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My panther boy who very recently passed, drank lots of water from a margarita glass with an ice cube, in our bath tub. It was right at mouth level without bending and... I don't know why he liked ice cubes. I miss him painfully.
So sorry for your loss :(
So sorry for your loss. I guess you figured out his special needs! 👏👏👏
Thankyou Facts about Cats... And yes, Isiris Casiano I did figure out his very special needs a long time ago. He found me as a kitten on Oct. 31, 2007, being a panther boy there was no way he was staying outside on that night. I was his ever since. Thankyou.
@@tanana2070 Sorry for your loss , you were his everything . I have one the same age . They become our babies for sure .
Expert: Cats need access to clean, fresh drinking water that is free of pathogens or pollutants.
Cat: (Licks its own butt and then drinks out of toilet)
The tab water in my country is of very good quality, no chemicals in it. But our cats don't like it. They prefer drinking from the pond.
$56 cat fountain: Cat ignores it. Back yard bird bath: Cat drinks from it any time she is in the back yard.
Mine too. 🙄
Omg! My cat does the same thing when I let him in the back yard. So funny.
Typical 😂
Yeah, the back yard bird bath with dead leaves in it that turns the water brown.....known as cat tea.
🤣🤣🤣
My latest rescue is obsessed with Italian cheese and will only drink Pellegrino fizzy water,oddly enough.For that reason,I named him Enzo.I half expect him to start talking with his paws.
For 30 years, all our cats have been drinking out of water bowls, next to their food, just fine.
Same here.
Some of my cats are scared of running water so I keep water in bowls for them.
Mine too!
@justtubingly…my cats too!
Pretty ridiculous an inconvenient ask...won't be following it. That being said I may get a fountain.
I got tired of changing my cat's water several times a day to keep it clean, so I invested in a small fish tank and placed it on the nightstand next to my bed. I also added a few fish and snails in the tank to keep the tank environment as natural as possible. I clean the tank and change the water weekly with water I get from a local natural spring (never give them tap water) I find that he drinks more often from the fish tank and when he does drink he drinks a lot! He definitely prefers the running water of the fish tank to the water bowl. I've had this fish tank for over 5 years. My cat is 10 years old and has NEVER been sick. He's perfectly healthy!
That's a very unique way to do it.
My kitty likes to drink out of the fish bowl too! 😄
What a good idea . Did your cats catch the fish ever ? Mine would be in the water trying . I could see it now ! Same reason I don't have a Christmas tree up .
She never caught the fish! Also, when the fish died, I continued to use the fish bowl. I think she liked it because maybe it smelled a little fishy or she just got used to it
Kibble in the AM, canned food at night, freshly washed stainless steel bowls of water 2x a day (and ceramic food bowls washed between meals).
My last cat was almost 23 years old when she passed, the vet said to feed her a good quality canned food, which is what I did, I also had a bowl that I left some dry treats in and always used filtered water, a glass bowl is best in my opinion, plastic can cause their face and chin to break out with a bump.
Thank you. Our Nala has a pretty glass bowl and Yeah!!! I give her a couple of treats on her spot by the window 😁 Hope she is blessed a long life 🙏💖🙏
You just solved my kittyz lump issue
Yeah, I heard about the chin bumps a couple of years ago. I forget what they're called, but it's chronic, meaning they don't go away. This explains why my cat Titus scratched his chin constantly. He's been gone since 2014, so I felt terrible and wished I'd known a long time ago.
If you're looking for high-quality wet food, I *highly* recommend Weruva BFF gravy and Tiki Cat mousse. Discovered them after a $400 vet visit for a bladder stone. Wish I could post pics. My black cat shines like a new car. I've never seen a cat so shiny. I always wondered why pet food companies put pumpkin in cat food -- or seeds (like flax or chia seeds). "When do you ever see a cat gnawing on a 🎃?" Duh. If cats were out in the wild, they'd be getting those ingredients from the organs of mice & birds.
Cats need to eat brains, for dogs, it's organ meat.
The alpha wolf ate first and he ate the liver. Brains have high vit C,
What canned food would you call good quality?
One thing you left out. Don't wash your cats water dish with a fragrant dish detergent. The fragrance will linger on the dish and the cat won't drink from it.
