this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2024
264 points (98.2% liked)

cats

18909 readers
2136 users here now

typical internet cats. videos, pics, memes welcome!

rule 1) be kind

lemmy.world rules:

other cat communities midwest.social cats

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
264
Gentle slurps (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/cat
 

He has a nice clean fountain inside, but he needs puddle water bc he is Wild Cat

top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Cats don't like having their water next to their food; if you separate the food and water dishes to different rooms, a lot of times they get more enthusiastic about the water in the dish.

Sometimes of course they are just little weirdos

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He's just a weirdo lol I keep the food and water in different areas

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

It is as I suspected

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have a cat who absolutely has to drink from the dripping bath tub faucet. If it isn't dripping, she will complain outside my door until I turn it on for her.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Cats have a natural instinct to avoid stagnant water. Freshly fallen rainwater does it for them sometimes, but a water dish will always be an object of suspicion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It's a fountain that she doesn't drink from. It used to be bowls, but we thought this would help, and the other cats have no problems using it.

She also drinks from a plugged sink full of water so she might just like the bathroom.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Probably... Cats are weird.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago