Does anybody have any experience teaching their cats to drink out of a water bottle? I am thinking of buying/making something like this for my boys:
http://www.bottlebabies.com/
Neither of my cats have any reason not to get wet, but Mulder is obsessed with water. He jumps into the sink or bathtub every time I go into the bathroom, and tries to join me in the shower if I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t lock him out of the room. He likes to play in the water bowl and makes such an awful mess that I have had to resort to keeping their water in the bathtub so that when he splashes it all out it doesnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t destroy the carpet/flooring.
Currently I keep three large dog dishes in the bath in the hope that he will get bored before emptying all of them so they will still have something to drink until I get home. But heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s getting worse – I came home yesterday and they had no water left at all (I was gone 8-5) and were very thirsty when I got there. This worries me that they donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have access to fresh water all day while Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m not home!
They used to have one of those auto-refill waterers (with the big reservoir you turned upside down into a bowl) but Mulder would splash it until all the water came out and he could knock the bottle over then chew on the bottle until it had holes all in it. I have considered a fountain for them because of how fascinated he is with water but Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m pretty sure he would obsess with it as well and just sit there splashing in the stream until all the water was on the floor instead.
So I was thinking if I could get a couple large glass water bottles (so he couldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t chew them up) and a stand for them and train the boys to use it I could make sure they had water to drink, and give Mulder supervised water playtime instead.
Anybody had any luck with this kind of training or ideas where to start?
http://www.bottlebabies.com/
Neither of my cats have any reason not to get wet, but Mulder is obsessed with water. He jumps into the sink or bathtub every time I go into the bathroom, and tries to join me in the shower if I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t lock him out of the room. He likes to play in the water bowl and makes such an awful mess that I have had to resort to keeping their water in the bathtub so that when he splashes it all out it doesnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t destroy the carpet/flooring.
Currently I keep three large dog dishes in the bath in the hope that he will get bored before emptying all of them so they will still have something to drink until I get home. But heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s getting worse – I came home yesterday and they had no water left at all (I was gone 8-5) and were very thirsty when I got there. This worries me that they donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have access to fresh water all day while Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m not home!
They used to have one of those auto-refill waterers (with the big reservoir you turned upside down into a bowl) but Mulder would splash it until all the water came out and he could knock the bottle over then chew on the bottle until it had holes all in it. I have considered a fountain for them because of how fascinated he is with water but Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m pretty sure he would obsess with it as well and just sit there splashing in the stream until all the water was on the floor instead.
So I was thinking if I could get a couple large glass water bottles (so he couldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t chew them up) and a stand for them and train the boys to use it I could make sure they had water to drink, and give Mulder supervised water playtime instead.
Anybody had any luck with this kind of training or ideas where to start?