Clean the dish with plain water and wipe out the residue with a dry paper towel.
Hello Gary how’s the weather over there
@@stevenhenry4227 ?????
@@garypeterson3628 How’s the weather over there where you are
I have TWO fountains! Two of my cats insist on drinking out of the bathroom sink and tub. They still use the fountains.
My cat is now blind, he walks into the kitchen and sits down to let me know he wants a glass of water, a glass lol not a bowl.we are on rain water,I wouldn’t give him tap water if it was treated water
One of my cats is fascinated by running water like when I'm refilling water bowls. Anytime he hears water pouring out he runs over to watch, puts his paw in the stream, then licks it off, or just dabbles in it and splashes it around while purring nonstop. So i always trickle it out slowly, just to entertain him.
the biggest mistake is - dry food! Cats that have access to a garden or generally live outside love stale rainwater. my cats also drink from a watering can. Since I have well water, there is always a large clay bowl with water outside
Mine cat loves drinking from the water spout coming off the house, from the rain lol. I have a water fountain in the house for him, he loves it .
Pour warm water on the kibble and serve some wet food with kibble. Use soft food over kibble.
Hello Josie how’s the weather over there
I've been caring for cats for many years. I have never run into a problem with their drinking water close to their food. I currently have 2 cats, and they share a water bowl and have 1 food bowl each. Sometimes they swap food bowls, and they will drink and eat freely with no concern. What you say about cats being choosy about where their water bowl is...sounds to me like you may be referring to cats with a weaker survival instinct. In the wild, these animals tend to die. In a domesticated environment, we help weaker animals survive because we love them. Across the animal kingdom, the drive to drink available water tends to overcome small inconveniences. I don't believe a strong, healthy cat will avoid water to the point of dehydration if there is an available source of water.
Sure the cat will drink from a water bowl next to food but most would drink more if it were placed seperately away from it. And that's the goal after all, to help them drink a healthy amount. Not just to avoid dehydration...
@@fannyholmberg6597 Sure if the cat isn't getting enough water, and shows any signs of dehydration, then, of course, make any changes necessary. It depends on their behavior. My cats are siblings. They do everything together. They eat their dry kibble, wash it down with water...rinse and repeat. There is another water bowl in a different part of the house. I don't ever see them drinking from it. I use that room as a large kennel in case I need to keep them away from danger if I'm working on a project...that involves power tools+sawdust etc. This instinct you speak of that is hardwired when it comes to drinking could be a strong behavior in some cats, but I think environmental/learned behavior completely overpowers it. Like I said every cat has its own personality...results may vary.
One of my three cats wants the bathroom water faucet on anytime I go in there but the other gets into the shower when I get out and licks
the water of off the tile! However my third cat takes mouthfuls of food and drops it in the after dish the fishes it out with his foot and eats it!
Even loves it if I drop one piece at a time in the water for him to fish out! Such individuals!
Thanks for sharing your experience :)
Have you tried putting water over his food? Maybe he likes it better very wet.
I used to have a cat who, after watching me drink from the bathroom tap once or twice, decided to do the same. From then on, she preferred to have me turn on the faucet, then lap up water from the small faucet stream (more than a trickle, but not a gush). When I got married, our cats now drink from a running water cat fountain.
Well my last 3 female cats have lived to the ripe old ages of 20, 19, and 17…and my present females are 14, 8 and 7. I’ve always fed them quality dry food, wet food for treats once or twice daily. And their water in a oval glass baking dish that gets changed daily(usually 🤪)Away from their food and litter of course…I guess I’ll stick with what I’ve been doing ✌🏼✌🏼
Whats w the female angle?
It works! My three cats have one bowl of water upstairs. I have to refill the water every day. The bowl at their food station in the basement is never empty.
My cat drinks from the toilet or meows near to the sink, signalling that he wants me to turn on the faucet, from which he drinks.
Tap water is not only bad for humans but our pets too. All of the additives in tap water aren't good at all. Chloramines (Chlorine-Ammonia), Floride, Aluminum-Sulphate etc. Filter that tap water, at least through something which will catch most of those things.
