We purchased an automatic water feeder for Casper, because we'll be leaving on vacation for the first time we've had him next weekend.
We also got an automatic food feeder, which has worked out pretty good. No problem there. But, I don't think he's been using the water feeder. With his regular water dish, I see him drink periodically throughout the day. I think I saw him use the new one once, although my BF said otherwise. On the other hand, said BF has short term memory loss ROFL. So, I don't trust what he says he sees.
I tested this the other day, by putting down his old dish. He came right over to drink out of it. First time I saw him drink in days.
We will be having our neighbor come in to check up on him, but I am concerned that if for some reason she can't make it in, and he isn't drinking from the automatic one, that could be a problem. I don't want to leave his regular dish out for that reason - don't want to depend on her having to remember to give him anything if possible. We'll only be gone for 4 full days actually. We leave on Saturday very early afternoon so that kind of doesn't count and return very early in the morning the following Thursday. So, he's only really alone Sunday through Wednesday.
I guess, we could leave a few bowls of water around as a back up plan? But I am curious why he wouldn't be using the new one. We did see him drink out of it a couple of times but seriously, not more than that which I know of. Of course, I work all day and he is using the litter box as usual (peeing so he must be drinking I guess?), but I know some cats don't like certain types of dishes because of their shape, depth, smell, whatever.
Ok, any clues you can give me will be helpful! Thanks!
Laurie
We also got an automatic food feeder, which has worked out pretty good. No problem there. But, I don't think he's been using the water feeder. With his regular water dish, I see him drink periodically throughout the day. I think I saw him use the new one once, although my BF said otherwise. On the other hand, said BF has short term memory loss ROFL. So, I don't trust what he says he sees.
I tested this the other day, by putting down his old dish. He came right over to drink out of it. First time I saw him drink in days.
We will be having our neighbor come in to check up on him, but I am concerned that if for some reason she can't make it in, and he isn't drinking from the automatic one, that could be a problem. I don't want to leave his regular dish out for that reason - don't want to depend on her having to remember to give him anything if possible. We'll only be gone for 4 full days actually. We leave on Saturday very early afternoon so that kind of doesn't count and return very early in the morning the following Thursday. So, he's only really alone Sunday through Wednesday.
I guess, we could leave a few bowls of water around as a back up plan? But I am curious why he wouldn't be using the new one. We did see him drink out of it a couple of times but seriously, not more than that which I know of. Of course, I work all day and he is using the litter box as usual (peeing so he must be drinking I guess?), but I know some cats don't like certain types of dishes because of their shape, depth, smell, whatever.
Ok, any clues you can give me will be helpful! Thanks!
Laurie