As a younger kitten Toby had zero thirst drive. All he would do is paw out all his water from his bowl. He doesn't even have interest in drinking water running from the tap.
He only gets canned and I add a fair amount of additional water to it, which he always finishes, so he's getting 2/3 cups water a day in addition to what's in his food.
So, today, for the first time in 5 months I put down a bowl of water. After doing his thing where he paws half of it on the floor, he really went at drinking it, wow.
My question in about why he has to paw at it first? I read somewhere that cats like to see water movement?
He only gets canned and I add a fair amount of additional water to it, which he always finishes, so he's getting 2/3 cups water a day in addition to what's in his food.
So, today, for the first time in 5 months I put down a bowl of water. After doing his thing where he paws half of it on the floor, he really went at drinking it, wow.
My question in about why he has to paw at it first? I read somewhere that cats like to see water movement?
