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Cat Forum / General Topics / November 2003please help...cat splashing water bowl problem
I have a five year old cat that has had a habit of playing in his water bowl since he was a kitten. I have tried numerous ways to stop him: a heavy water bowl (that he is still able to drag across the floor and slop water everywhere anyway), a mat to absorb the spilled water (which doesn't work since he moves the bowl off of it), and even the self-dispensing water bottle which he proceeded to empty completely onto the linoleum in about an hour. I also have 2 other cats and I don't want to find a solution that would essentially seem punishment to them as well. I am open to suggestions - do you have any? Thanks!!! > I have a five year old cat that has had a habit of playing in his water bowl > since he was a kitten. I have tried numerous ways to stop him: a heavy water [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > would essentially seem punishment to them as well. I am open to > suggestions - do you have any? Thanks!!! Try a large, ceramic dog bowl...and let the little guy play in the bath tub with the tap turned on just a bit. Dee > I have a five year old cat that has had a habit of playing in his water bowl > since he was a kitten. I have tried numerous ways to stop him: a heavy water [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > would essentially seem punishment to them as well. I am open to > suggestions - do you have any? Thanks!!! Holly does much the same thing. However, she doesn't move the bowl around. Instead, she plays vigorously with the water itself and splashes all water out onto the floor. I solved that by placing the water bowl (already a heavy ceramic bowl, as suggested by someone else) in a plastic vegetable bin. It is the type of bin with three high sides and one low side. The front edge ("low" side) is approximately the same height as the bowl, so my cats can easily drink from the ceramic bowl while it is in the vegetable bin. There have been no problems -- both cats drink readily from this arrangement. Any splashed/spilled water would be caught in the plastic vegetable bin and not on the floor. Actually, she doesn't seem to play with the water as long as the bowl is in its separate "receptacle." MaryL >I have a five year old cat that has had a habit of playing in his water bowl >since he was a kitten. I have tried numerous ways to stop him: a heavy water [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >would essentially seem punishment to them as well. I am open to >suggestions - do you have any? Thanks!!! I *solved* the dragging problem, once and for all: <http://www.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/sloshing.1.html>. At least I think I solved it - with cats it's not always wise to make such assertions, but it's been almost a year since there has been any dragging. The solution was driven by Boots - since rehomed ... twice - but Fluffy has always been nearly as bad about it ... until I invented the solution given in the web page. I just now added a picture to the web page. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) >Subject: please help...cat splashing water bowl problem >Path: >lobby!ngtf-m01.news.aol.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!feed2.newsreader.com!news reader.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer2.atl.newshosting.com!216.166.71.118.M ISMATCH!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp2.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganew s.com!ptdnetS!newsgate.ptd. >net!nnrp1.ptd.net.POSTED!8be288b3!not-for-mail >From: "iconoclast" chrilyn@ptd.net [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >would essentially seem punishment to them as well. I am open to >suggestions - do you have any? Thanks!!! ******************** make him use a straw! - Big "iconoclast" <chrilyn@ptd.net> wrote in message <BHawb.3903$y5.244586@nnrp1.ptd.net> : >I have a five year old cat that has had a habit of playing in his water bowl >since he was a kitten. I have tried numerous ways to stop him: a heavy water [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >would essentially seem punishment to them as well. I am open to >suggestions - do you have any? Thanks!!! http://www.petsmart.com/products/product_19979.shtml HTH > "iconoclast" <chrilyn@ptd.net> wrote in message > <BHawb.3903$y5.244586@nnrp1.ptd.net> : [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > HTH This sounds like a good idea, but the bowl is plastic (which is *not* a good idea for cats). Some cats develop chin acne and other allergies from plastic bowls. Ceramic is much better! MaryL "MaryL" <carstan101@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message <vs7o7cs5cc3i15@corp.supernews.com> : >> "iconoclast" <chrilyn@ptd.net> wrote in message >> <BHawb.3903$y5.244586@nnrp1.ptd.net> : [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >MaryL >Subject: Re: please help...cat splashing water bowl problem >X-Abuse-Report: abuse@teranews.com >Message-ID: <0bbbda02b487737b159e4bb9ad5d51eb@news.teranews.com> >Path: >lobby!ngtf-m01.news.aol.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!feed1.newsreader.com!news net!news3.optonline.net!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news.t eranews.com!not-for-mail >Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:40:16 GMT >Lines: 36 [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >> >>MaryL ************** A tablespoon or two of tobasco sauce added to their water bowl will prevent splashing and drinking issues. Be sure to leave the toilet seat lid up though. - Big "{BNB} is a little Net-Trollop. He sluts his wrath all over the place." - John Boyd " I also am leaving the Usenet never to return." - Mike Lalonde on 5/28 in <vd8ergbmj24g06@corp.supernews.com |
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