Freshening the water bowl
Sometimes, Dot and Buster will sit hopefully next to the water bowl,
apparently waiting for it to be refreshed or refilled. I'm sure you've seen your kitties do this too - it's important to keep hydrated, after all! When Dot and Buster ask for water bowl service, I'll typically ask them a bit about the water situation, clean and fill up their water bowl, and then they'll happily lap up their new water while they get some attention and pets. But this time, things were a bit different. I found them sitting expectantly next to their mostly full water bowl, so I dumped their water, and filled it up with fresh water. But the just sniffed the bowl I put down, and continued to look expectantly up at me. So thinking that maybe there was something in the water I couldn't detect, I dumped their water, and filled up their bowl from a jug of distilled water. They sniffed at the water again, and looked up at me. Next, I tried filling the water from the hot tap, thinking that maybe that might have boiled off some chlorine or other volatiles they didn't like. They still just continued looking at me hopefully. It took me a while to realize that they wanted attention and pets, and that they'd found that they could get it by sitting next to the water bowl! |
Freshening the water bowl
On 1/24/2018 5:27 PM, Takayuki wrote:
Sometimes, Dot and Buster will sit hopefully next to the water bowl, apparently waiting for it to be refreshed or refilled. I'm sure you've seen your kitties do this too - it's important to keep hydrated, after all! When Dot and Buster ask for water bowl service, I'll typically ask them a bit about the water situation, clean and fill up their water bowl, and then they'll happily lap up their new water while they get some attention and pets. But this time, things were a bit different. I found them sitting expectantly next to their mostly full water bowl, so I dumped their water, and filled it up with fresh water. But the just sniffed the bowl I put down, and continued to look expectantly up at me. So thinking that maybe there was something in the water I couldn't detect, I dumped their water, and filled up their bowl from a jug of distilled water. They sniffed at the water again, and looked up at me. Next, I tried filling the water from the hot tap, thinking that maybe that might have boiled off some chlorine or other volatiles they didn't like. They still just continued looking at me hopefully. It took me a while to realize that they wanted attention and pets, and that they'd found that they could get it by sitting next to the water bowl! All the while they were wondering... is this guy slow or what? ;) I'm sure they were amused by all the things you kept doing to their water bowl! Jill |
Freshening the water bowl
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:32:04 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
All the while they were wondering... is this guy slow or what? ;) I'm sure they were amused by all the things you kept doing to their water bowl! Jill They love performing experiments on their hoomin. It was raining that day, so I was even trying to collect rainwater to see if that would make any difference! |
Freshening the water bowl
On 1/25/2018 12:39 PM, Takayuki wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:32:04 -0500, jmcquown wrote: All the while they were wondering... is this guy slow or what? ;) I'm sure they were amused by all the things you kept doing to their water bowl! Jill They love performing experiments on their hoomin. It was raining that day, so I was even trying to collect rainwater to see if that would make any difference! They do seem to love making us jump through hoops! Buffy will bat a golf ball towards me when I'm sitting here at the desk. I'll bat it back towards her. After chasing it a couple of times she'll sit and stare at it. Look at me, then back at the ball. Nine times out of ten I'll get up and bap the golf ball again. In the meantime, she's snuck up onto my computer chair... ;) Jill |
Freshening the water bowl
On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:40:22 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote: In article , Takayuki wrote: They love performing experiments on their hoomin. It was raining that day, so I was even trying to collect rainwater to see if that would make any difference! I bet they thought the rainwater collecting was most entertaining. :) Well, at least I found out that it's harder than it looks. I see all this water coming down, pouring down the roof and driveway, and think it must be easy to just put a bowl outside and catch some. But considering the width of the bowl, it actually takes a long time. :) |
Freshening the water bowl
On 1/28/2018 12:44 PM, Takayuki wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:40:22 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham wrote: In article , Takayuki wrote: They love performing experiments on their hoomin. It was raining that day, so I was even trying to collect rainwater to see if that would make any difference! I bet they thought the rainwater collecting was most entertaining. :) Well, at least I found out that it's harder than it looks. I see all this water coming down, pouring down the roof and driveway, and think it must be easy to just put a bowl outside and catch some. But considering the width of the bowl, it actually takes a long time. :) Not to mention, when it's pouring down rain it bounces back out! LOL The small bird bath on my patio is proof of that. Jill |
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