How does your cat drink water?

[Minervah]

I have a water bottle with a stopper such as you would find in a hamster or gerbil cage. I have it attached to a small scratching post so the spout is facing downward. All many cats have always used this to drink out of. My past Siamese cats learn right away. It took my non-Siamese Gracie a couple of weeks but she got the hand of it.

I like this because the water stays clean and I can monitor how much she drinks and over what period of time.

[MsAnnThrope]

My cats can have a fresh bowl of water yet they will ignore it to drink out of my stale glass by my bed, every time.

I use tall glasses so they actually have to put their whole heads in, which pulls the skin back and gives them slit eyes and bared teeth and squashed whiskers which I thought cats avoided at all costs.

I guess the temptation to slobber in the humans water is just too much.

[steel7]

Originally Posted by Keeper

I have a big black cat that drinks water by dipping his paw into the water and licking the water off of his paw.

I have 6 cats and many cats before these but have never seen a cat drink water like that.

My 18 yr old cat does that sometimes. She also often meows before drinking water. She is a very vocal cat.

[justincredible767]

Cats have problems seeing still things and also their whiskers are sensitive and the may prefer to avoid them touching the edges (sometimes the reason they they leave food on the outer rim of food bowls. check out https://miaustore.com/uk they have several articles on the issue