I'm a first time cat owner of a wee beauty we rescued from Romania but she hardly drinks a thing so we bought her one of those fountains but that hasn't helped. I'm obviously quite wrong but I thought it was bad for them if they don't drink enough?
She is on the Gravy Lovers and sardines. She eats better than me.If they are on wet food they won't drink much. One of ours prefers dried, so does drink more - loves her fountain.
I'm a first time cat owner of a wee beauty we rescued from Romania but she hardly drinks a thing so we bought her one of those fountains but that hasn't helped. I'm obviously quite wrong but I thought it was bad for them if they don't drink enough?
Didn't realise any of that, thanks. 👍Yeah like Fossy said, If they're on gravy / jelly wet food most cats drink surprisingly little. Mine has never drank much from her bowl.
But you have to also bear in mind that cats are sometimes crafty finders of water so what you're giving them in a dedicated bowl might not necessarily be all they're having, mine sometimes hops in the bath when nobody is around and drinks the puddle and the drops from the taps.
My last cat but one drank hardly anything most of her life and only started to hoover up water when her kidneys went, drinking a lot is rarely a healthy sign in cats.
Same! She doesn't drink from the dedicated bowl very often at all, but the odd errant hairs in the bathroom sinks and the bath tell me that she goes in there for a regular drink. I've caught her once or twice coming out of the bathroom after hearing her jump down from the sink. And she loves finding rainwater in garden pots, it can be filthy looking but she'll always prefer that to a bowl. No idea why.I have caught mine with his head down the loo having a crafty drink, and regularly drinks rainwater from a bucket in the garden, despite 2 bowls of water regularly refreshed around the house.
indeed, mine will also jump in the bath and drink from the running bath tap, obviously turned on to only a slow trickle, otherwise their feet get wet and they leg it!Same! She doesn't drink from the dedicated bowl very often at all, but the odd errant hairs in the bathroom sinks and the bath tell me that she goes in there for a regular drink. I've caught her once or twice coming out of the bathroom after hearing her jump down from the sink. And she loves finding rainwater in garden pots, it can be filthy looking but she'll always prefer that to a bowl. No idea why.