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(A little off-topic, sorry!) Does anyone have advice for a cat that drinks water by dipping their paw in the bowl and then licking their paw? My cat will only
by MerelyMortal 4y ago
(A little off-topic, sorry!)
Does anyone have advice for a cat that drinks water by dipping their paw in the bowl and then licking their paw?
My cat will only lick water straight from the bowl if I stand over her while she is at the bowl (when she tries using her paw, I grab the paw wiping the water off with my hand and say "no", she pauses for a bit, and then relents and licks the water from the bowl)
When I'm not there, she leaves wet paw prints through the house.
- bigwavedave 4y agoI don't have any advice, just found this interesting because one of the kittens I had years ago would always stick his paws into the water dish when drinking. It's not like the bowl was too high or he needed leverage- the food dish had the same dimensions and he never did it for the food dish. He just seemed to enjoy having his front paws in the water when drinking shrugs.
- MerelyMortal 4y agoPaws in the water while lapping up the water from the bowl with his tongue? Wild lol.
- bigwavedave 4y agoYep, whenever he was lapping up water, he'd have his front two paws submerged in the water dish the whole time! He was an interesting cat- he seemed to have sensitivity stuff going on. For example, while all cats raise their hindquarters when someone touches the base of their tail, he could be in a dead sleep and even the lightest touch on the base of his tail would activate this reflex to the extreme. He was a funny little guy, I loved him :). He liked to come and curl up on my chest whenever I'd recline during a zoom call, only to leave as soon as the call ended.
- carlmr 4y agoIt could be that the bowl is to deep / not wide enough and the it brushes the whiskers, which makes it uncomfortable for the cat to drink normally.