Every now and then I put an ice cube in it 😁😁
We have 3 water fountains in the house and use only bottled water, our city water is terrible.
Get a Berkey Filter, expensive initial cost but the water tastes amazing and it filters out all the bad stuff. It will eventually pay for itself if you're only drinking bottled water, plus less waste.
My kitties love their water fountain
Very informative and the straightforwardness without boring long intros much appreciated.
Glad you enjoyed it
It's true, in my cat's case, that he does not use the water dish near his food. He does drink from the water bowl in the living room, though!
When he was younger, he had urinary problems which were probably linked to him not getting enough water. I put several large ceramic bowls of water around the house, and let him show me which he prefered. He does like large bowls, not small ones. He's 8 now, and has had no urinary issues for years. urinary blockages can be DEADLY for male cats!
That was very intelligent. You can
also put ice cubes in kitty's water
dish to get him/her to drink more
water. Cats just love ice water.
If I had to do the "gums test" I'd have NO fingers left.
😂😂
We share our home with our cat Medb and after decades of parenting cats, most of whom lived beyond 10 years, (Attila was over 20 when she left us) we have a routine when feeding her. It's a no brainer when it comes to not putting the food and water dish near the litter box. Would any of us want to have dinner in the toilet area? Also, we had a cat named Fergus who liked to lick the tap. I solved that problem by getting him a cat fountain. He would lap the water from the discharge port. Medb also has a cat fountain as well as a backup water dish should the power go out. She drinks spring water the same as we do. I don't like the smell or taste of chlorine and I'm sure she doesn't either. For food she gets both wet and dry and I also treat her with my homemade chicken broth. Before you ask it is plain broth - no veggies or herbs as I use it as a base for different cuisines. The trick to caring for a cat is putting yourself in their place and asking yourself is this something I would want or like.
Give your cat their drink right meow! Lol.
My little buddy absolutely loves his fountain. Introduced one to my roommate’s two cats, so now we have a couple. All of them have increased their water intake significantly, on top of only feeding mine wet food. Stay vigilant on cleaning though, as biofilm accumulates quickly!
Thanks for sharing this :)
@@FactsaboutCatsVideos wow you didn't know that ?
I just thanked for taking the time to leave a helpful comment
@@FactsaboutCatsVideos I am a qualified feline communicator behaviorist who has even outdone the "experts". Sometimes I don't know my own strength. 50 years of hands on experience and study. Do you know why most of the time cats leave a tile or linoleum floor to vomit on the carpet ? That's easy.
@@williamchiafos3889 why?
I have an aquarium. My cat LOVES it when I dip him fresh water from it for him. He will sit by the bowl and wait and watch me and camel up.
I have a lot of indorse cats. I have a fountain, that I clean often. 2 large water bowels that I change all day. And I turn on the bathroom sink for them when they are out there. But I still have 2 cats that hardly drink and have been hospitalized for crystals in their urine. So now they are on a special diet.
If the fountain isn't working it could be because it is plastic. Cats don't like the smell of plastic and the bacteria that forms on the plastic can lead to breakouts on their chins. Try a ceramic fountain instead. They're a little more pricey, but your cats are worth it! NEVER give your cats tap water!
You are very underrated! Thank you for the facts! much love xx
Thank you very much
@@FactsaboutCatsVideos No problem
My cat eats two single servings of wet food daily and about 1/2 cup of dry food daily. I have a cat fountain that holds about one liter and I fill it twice a week. He is older and has a significant murmur but the vet says he is not dehydrated. I have to watch this closely as he is on meds for thyroid problem so he drinks more than most cats.
After giving my cat water from the shower head in the bathroom, she demands water from there afterwards. She still has her glass of water near her eating area. We have been thinking to get her a fountain water outlet for a long while but never got to do it. She's already 11.
Think less, do more 🙄
Hey, I heard you agree. But my cats don't yes they have fresh clean water but I will now get a stainless steel bowl instead of a clean used yoghurt container repurposed plastic. However, they all have access to the outdoors and they love licking old water puddles. I have several water containers all round my place inside and out and they are washed and cleaned daily unlike a puddle of water
These are all very important things to know! Thanks so much for sharing this vlog :)
You are so welcome! :)
My cat only drinks fresh filtered water like us.
