Thread: Drinking From The Toilet...Uh...Not Me, The Cat

Donnad, I noticed in your picture gallery you snapped some shots of your MC with head in toilet. Ran-Gan does this also, drinking from there even tho' we leave water for the cats down at floor level in a bowl. Is this common with these cats?

We have to be careful to leave the lid closed otherwise he's in there slaking his thirst.

Originally Posted by Whyemier

Donnad, I noticed in your picture gallery you snapped some shots of your MC with head in toilet. Ran-Gan does this also, drinking from there even tho' we leave water for the cats down at floor level in a bowl. Is this common with these cats?

We have to be careful to leave the lid closed otherwise he's in there slaking his thirst.

whyemier,
Miss Ginger is not drinking from the toilet, she is investigating the new hole in her litter kwitter. I am toilet training her!!! well that's the idea anyways. Haha. I have been training her for about a month now. See the thread Litter knitter. Although I am sure drinking out of the toilet is not harmful. My beagles will every chance they get. It just grosses us out. Thank you for looking at my pictures. I love this little monster!
p.s. I am glad it's not you! ;)

I did read threads on the forum about members maine coons drinking out of the toilets though, when I joined :-D though Neevie doesn't do it - we actually close the toilet lid so it wouldn't happen, because she's a licker... means when we're having a cuddle, I get my hands thoroughly licked clean - now, I know it's a bit hypocritic because I know she tends to clean very dirty parts of her own body with that tongue, but I don't think I would like thought of that tongue having been in my toilets as well.... gotta draw the line somewhere...

Alekto, you have a point, I think most animals will choose fresh cold water over warm water in their dishes. I too, kept my toilets lids closed until I started potty training Ginger plus we have a gate on the bathroom door that just allows Ginger through not the Beagles. I would love to buy the "kids" one of them awesome waterfall bowls but they are over a hundred dollars! I can not justify that kind of money for a water bowl.

I got her this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pet-Mate-060...s=fountain+cat about a year ago.... but she wasn't really impressed at the time - she sniffed it carefully before concluding that this one one of those humanz things holding no interest whatsoever - now that she's learned that drinking from the tap is really interesting (apparently...) we might reinstal the thing.

very cool!!! $35 US I have added it to my Amazon wish wist