When does your cat drink?

"William Hamblen" wrote in message
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My cat seems to do most of her drinking at night. At least the water
level in her dish doesn't seem to change much during the day, but in
the morning the water level is way down.

Bud


Persia drinks all day long. I have a Drinkwell pet fountain and she drinks
after I feed her in the morning, then sometimes again while I'm getting
ready for work. I see her drinking when I get home; I feed her again and
she has another sip. Then I hear her after I go to bed or in the middle of
the night lapping at the water. She drinks a lot. (And she just had a
checkup, no signs of any renal problems.) She's a perfectly fit kitty. I
highly recommend one of these fountains.

Jill

Lesley wrote:
Beats me.....

The water level in their dish drops but it's rare to catch either of
them drinking and if you do they immediately stop and look as if they
been caught doing something embarassing...
Isis (RB) used to love drinking water but I suspect she only did it
once a day in the morning because she would stick her head in the dish
and you could see the water level drop as she gulped it down but you
wouldn't see her at the dish until the next day

I also had a cat that didn't like being "caught" doing things like
eating, drinking, or using the litter box. Betty was dainty that way,
and in other ways too.

My current two actually seem to feel more comfortable doing those
things if I'm around, so I see them drinking often enough. Dot will
even occasionally jump in the shower to lick up water drops after I've
finished.

Mark Edwards wrote:
No cluons were harmed when William Hamblen wrote:
My cat seems to do most of her drinking at night.

I'm not sure, but in the morning, her breath smells of booze, and the
bottle on my desk is nearly empty (evil grin).

Doesn't it sound like one of those questionnaires? Do you often drink
alone? Do you do most of your drinking at night when the hoomins are
asleep? Do you hide your drinking from your hoomins? Do you drink to
cope with life and its endless need for moisture?

My two drink many times in the course of a day. They probably drink
less at night because they are less active generally.
--

Wayne M.

"Takayuki" wrote in message
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Lesley wrote:
Beats me.....

The water level in their dish drops but it's rare to catch either
of
them drinking and if you do they immediately stop and look as if
they
been caught doing something embarassing...
Isis (RB) used to love drinking water but I suspect she only did it
once a day in the morning because she would stick her head in the
dish
and you could see the water level drop as she gulped it down but
you
wouldn't see her at the dish until the next day

I also had a cat that didn't like being "caught" doing things like
eating, drinking, or using the litter box. Betty was dainty that
way,
and in other ways too.

My current two actually seem to feel more comfortable doing those
things if I'm around, so I see them drinking often enough. Dot
will
even occasionally jump in the shower to lick up water drops after
I've
finished.

Water is one of Molly's feral habit holdovers. I suspect in the wild
some cats will drink in private so they won't have to share their
water source. Molly still behaves like there is nothing so tasty as
early morning dew and condensation. I'll see her outside very early
indulging is licking moisture off anything that has collected it
overnight as though it were some kind of ambrosia.

Jo

"William Hamblen" wrote in message
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My cat seems to do most of her drinking at night. At least the water
level in her dish doesn't seem to change much during the day, but in
the morning the water level is way down.

Boyfie almost never seems to drink unless I've given him a bit of dry food
which he loves so much. It's a treat only occasionally.
I've heard it's implicated in bladder stones in boy cats and also in CRF. I
don't know if that's true but I prefer not to risk it. He gets wet food
manufactured by a company that guarantee they know the farm where the meat
has come from and it's not China.

Tweed






Tweed