Same i give them cool fresh water
Get cat fountains! Help to keep the water fresh, and most cats love them.
thank you. good tips. I Our 12 yr old snowshoe is fed wet for breakfast and dinner adding about 2-3T water on top of it, or swish out can with water for "gravy". I give her a small amount of dry for overnight (we are trying to help her lose weight - she is new to us - rescued). I have 2 water dishes, but one is by her food, so I will move that away. Great information, thank you.
If you want her to lose weight, slowly diminish the night time dry food.
0:30 Maybe that is your opinion, sins cats become household cats (maybe before ancient Egypt), their food and drink were put next to each other, no problem and their is no reason why it should not be done in this way. 1:15 This is my opinion, there is no better water bowl than a clay (pottery) bowl for their water. Try it.Take different kinds of bowls (stainless steel, plastic, glass and even porcelain, which is also good) and a clay (pottery) bowl, fill it up with water, put it along side each other and see which one your cat prefer.Clay just give that earthy taste to water. Bowls must also be big enough so that the cat"s whiskers dont touch the sides of the bowl, it is irritating to them. 2:05 By the way, water fountains are made out of plastic.
We have a water fountain, a couple bowls and the cats rarely use them. However we have a tall wide glass vase with moss balls, 2 guppies and a few small glass pebbles. My cats drink from it all day! Unfortunately my cat once “fished” out the guppies, we left just the moss balls but shortly after the cats stopped drinking from there. They needed the fresh fish flavor!! I guess it’s similar to cucumber water or flavored seltzer’s for us servants...I mean owners.
UH NO😂, I would say they just wanted the FISHY’s & probably figured the way to get more, was to go on a water drinking strike😾😼 until you put more FISHY’s back in 😉
Fish need freedom or a big tank, not a wide vase. And what they don’t need is the stress of a predator drinking out of that thing.
Your cats are trying to tell you something Kristin. If you're filling the fountain with tap water, that's your first problem. Never provide tap water for your cats to drink. They may drink it but its not good for them. Secondly, instinctively cats know that if there fish in the water that its safe to drink. They also know that running water is probably a better source than standing water. Natural spring water has beneficial bacteria that they need to help with digestion. Try scaling up to a small fish tank with a filter. Vacuum the bottom of the tank and replace 1/3 of the water once per week (never with tap water). Your fish will be happy and so will your cats! Keep the moss balls! They will help keep the algae down in the tank!
My cat gets wet in the mornings(with a little dry scattered over) and then in the evening a small can (95g) of tuna in springwater,which she will usually eat over the course of the night when she is peckish.
I read that cats shouldn't be fed tuna on a regular basis since tuna has high concentration of mercury. Because cats are so small, the mercury accumulates in their system. Research what high levels of mercury does.
As l have learnt how to make her drink water now l will gradually replace the tuna with wet food and reduce the risk of mercury poisoning.
It was as simple as putting filtered water in a stainless steel bowl separate from her food. I haven't seen her drink so much water in ages. Excellent advice.
WOW!!!! This video is very useful, thank you for sharing! I will take these tips to heart! I look forward to seeing more of your videos! You just earned a new subscriber! :)
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I just got a Berkey water filter. My cats are drinking more water than they ever did when I used tap water. They did not like the stainless bowl for water either. I had a fountain. It is hard to keep clean. The litter box smells less now. My cats fur also looks better and it has only been about ten weeks with filtered water.
Hello Loris how’s the weather over there
Dry food is full of carbs and is not good for cats in general. Wet food is more natural. Urinary problems come to cats who eat nothing but dry food. It is awful for cats! In nature, the only time they would eat carbs would be if they ate the contents of what they killed stomach... so many cats died in the 1980's from the Ash in the dry food. The only ones who weren't dying were the cats who ate wet canned food only.
I have 3 cats ?? They love water have a bowl of filtered water they drink from a bowl on our counter in the bathroom. They do have water bowl near their food too and come back to it.
They all love drinking fresh water from our cups and each have favorite routines ! We change water more than several times a day .bowl of my cats wait post shower !!
Hello Shelley how’s the weather over there
My cats share the dogs water or drink from the toilet if you leave the lid up.
