Same if you leave water for the outdoor animals.
Also put in rocks or sticks so in case little critters fall in, they can climb out!
Get a cat water fountain. My cat loves it and drinks a lot more water.
Which fountain did u get?
I use this one.
Would like to avoid plastic ones to be honest, from what I’ve read they are way more prone to bacteria and biofilm. Will stick to either stainless-steel or ceramic myself. Thanks for the suggestion though!
No problem. Just let you know, there is a transitional period. It took my cat about a couple weeks before she started using it. Now, that she knows that it gives water. She drinks a lot more water.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDPYHHFX
I have this one and like it!
Oh yeah that does seem nice! Thanks
Our old cat trained the kids to turn on the faucet in their bathroom sink while they were getting ready for bed. When they went to college I told them the cat was missing them and meowing in their bathroom at night. That was the first I learned of it.
I set one of these up for our cats and they never used it. I’d always find them drinking out of the dogs water bowl.
Lol thought our cat was the only one xD
If you’re in the northern hemisphere or equator 😉 I can tell you there is nothing but cold and rain where I am in the Antipodes.
It makes them too powerful
I just have aquariums.
Like I also have a water fountain in the kitchen just for them made of old aquarium filter parts, but they never touch it. They drink from my bedroom or living room aquariums.
Maybe they like that the water is plant filtered, maybe they just like to be dicks, whatever the reason they only drink from aquariums
fish flavoured
It’s like lacroix for cats!
Haha yeah, the tanks they can drink from are just plants an invertebrate life. Shrimp, scuds, seed shrimp. And plants.
Maybe they like shellfish 😜
That mix sounds like a miso soup tbh 😁
Haha super dilution, but yeah I guess it would be!
I just assume they like the natural taste of it. The water I give them in a fountain is all RO, and they probably barely smell it or taste it, but the additional nice shit from plants and whatever makes the water taste fresh…?
(did you know most mammals can taste water, and it has a flavor? Humans can too if they pay attention and drink enough of it!)
Do you think they may be tasting the chlorine in their water bowl? I’ve read somewhere that mammals can generally taste chlorine in the water, humans included though we’re used to it. Your fish tank likely has no chlorine in it and is “moving water” thanks to the filter.
I know my dog prefers filtered water to tap water because he’s a little prince.
For my home, no, that’s not possible. They get RO(reverse osmosis, second to distilled in purity, or third if you count lab-created) water which filters that sort of thing out. They don’t like the pure water tho, and prefer the tanks.
But in general, perhaps; that’s certainly what I taste when I drink tap water these days (have used RO for over a decade now for all my water needs except tooth brushing - what a weird term for such a weird concept…).
I have a lead pipe feeding my house so all my tanks are filled from the RO, as is all animal water (chickens, quail, cats)
Yeah that would definitely rule it out. Your original theory may be correct, fishtank water contains more minerals and microorganisms.
Our livingroom aquarium is a reef tank so is for catertainment purposes only. We do have a big tank water basin thing for the kittes and a large dog bowl if they prefer it. Also, they will sip from the toilet which is gross. The kittes are inside/outside so have outdoor resources as well (considering our NE Zone 6 bizarre torrential rains… almost tropical rains.
I think mine’s a vampire.
And it helps them drink it if it’s in a wide, shallow dish.
My cat will only drink from human glasses. She shoved her whole head in it. I keep waiting for her to get stuck. Idk… she loves it. Fucking weirdo!
yes, try to be a good cat owner like me, buy multiple water fountains and spread them around the house so the little rascals have different ones to flip over and make fun puddles everywhere while exclusively drinking shower water… true story
Ms. Kitten steps into the water bowl. Steps into the water. The flicks her paws around, flinging water everywhere. I turn to her, say stop flicking water and she runs full tilt away, splashing water everywhere!
Oh I love her!
Even if not hot one should still give pets fresh water.
