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Ice Water!
Being too lazy to walk to the kitchen to dump out the ice cubes from my
glass of water I dumped them in Persia's Drinkwell fountain instead. She'd just had a drink of water but the sound of ice hitting the basin got her attention. She just spent a good 5 more minutes lapping up (now) ice water. I'd heard about giving cats ice water in the summer to encourage them to drink more. This wasn't intentional or planned but it *is* hot today and apparently she approves! I guess I'll be putting ice in the fountain for the next few months Jill |
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Ice Water!
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 19:34:24 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
Being too lazy to walk to the kitchen to dump out the ice cubes from my glass of water I dumped them in Persia's Drinkwell fountain instead. She'd just had a drink of water but the sound of ice hitting the basin got her attention. She just spent a good 5 more minutes lapping up (now) ice water. I'd heard about giving cats ice water in the summer to encourage them to drink more. This wasn't intentional or planned but it *is* hot today and apparently she approves! I guess I'll be putting ice in the fountain for the next few months Jill Ketzl definitely prefers cold water (from the fridge) to room-temperature water... he has a fountain, too, and I drop ice into it a couple of times a day. -- Remember: It it To Laugh http://tinyurl.com/2a5u8b |
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Ice Water!
Ketzl's Dad wrote: On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 19:34:24 -0400, jmcquown wrote: Being too lazy to walk to the kitchen to dump out the ice cubes from my glass of water I dumped them in Persia's Drinkwell fountain instead. She'd just had a drink of water but the sound of ice hitting the basin got her attention. She just spent a good 5 more minutes lapping up (now) ice water. I'd heard about giving cats ice water in the summer to encourage them to drink more. This wasn't intentional or planned but it *is* hot today and apparently she approves! I guess I'll be putting ice in the fountain for the next few months Jill Ketzl definitely prefers cold water (from the fridge) to room-temperature water... he has a fountain, too, and I drop ice into it a couple of times a day. I didn't think ice water was GOOD for cats! (It's not terribly good for humans, either - better merely cool or room temperature.) |
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Ice Water!
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
Ketzl's Dad wrote: On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 19:34:24 -0400, jmcquown wrote: Being too lazy to walk to the kitchen to dump out the ice cubes from my glass of water I dumped them in Persia's Drinkwell fountain instead. She'd just had a drink of water but the sound of ice hitting the basin got her attention. She just spent a good 5 more minutes lapping up (now) ice water. I'd heard about giving cats ice water in the summer to encourage them to drink more. This wasn't intentional or planned but it *is* hot today and apparently she approves! I guess I'll be putting ice in the fountain for the next few months Jill Ketzl definitely prefers cold water (from the fridge) to room-temperature water... he has a fountain, too, and I drop ice into it a couple of times a day. I didn't think ice water was GOOD for cats! (It's not terribly good for humans, either - better merely cool or room temperature.) Cat Fancy magazine just had several articles about keeping cats cool in the summer heat. One of the vets recommended putting ice cubes in their water so I guess it's not bad for them. I'd much rather drink ice water than tepid water, too. Of course, what I'd really like is an icy cold beer or a glass of wine Jill |
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Ice Water!
"jmcquown" wrote in message
... Being too lazy to walk to the kitchen to dump out the ice cubes from my glass of water I dumped them in Persia's Drinkwell fountain instead. She'd just had a drink of water but the sound of ice hitting the basin got her attention. She just spent a good 5 more minutes lapping up (now) ice water. I'd heard about giving cats ice water in the summer to encourage them to drink more. This wasn't intentional or planned but it *is* hot today and apparently she approves! I guess I'll be putting ice in the fountain for the next few months Shmogg has always preferred warm water - the stuff at the bottom of the shower after I've finished is always the best. I must admit I prefer room temperature water to the icey stuff, because I don't like the 'ice headache' that happens otherwise. Perhaps Shmogg gets ice-headaches like his meowmie? Yowie |
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Ice Water!
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... Being too lazy to walk to the kitchen to dump out the ice cubes from my glass of water I dumped them in Persia's Drinkwell fountain instead. She'd just had a drink of water but the sound of ice hitting the basin got her attention. She just spent a good 5 more minutes lapping up (now) ice water. I'd heard about giving cats ice water in the summer to encourage them to drink more. This wasn't intentional or planned but it *is* hot today and apparently she approves! I guess I'll be putting ice in the fountain for the next few months Jill Every night a bed time Charlie collects the water bowls and glasses from around the house and replaces them with clean bowls and glasses of ice water. Granted sometimes this takes a while if he gets distracted etc. And Jake just about had an anxiety attack every night waiting for the arrival of the clean glass of ice water on our bathroom sink. He is fine till the glasses are collected but then he starts to die of thirst. If cats gulped water I would worry its bad for them, but the do pretty much sip. Ice water isn't usually bad for people unless they drink it too fast or while their stomach is trying to digest food. Kayla loves her ice water. A glass full of crushed ice and water is her special treat when I go out for breakfast. She waits in the car and the waitress gives me a "to go" glass for her. Last thing at night she get a couple of ice cubes to chomp in her crate. She gets crated when we go to bed for the night so I can be sure the first thing she does every morning is to go outside. Jo |
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Ice Water!