My cat drinks from anywhere except his water bowl. No matter how fresh the water is, or how much I clean the bowl. But i wll move it away from his food bowl and see if that helps
I had a cat years ago named Rolly. Rolly would only drink from a source of running water. She would go into the bathroom and drink from the tub spigot. So, I started leaving the spigot open slightly just so it dripped enough that she could get a good drink whenever she wanted it. This was before the invention of cat water fountains. Today I just use a small fish tank I have set up in my bedroom. The fish are happy, and my cat's happy. He also prefers running water.
Thank goodness you made this video.
Dry catfood is a major cause of diabetes in cats.
Fire retardants found in dryer sheets and household items like carpet and bedding are extremely disruptive to the endocrine system and thyroid issues can result.
my cat eats strictly wet food with a bit of raw mixed in here and there. i add extra water to her food every day. ive legit never had teeth issues with any of my cats this way, tho i also brush their teeth regularly tho thats something all pet owners should do regardless of what food your pet is eating lol. she also has a water bowl that she drinks from after a session of big play cause she gets thirsty then.
The easiest way to get them to drink water is keep it clean. I also have a RO water system.
Hello Diane how’s the weather over there
I have 2 cats, one about 9 pounds and the other about 10 pounds. They get wet food in the morning and dry in the evening. I also use a water fountain and they love it. When I first got the fountain I also left out a bowl of water until they got used to it. Once I saw they were both drinking from it I got rid of the water bowl. I've also learned to raise their food dishes to help in eating and digestion. Thank you for all the helpful information. ❤
Thanks for sharing your experience :)
Fantastic info!
Don't forget to keep the water bowl full to the top so the cat's whiskers won't touch the inside of the bowl while drinking. The same for food. Cat's whiskers are so sensitive the the cat may stop eating because the bowl is too deep and she needs to go into the bowl, touching the bowl with whiskers. I use large plates with a slight lip on the edges to keep the food from falling out.
Never heard about that before and it makes sense, thanks for the info.
I keep my cat's water in a stainless steel medium size bowl around the corner of its dry cat food.
This keeps the water clean.
I changed it once a day.
In the evening he gets a can of food with psyllium husk mixed in..
For he was born with constipation
Just one day without it he's fiber, he gets so constipated he crys.
The vet doesn't know why he is this way but has been sence he was a kitten.
I also mix urinary health cat food to his dried food. He doesn't eat much dried food at all maybe 3 bits a day.
If you want your cat to live a long life diffenity feed them a good meaty cat food. There digested system where not made to eat dried cat food.
My last cat lived to be 20 years.
This new cat with constipation problems probably won't.
Have you ever tried giving him Omega 3 oil ! It’s very good for there fur and skin. As well you could give him a few drops of olive oil, or flax oil everyday.
Water in my area has radon so my cats get distilled water and no longer enjoy the dripping water faucet. They have 2 stainless steel water bowls which are washed daily, or more than on e a day if needed. They are 18 and 20 years old. My Siamese passed away at 23½ last winter.
How about do some training. I have 2 cats. Had them from kittens. Approximately 3 months old. I remembered being told by a veterinarian many many years ago that male cats can develop stones easily because of their anatomy. My cats are brother and sister. Same litter. So being I had a male and knowing what I did, I trained them to drink water on demand. So know 10 years later at least 95% of the time they will drink when I tell them to…“take a drink of water”! I will say my female listens better. But is it a surprise to any other female, that the male does what he wants when he wants? Ha Ha Ha
🤣🤣 thanks for sharing this
🤣🤣That's cute!! The reason male cats get crystals is from eating dry food. Yes, their a anatomy contributes to it, but feral cats that hunt & cats on a raw diet don't develop crystals.
