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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 02:42 PM Original message |
I call on the beneficent cat ladies of DU (male or female!) for advice |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bowed to the inevitable, of course |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Get him a drinking fountain, they're only like $40 |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You can even find them for under $15 |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Yep. |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I've got 3 of these Drinkwell fountains... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. i grow my kitty some killah hydro with that..... |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder if adding another water bowl in the bathroom would help |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Pet fountain or bottled/filtered water or glass/ceramic bowl |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Get the fountain... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. fountain dude. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Screw the fountain...spend the $ rescuing another cat. The cat will |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Cats will starve themselves to death |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. some cats love the sound and sight of water coming from faucets |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. In the wild, running water is generally safer |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's what I'm concerned with--I don't want him to get dehydrated. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Just let your faucet drip a little bit. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think it's a cat thing |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. StirFry prefers water from the bathroom faucet as well. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I'm still at the "I'll reason with him" stage of cat owner denial |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Wait... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thanks for the advice! Looks like fountain may be the way to go |
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RiffRandell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. Had same thing. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. Make sure he's not diabetic. My cat starting doing that and it turned out he |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
22. Tim drinks out of the shower, and we hear him splashing in the toilet... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
23. jp, may find these interesting: Why do some cats insist on drinking from a dripping faucet? |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. I have a fountain |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
26. Save your sanity, get a bidet |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. Bottled water |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. Someone got me the "running water" drink fountain. And it just terrified my cat. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. I think he'll drink from his bowl if there's nothing else available |
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