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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2003Drinking from toilet
Why does Pericles want to drink from the toilet? He gets fresh water in his bowl every morning; sometimes twice a day. He does have some weird drinking habits. In the morning when he's let out, he licks dew off the grass. It's rather cute to see. If I can get organized, I'll take some pictures. But this toilet bit has me somewhat annoyed. We usually keep the lid down anyway, for aesthetic reasons, but if we forget, he's in there! Anybody else? Any ideas why? TIA - Polar > > Why does Pericles want to drink from the toilet? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Polar All mine do it. They have long whiskers so I guess the bowl is wide enough that it doesn't bother them. The big boys taught my little one how to drink out of the toilet. One of these days one will fall in and that will be the end of the toilet drinking for him. > Why does Pericles want to drink from the toilet? > He gets fresh water in his bowl every morning; sometimes twice a day. What I learned from my previous and current cat is that the location of the water bowl is important. Neither would drink from bowls located next to their food bowls and opted water sources located in other parts of the house - like the bathrooms. Toilet bowls and dripping taps were favourites until I relocated the water bowl. Wumpy drank from a bowl next to the toilet and Matilda drinks from one just outside the door. Perhaps putting a bowl in one of these places will get Pericles out of the toilet. Best wishes. Judy & Matilda. >> Why does Pericles want to drink from the toilet? >> He gets fresh water in his bowl every morning; sometimes twice a day. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Perhaps putting a bowl in one of these places will get Pericles out of the >toilet. Mine prefers the dog's water bowl, which is really funny cuz he could do backstroke in the thing! http://home.comcast.net/~wombn/Animals/Timmy/13.jpg He is getting bigger, of course. But now with the two foster kittens, they're learning from Timmy so that pic still applies. :-) << We usually keep the lid down anyway, for aesthetic reasons, but if we forget, he's in there! Anybody else? Any ideas why? TIA - Polar >> Yeah, they all pretty much do if you let 'em. Our lids stay down all the time. When company is here, I have to go keep checking. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace ><< We usually keep >the lid down anyway, for aesthetic reasons, but if we forget, he's in [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Yeah, they all pretty much do if you let 'em. Our lids stay down all the time. > When company is here, I have to go keep checking. shucks, it's impossible getting my husband to lower the *seat*, never mind the lid!! :-) circa Wed, 02 Jul 2003 17:37:24 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, smeric@mindspring.com (smeric@mindspring.com) said, > Why does Pericles want to drink from the toilet? > He gets fresh water in his bowl every morning; sometimes twice a day. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Anybody else? Any ideas why? Because he's a cat. And it's "fresh" water <bleurk>. I have two cats who drink out of the toilet regularly. It's cool, it's oxygenated, and they dig it, yucky as it is to think about. Laura >circa Wed, 02 Jul 2003 17:37:24 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, >smeric@mindspring.com (smeric@mindspring.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >who drink out of the toilet regularly. It's cool, it's oxygenated, >and they dig it, yucky as it is to think about. OK, everybody, appreciate the input. Mildly comforting to know that I. Am. Not. Alone. <g> 1. Re: "fresh" water in toilet bowl ??? It's only "fresh" the minute after the toilet has been flushed. Depending on the size of the household, it might be only several times a day. 2. I will try moving the bowl away from the food, though it's hard to understand the cat's "thinking" in this regard. 3. Maybe I will look into the "drip" arrangements that are sold in pet stores, if they don't involve expensive plumbing. Thanks to all. -- Polar circa Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:05:39 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, smeric@mindspring.com (smeric@mindspring.com) said, > 1. Re: "fresh" water in toilet bowl ??? It's only "fresh" the > minute after the toilet has been flushed. Depending on the size of > the household, it might be only several times a day. You expect a cat to know that? ;-) Laura > Why does Pericles want to drink from the toilet? > He gets fresh water in his bowl every morning; sometimes twice a day. He has discovered it as a source of water is likely the reason... probably views it as a very large drinking bowl. As you mentioned you keep the lid down... I do the same to avoid another source for possible digestive tract upset. I've got one of those pet fountains that she just loves.  Signature"Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck > >> Why does Pericles want to drink from the toilet? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >source for possible digestive tract upset. I've got one of those pet >fountains that she just loves. Balderdash! It took years of training to get the wife to leave it up. |
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