Let them watch you put it in so they investigate. Its fun too, they like the little crackle it makes upon impact

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[–] 12 points 10 months ago* (10 children)

How? Cats don't hydrate well from simply drinking water. They take water on more from their food, which is why it is important they get some kind of wet food, and not just dry kibble.

Also, it's more helpful to encourage drinking water by having it in a wide, shallow dish with some kind of pattern on the bottom so they can see it is water.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    Mine empty their bowl regularly to the point they learned to move it around noisily to make sure i know to refill it

    Mine must be exceptional i guess, just like their ol' sopularityfax

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Not saying yours have it, but our older cats usually started drinking more once they were older due to kidney complications, caused by phosphorus in cheap cat food. Look out for that.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 10 months ago*

    I appreciate that; however, tho I moved from Blue Buffalo to a fewer ingredient allergy sensitive catfood thats pretty expensive, there hasnt been any appreciabledifference I'm aware of. One of them or another has always let me know they need water

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    A little over a year ago we switched all of our cats to a wet food diet. Before that I never realized how little water they get from drinking. It is something like 1/12 of a teaspoon per "lick" (0.409ml).

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