@@FactsaboutCatsVideos you’re very welcome. Enjoy your videos. Keep the coming!!💚👍👍😻
@@isiriscasiano3719 I am not a vet. Just a very big animal lover. A lover of any and all animals. I just remember hearing that somewhere. You mention feral cats. First I’d like to say my cats are from a feral mom. A catch and release. The mom was spayed after this last litter. But she wasn’t able to be kept as a house pet so they had to release her. I felt (feel) bad now that the cold weather is coming. But at least she won’t have anymore litters. This litter produced 4. All adopted. You’re right about the dry food. But that’s why they need the water. As far as feral cats, do we really know when these guys are sick or in pain? I don’t think so. Most animals in the wild just go and hide. One day the cats are there then they’re gone. I believe my cats are dogs in cat costumes! LoL. Thanks for your reply. But you’re probably right. Who knows. Ha Ha have a wonderful Thanksgiving. And stay safe. I’m a Registered Nurse and Covid is nothing to take lightly. Please be vaccinated!
My two female cats are obsessed with water, they like their ritual of getting fresh water in the morning, they both dip their paw in the bowl and lick the water from them. My two males don't really care as much, they like running water much better.
Ive had 4 cats live to 20+ years with the water next to the food.
My cat lived until she was 19 and a half :)
Vet advice is that cats get most of their water from their food. When our cat was younger she would not drink water or milk. With water she would drink it rarely and not usually in front of us. She showed no interest in a water fountain. Now she's older (she's 17 years old) she does drink more water and does like to drink milk almost daily. She has recently tested positive for a hyperthyroidism. Having a 2nd test to confirm, because the vet say that makes cats tend to eat more and she is the opposite. Vets say cats don't need dry food.
This makes a lot of sense. I noticed my cat never drank out her water bowl if it was near her food. I mean never! But she would drink from the faucet and toilet bowl. So I had to stop the toilet bowl drinking so I put the water dish in there. Bingo! She will only drink in the bathroom.
Stainless steel bowls for my cat fresh cold tap water.
Please wash cat water bowls!
PLEASE do not EVER give your cat tap water! Although they may drink it its not good for them! It contains chlorine, which kills the good bacteria in their digestive system and can lead in time to all sorts of health issues. Instead, buy them spring water by the gallon or better yet find a local natural spring in your area. The spring water contains beneficial bacteria and gut flora that they need to keep them healthy. I set up a fish tank for my cat that he has access to whenever he's thirsty. He doesn't bother the fish and he benefits from the flora in the water. He also prefers the running water. I vacuum the bottom of the tank and refill 1/3 of the water once a week. That's it! Literally takes me about 15 minutes a week and I know my kitty and my fish are all happy and healthy. My cat is over 10 years and has NEVER been sick and is perfectly healthy! PLEASE CONSIDER
Hello 👋 thank you again for the good information 👍
Hey! Glad you enjoyed it :)
My cat rarely drinks water when I leave the water bowl out. I feed him wet food 6 times a day and I add extra water (total water equal to the recommended amount) into the wet food. Voila! Problem solved. No need to leave water bowl out. It only catches dust.
If your cat is not drinking the water that doesn't necessarily mean he/she is not thirsty. It means they don't like the water itself. depriving your cat of water is not the way to deal with this problem. Your cat MUST ALWAYS have access to clean fresh water whether he/she drinks it or not. You may "think" you have solved the problem, but you're doing what's easiest for you not what's best for your cat. Try investing in a fountain and give your cat spring water instead of tap water. I promise you your cat will start drinking!
@@cynthiaschade3889 I didn't say he's not thirsty. He's just not enticed with a bowl of water. And he doesn't need to drink fresh water. He just needs to be appropriately hydrated hence the extra wet food. My cat pees regularly.
I have lots of rescued cats to feed. Every night they get dry chow mixed with mashed carrot, olive oil, a little salt, and a lot of canned food, mostly salmon, other fish, and chicken. I always rinse out with fresh cool water the residue from the empty cans and pour the "soup" into bowls. They enjoy drinking that, even though they also get plenty of plain fresh water daily.
Hello Dee how’s the weather over there
Hello Dee how’s the weather over there
Hello Dee how’s the weather over there
@@stevenhenry4227 It's good fall weather, sunny daytimes, cool to chilly nights.