On Jun 3, 10:02 pm, "jofirey" wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... Being too lazy to walk to the kitchen to dump out the ice cubes from my glass of water I dumped them in Persia's Drinkwell fountain instead. She'd just had a drink of water but the sound of ice hitting the basin got her attention. She just spent a good 5 more minutes lapping up (now) ice water. I'd heard about giving cats ice water in the summer to encourage them to drink more. This wasn't intentional or planned but it *is* hot today and apparently she approves! I guess I'll be putting ice in the fountain for the next few months Jill Every night a bed time Charlie collects the water bowls and glasses from around the house and replaces them with clean bowls and glasses of ice water. Granted sometimes this takes a while if he gets distracted etc. And Jake just about had an anxiety attack every night waiting for the arrival of the clean glass of ice water on our bathroom sink. He is fine till the glasses are collected but then he starts to die of thirst. If cats gulped water I would worry its bad for them, but the do pretty much sip. Ice water isn't usually bad for people unless they drink it too fast or while their stomach is trying to digest food. Kayla loves her ice water. A glass full of crushed ice and water is her special treat when I go out for breakfast. She waits in the car and the waitress gives me a "to go" glass for her. Last thing at night she get a couple of ice cubes to chomp in her crate. She gets crated when we go to bed for the night so I can be sure the first thing she does every morning is to go outside. Jo Snowball, my long-ago RB d*g, used to walk over to her water bowl and just LOOK at it when I would wake up on a hot afternoon (I worked nights and we lived without air conditioning) It was never that she was out of water. The water bowl had one of those big jar feeders. I would put a little ice in the bowl itself and more in the jar feeder and she would have a nice long drink before her evening walk. Our vet said she could see nothing wroing with it. Will in New Haven -- "Is that your nose or are you pushing a barge upstream." - something I often asked Snowball |
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Ice Water!
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 18:34:24 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote: Being too lazy to walk to the kitchen to dump out the ice cubes from my glass of water I dumped them in Persia's Drinkwell fountain instead. She'd just had a drink of water but the sound of ice hitting the basin got her attention. She just spent a good 5 more minutes lapping up (now) ice water. I'd heard about giving cats ice water in the summer to encourage them to drink more. This wasn't intentional or planned but it *is* hot today and apparently she approves! I guess I'll be putting ice in the fountain for the next few months Jill When it gets hot, I fill extra bowls of water and freeze them for my cats. That way, they have cool water for quite some time, and they don't splash as much out. I also put some ice out for my outside cats - they love it. On really hot days, I have seen them lay up against the ice bowls to cool off. Mishi |
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Ice Water!
"Mishi" wrote in message ... On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 18:34:24 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: Being too lazy to walk to the kitchen to dump out the ice cubes from my glass of water I dumped them in Persia's Drinkwell fountain instead. She'd just had a drink of water but the sound of ice hitting the basin got her attention. She just spent a good 5 more minutes lapping up (now) ice water. I'd heard about giving cats ice water in the summer to encourage them to drink more. This wasn't intentional or planned but it *is* hot today and apparently she approves! I guess I'll be putting ice in the fountain for the next few months Jill When it gets hot, I fill extra bowls of water and freeze them for my cats. That way, they have cool water for quite some time, and they don't splash as much out. I also put some ice out for my outside cats - they love it. On really hot days, I have seen them lay up against the ice bowls to cool off. Mishi I'd forgotten that. We freeze water in milk cartons in the summer and dump it in the bird bath, Jo |
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Ice Water!
jmcquown wrote:
I didn't think ice water was GOOD for cats! (It's not terribly good for humans, either - better merely cool or room temperature.) Indeed. In humans, the hypothalamus(sp?) gland that controls body temperature is, apparently, located close to the oesophagus ("food pipe") - so drinking something hot causes the gland to sense an increase in body temperature. The response to this is for the body to sweat, thus actually reducing skin temperature. I've seen the evidence on a thermal imaging camera. I presume the opposite is true, if you drink something very cold - like iced water. -- MatSav |
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