Cats don't like having their water next to their food; if you separate the food and water dishes to different rooms, a lot of times they get more enthusiastic about the water in the dish.

Sometimes of course they are just little weirdos

[–] Hare@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He's just a weirdo lol I keep the food and water in different areas

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 9 points 8 months ago

It is as I suspected

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have a cat who absolutely has to drink from the dripping bath tub faucet. If it isn't dripping, she will complain outside my door until I turn it on for her.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cats have a natural instinct to avoid stagnant water. Freshly fallen rainwater does it for them sometimes, but a water dish will always be an object of suspicion.

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It's a fountain that she doesn't drink from. It used to be bowls, but we thought this would help, and the other cats have no problems using it.

She also drinks from a plugged sink full of water so she might just like the bathroom.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 8 months ago

Probably... Cats are weird.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

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