip bowls, that he couldn't turn over, but he'd still >> be able to splash around in one. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Thanks for the tip! One of my friends has a cat who likes to play in his water dish. She got him a HUGE metal dish, like the kind you'd use for big dogs, and keeps it in the shower. She simply removes it when she is taking a shower, and he's free to play and splash to his heart's content every day. Sometimes she floats a yellow ducky in there because he likes to play 'drown the ducky'. Go figure. How about putting a big metal dish inside a little child's wading pool? No matter how you go about it, you're going to have to take up room. Your owner just likes to splash. I heard that cats don't like to have their whiskers touching the sides of the bowl, which is why I have a big bowl for Princess Rita, but I've also heard that they can't see the water unless it's moving, which would explain why Fin would bat his water bowl every time he drank. He would end up moving it all over the kitchen floor. I never knew where I'd find it next. Cats are such fun. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita > I'm looking for advice and suggestions for not having to replace the cats' > water supply several times a day. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any ideas? My daughter gave up and lets them drink from the toilet. We sometimes let a faucet drip. And we don't use bowls for the cats water anymore. They get their water in 16 oz plastic cups. For some reason they don't knock those over or play with them. Possible because it gets them too wet. It helps that they do go out and there are many water sources around here. Jo > I'm looking for advice and suggestions for not having to replace the > cats' water supply several times a day. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any ideas? Pi loves to take his prey for a swim in his water dish. It's actually a milk-glass 8-inch round cake pan. He can't tip it over, but he does occasionally stand up with his forepaws on the edge and watch the various things that sink or float. His own little science projects, you see. Anyway, I put a cheap rubberized welcome mat under it and the spill usually stays contained in that, if he gets to splashing. Chak SignatureAny sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from molasses. > I'm looking for advice and suggestions for not having to replace the > cats' water supply several times a day. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any ideas? Tommy sounds a lot like Baggy, I haven't got an answer. At least Baggy is able to go outside where there are pleanty of sources of water, today he was streaching over the garden pond so he could drink from the fountain. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > I'm looking for advice and suggestions for not having to replace the cats' > water supply several times a day. We've got a Drinkwell Pet Fountain (http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-Drinkwell-Pet-Fountain-Water-Dish-Cat-Dog-NIB_W0QQ itemZ7756997837QQcategoryZ66764QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem), also available from Drs Foster and Smith, Petco, PetSmart, etc. You can get an extended capacity reservoir (basically about a quart bottle that fastens to the back side). I find that one filling of the reservoir keeps our six well-watered for a couple days. The only time we have water on the floor is when Ranger decides he needs to stand in the basin, then shakes his feet dry on the floor. >> I'm looking for advice and suggestions for not having to replace the >> cats' [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > decides he needs to stand in the basin, then shakes his feet dry on the > floor. There's one in every clowder isn't there? Jo >> We've got a Drinkwell Pet Fountain >> (http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-Drinkwell-Pet-Fountain-Water-Dish-Cat-Dog-NIB_W0QQ itemZ7756997837QQcategoryZ66764QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem), [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> decides he needs to stand in the basin, then shakes his feet dry on the >> floor. I tryed one of those type of things but my babies did not seem to care for it., They like the cold fresh, water they get twice a day. During the hot summer they would not even touch it when the water was warm. They would drink from the toilet bowl. > We've got a Drinkwell Pet Fountain > (http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-Drinkwell-Pet-Fountain-Water-Dish-Cat-Dog-NIB_W0QQ itemZ7756997837QQcategoryZ66764QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem), [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > decides he needs to stand in the basin, then shakes his feet dry on the > floor. What size reservoir do you have on yours? It looks wonderful... is it difficult for a cat to tip over? > What size reservoir do you have on yours? I think it's about a quart - it's about 4 inches in diameter and maybe 5-6 inches high. > It looks wonderful... is it difficult for a cat to tip over? Nobody has managed to do so yet, and we've been using this one for over a year. >> What size reservoir do you have on yours? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Nobody has managed to do so yet, and we've been using this one for > over a year. And Persia loves drinking from the running "spout" on the fountain, although sometimes she drinks straight from the basin. It's quite heavy when filled with water so I don't think a cat can just tip it over, plus it has little rubber feet on the bottom so it can't be scooted. Jill Pat, there's another fountain also that might work for you: Here's a rather long link to it -- hope it works: http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=0a2d9d4a-dd96-4168-8291-b956fcebab77 If the link doesn't work go to www.valleyvet.com and use the search function for pet fountains. I have the 108 oz. size for my kitties and they do like it! It says it uses a charcoal filter cartridge but I just get a little net bag from the fish supply area of Petsmart and buy the aquarium type charcoal to put in it and it works great. Christine > > We've got a Drinkwell Pet Fountain (http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-Drinkwell-Pet-Fountain-Water-Dish-Cat-Dog-NIB _W0QQitemZ7756997837QQcategoryZ66764QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem), > > also available from Drs Foster and Smith, Petco, PetSmart, etc. You can > > get an extended capacity reservoir (basically about a quart bottle that [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > It looks wonderful... is it difficult for a cat to tip over? >> I'm looking for advice and suggestions for not having to replace the >> cats' >> water supply several times a day. > > We've got a Drinkwell Pet Fountain (http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-Drinkwell-Pet-Fountain-Water-Dish-Cat-Dog-NIB _W0QQitemZ7756997837QQcategoryZ66764QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem), > also available from Drs Foster and Smith, Petco, PetSmart, etc. You > can [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the > floor. Persia loves her Drinkwell fountain. I didn't get the big water bottle that goes on the back since I have only one cat but it seems that would alleviate the need for constant filling. With the humidity down here in the southern US, the basin water evaporates; I just pour a cup of cold water in it every day after I brush my teeth. When it's really hot I'll drop an ice cube or two in there to keep the water nice and chilled. |
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