@@deewesthill4705 Oh that’s nice of you where are you from? I’m from Dallas taxes nice meeting you
My 24-year-old Siamese likes his bowl of rainwater in the garden best and a silver plated bowl in the kitchen and pottery bowl in the hall with either mineral or distilled or filtered water! If he needs homeopathy, it just goes in the water. I think he has lived this long because he has four organic prawns every day which gives him zinc and sea minerals which makes up for the lost minerals in the distilled water. He gets very angry and chases my other cat if his prawns are not on time, I think because zinc is calming! He also has roast chicken, organic salmon and organic biscuits and coconut Kefir, shared with me at bedtime! He is incredibly fit and lively, I am so lucky. Significantly I have not vaccinated him since I adopted him at the age of eight as a show cat, when his owner died after a flu vaccination. Now, he has entirely homeopathy, as I do myself! Namaste 🙏 😻
Thanks for sharing your experience
It's so good to read this, thank you 🙏❤️ you have good connection with your cat's natural needs and this helps preserve life, which is our purpose, me too I've not vaccinated
my cats since they were 6 months and only needed vets for reasons of humans evil acts, poisoning and shooting, or run over, continue being well!
It's possible to be too kooky, too.... LoL
Where do you buy organic prawns, and organic biscuits for cats in the UK please?
Thanks for sharing. I have a Oriental Shoorthair cat. He is a very bad drinker. When moving to the desert, I started to put some water in his wet food to make him get some water daily. And one year ago he started drinking water out of a drinking glass for humans. He won’t drink out of bowls. 😂
If you want to brush your cat's teeth and have a hard time doing it: You can try to use the cloth thing that you put over one finger to clean babies teeth. Maybe even with some wet food induced water.
Hello Annabell how’s the weather over there
I have filtered fountain water and fresh bowl water for my cats...they drink the bowl water...lol
We have a fountain, the kitties LOVE IT!!
Since I'm a Bachelor, i can afford to b a Bad Daddy: I keep the cat's water dish on the kitchen counter.
90% of all airborne pollutants are within a foot of the ground.
Sounds like a health hazard for YOU!
@@marianfrances4959 How? Because they walk on the counter, now?
So what? They would do that anyway. And, I have a Cutting Board so i don't drop food straight onto the counter in the first place.
And if the job is too big, like, rolling a pie crust, well, we have a sink, soap, and cloths.
I keep one on the kitchen table lol
My cat eats both wet and dry food also the water bowl is near and I’ve never had any issues.
Good video! 👍
My cat use to weigh 15 pounds until she got Lung Cancer then she dropped to 3 pounds and I lost her. She got to were she couldn't eat.
My cat only drink's from the dogs bucket. I change it daily. Also will only eat with the dog, straight off the grass. If I use a bowl, she gets suspect, thinking I'm worming her..
My cats consider my home a safe space so they drink water from a bowl, I tried a fountain - not a succes. I add a few spoonfuls of water to their wet food it works fine.
Same here. We add it to her canned food, so much so that it looks like meat slurry. Our cat has never used a water bowl. Won't drink water from the faucet, won't drink it from the shower, won't drink it from any kind of a bowl.
I always add half a cup of water to 2 cans of cat food in a storage bowl mix it up and serve 4 tbsp to one of my cats and 2 tbsp to the other. 3xa day. That's how they get a sufficient amount of water everyday. They also drink some from their water bowl.
Great information.
Thanks!
Read where lions tigers etc in the wild never eat their kill by water but when drinking they want running water example creek or other that's not standing still. My cat won't drink water in her room with her food. Spoiled? Kitty was year and half old when I adopted her at the shelter. Next morning while in bathroom she was drinking from faucet. Something learned from previous owner.
I got my kitty a water fountain and she loves it.
My cat has two water bowls. One near her food and one in the bathroom.
Choice is ALWAYS a good thing!
I raw feed my cat, loads of moisture and healthier all round. Dry kibble is convenient for humans but really is no good for cats.
can you share the recipe please?
My cat doesn’t eat anything but kibbles and pouches. Not even chicken, or beef, or salmon or even chicken liver. 😕
I place a bowl of water for my cats and change the water twice a day even though they seldom drink from it.
The moment I let them out of the house they would rush out to drink from various sources, rainwater collected in a rusty tin can by the roadside, rainwater from puddles, drains, even irrigation water from a nearby agricultural project. What can I do?
