Why Does My Cat Drink Dirty Water ?
Cats are funny
creatures - how ofen have you you seen your cat drink dirty
water - it's actually very common and to find out why read
on.
By: Larry Chamberlain
You know that cats should always have a supply of water,
especially if you are feeding them dried food. There on your
nice clean kitchen floor is a bowl of nice clean fresh water,
in a nice clean bowl.
What does your cat do? Maybe gives the bowl a sniff and walks
away from it, or just ignores the bowl completely, as if water
were the last thing a self respecting cat would consider
drinking.
"Okay", you think to yourself, "Kitty just isn't thirsty at the
moment". But then later, you happen to spy your cat busily
lapping up stale water from a puddle in your garden as if it
was nectar.
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Cats are self-reliant, independent creatures, but surely your
cat is not going to turn its nose up at the nice clean water
you provide, just to let you know it can survive without you?
After all, kitty does not reject the food you provide even
though it is perfectly capable of catching mice.
No, the answer is not your mouser's independence. Tap water is
usually treated with chemicals, often chlorinated strongly
enough for a cat to smell it. Cats noses are far more sensitive
than human noses and many cats find this chemical odor very
offensive. Stale water in puddles and pools has a far more
attractive smell are far as a cat is concerned. Puddles may be
full of rotten vegetation and microbes, but cats find this
organic soup very tasty.
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As well as the off-putting odor of chemicals in tap water, cats
find the smell of detergents repugnant. So, because you
diligently clean your cat's water bowl in the interest of
hygiene, the detergent that you use deters your cat from
drinking from it. You use the same detergent to wash your cat's
food bowl, why then, does your feline friend eat heartily from
the bowl, and not be repelled by the smell of the detergent?
This is because the aroma of the fish or meat is stronger than
the smell of the detergent.
With the water bowl, the combination of the two unpleasant
smells, the chemicals in the tap water and the detergent, means
that your cat will only quench its thirst from the water bowl
if there is no better smelling option to be had.
So, what can you do? You need to rinse your cat's bowl more
thoroughly than you would a plate for a human. Remember feline
noses are far more sensitive than ours, every trace of
detergent needs to be rinsed off. Secondly, let the water from
the tap stand for a while before putting the bowl down for your
cat, this will allow the chemicals to dissipate.
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These two things should have kitty drinking happily from the
dish, unless, of course, kitty has got so used to drinking from
puddles it just can't kick the organic water habit!
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