Hello- please help!
I have 2 cats and one of them (who I've had for over 5 months now), just started a terrible habit yesterday where he either knocks over the water dish, or if it's too heavy to knock over, he splashes all the water out onto the floor. Needless to say, this is a problem because then there's no water for him to drink and none for the other cat to drink.
Things I've tried:
1- a really heavy bowl- he just splashes all the water out
2- one of those upside-down jugs that feeds water into the bowl- he literally splashed ALL of the water out of the jug onto the floor in a span of ten minutes.
3- I've 'punished' him while he's doing this by yelling or using a squirt bottle (Which does work with him when he tries to eat human food), but nothing stops him.
Any suggestions?
I have 2 cats and one of them (who I've had for over 5 months now), just started a terrible habit yesterday where he either knocks over the water dish, or if it's too heavy to knock over, he splashes all the water out onto the floor. Needless to say, this is a problem because then there's no water for him to drink and none for the other cat to drink.
Things I've tried:
1- a really heavy bowl- he just splashes all the water out
2- one of those upside-down jugs that feeds water into the bowl- he literally splashed ALL of the water out of the jug onto the floor in a span of ten minutes.
3- I've 'punished' him while he's doing this by yelling or using a squirt bottle (Which does work with him when he tries to eat human food), but nothing stops him.
Any suggestions?