Keep a small bucket to set out when it rains. Mine doesn’t mind if it’s days old but he won’t drink our well water that has no additives at all, only rain water. Same for snow time…have a place set aside to bring in a bucket of snow to melt. Don’t know what they know about our water that we don’t as it tastes the same to us.
@@margaretjaeger2064
Thanks for the tips
We have well water in our house,,no city water,,but my cat won’t drink it…he prefers rain water even tho it’s been washed from over the roofing which I presume is some kind of asphalt. That’s all he’ll drink. I catch rain water but don’t expect much during cold and freezing weather…I can try capturing snow and bring it in to melt…. Our well is covered with yard dirt and has newer pipes that are non metal…all underground. But, it hasn’t been tested in years for purity….seems to taste the same to us with no chlorine or city water additives. Tho it seems to taste the same to us, cat won’t drink it at all.
I use stainless steel bowl only and wash it everyday. My cat is 16 now. And he started drinking water soo much and urinate a lot. Our vet did a blood test and we found out my cat has kidney failure. I change his water many times a day now. I only use drinking water. I put the bowl next to his food ..never had a problem with it. But putting more bowls in appropriate places is a good idea especially when your cat is old and has such a disease..
One thing she forgot to mention, you must clean the cat's water bowl very well everyday with soap. Saliva accumulates and sticks to the bowl. Also I did the test for several days by placing one bowl of distilled water and one bowl of spring water and she prefers to drink the distilled water! Even after interchanging the bowls' place she would still pick the distilled water!
Great video 😻👍
Thanks :)
I keep fresh water out in a glass bowl, but one of my cats likes to drink from the faucet in the sink, will sit on the counter and nag me until I turn it on. My other cat, I rarely see him drinking at all.
My cat is about 7 now and drinks his water ( just tap water) from a stainless steel bowl that is right next to his wet and dry food with no problems at all
Who ever puts the cats water next to the litter box shouldn't have a cat...
They just need to learn doing that is not sanitary and so could harm their kitty's health.
My cat dries the floor of my shower every morning!
Mine too
Our cats like a specific bowl. It's regular bowl, ceramic I I put water through filter on kitchen faucet wet food twice day n not filling their bowls of dry too much just enough to make through supper. So they won't over eat.
Cats do tend to prefer ceramic dishes--maybe because they smell more natural than metal or plastic dishes. It is said that ceramic fountains are better than plastic fountains as well. They don't seem to promote bad bacteria growth like the plastic fountains.
My two beautiful 8 yo girls like their water straight from the tap, they'll only drink from a bowl if they have no other choice, like when they're outside.
Don't feed your cat dry food!
The problem is there are finicky cats who early in their lives developed a preference to Fancy Feast dry kibble and other dry food and flatly refuse FF canned or any other canned or pouched food, I've got one like that, she's a few months short of 14 years old and in excellent health and fitness. She has lived mostly outdoors in a quiet safe neighborhood and is very street-smart. She's always had plenty of energy and still races around and climbs trees and fences just like a kitten.
My boy drinks out of tall glasses only, placed in the living room. Why? Dunno.
I hold a glass and always my cat comes and drinks my water slot of it.so I try to do it each day
One thing not mentioned here about adding meat flavored broth, such as chicken broth, to entice your cat to drink water is that you can't kea e it for very long because the broth will go bad if left too lig when kitty doesn't drink all of it because it will. begin to get bacteria it and could make your cat sick. That's what my veterinarian told me about my late cat who would hardly ever drink water. As a result, he developed chronic kidney disease and he had to have prescription food, medications, and regular fluid administration for several years. It got very costly and was a lot of work to care for him. So, if you try adding meat flavored broth, you must ask your vet exactly what kind of broth to add to your cat's water. Always ask questions of your vet about your cat's health. Please try all these things to see what will work if your cat doesn't like to drink water.
Just have to make sure the broth is low sodium if given to kitty.
Tuna water from canned tuna is good too.
I agree I do have an extra water bowl for my cat But I will have to change that out because I do have another water bowl another area away from food And never near her litter box
I bought 3 different, expensive water wells, but my cats always drank out of the watering can instead...pffft.... now I just bought 2 glass waterjugs... and they love it.. I bought 2 so I can swap out easily
My cat drinks straight from my bathroom tap 🤣🤣🤣🤣