Developed a different drinking style

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My 19 week old kitten started a few days ago drinking his water by putting his paw in the water and licking it. I would rather him not do it that way because every second or third dunk he will shack his paw after dunking and get water all over. I have wood floors and have paw prints all over. Why would he just start doing this?
Thanks
Mark

[mimitabby]

this too shall pass. he's a kitten. He will probably grow out of this behavior soon especially if you ignore it.

[cooncatbob]

Put a place mat under the bowl.
Cats do what they want, not what you'd prefer them to.

[Straysmommy]

Could it be the water is too cold now in winter?

[BotanyBlack]

My Sherbert would do this if he felt the dish was too narrow or deep, or too low, or he just didn't want to bend over... or he didn't want to put his head under the faucet.. or there was milk in a glass he couldn't reach without tipping it..



oh wait, he was just as likely to tip it..

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Originally Posted by Straysmommy

Could it be the water is too cold now in winter?

I'm in calif. we're still having pretty decent weather. I keep my house at 70* -72*
I don't think the cold bothers him. I feed him a raw diet and he deosnt care if the meat comes directly out of the fridge which the temp is set at 37* or if I put it in warm water first.
Thanks for the ideas

[Cats&Plants]

Sometimes they can't see the water level, so they dunk their paw so see where it is so they don't get a nose full of water.

Years ago I lived with a roommate who had a couple kittens, Fuzz would almost always drink with her two front paws in the water lol. She did outgrow that eventually lol.

It's probably just a phase, kittens are fickle creatures lol. They just get finicky as they age lol.

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Originally Posted by Cats&Plants

Sometimes they can't see the water level, so they dunk their paw so see where it is so they don't get a nose full of water.

Years ago I lived with a roommate who had a couple kittens, Fuzz would almost always drink with her two front paws in the water lol. She did outgrow that eventually lol.

It's probably just a phase, kittens are fickle creatures lol. They just get finicky as they age lol.

My Himalayan taps the bowl to get the water moving so he can see it. Simba (kitten) was doing the same thing. Than all of a sudden thought the water would taste better off his paw.

[Milky's Mammy]

Milky also taps the fountain to see where the water level is. He only started doing that a while ago. He used to dunk his paw in, but he's slowly growing out of that now.

[MowMow]

I agree, just put a placemat under the bowl.