I recently adopted 2 stray cats (brothers), Sherlock and Watson, the vets told me are about 1-year-old. Both of them would only drink out of the bathtub when I first got them. After reading a lot about different types of bowls and positions, such as whisker-fatigue-friendly bowls and moving the bowl further away from their food dishes, I finally got Watson to drink solely out of a bowl. He drinks out of it every day without an issue and never drinks out of the tub anymore.
Sherlock, however, will still only drink out of the tub. Obviously this is wasting water and I've actually broken a faucet washer due to how long this has been going on and had to have it replaced. So this really needs to end and I really need to get him trained on to a bowl! Does anyone have any tips on how I can get him to stop drinking out of the tub, aside from what I have mentioned above with the whisker-friendly bowls and placing it away from the food dishes?
I am not going to buy a pet fountain. I've done this with previous cats and actually find them to be very filthy, not to mention extremely high maintenance and expensive (filters). It also attracted unwanted insects that would drown in the water, which was disgusting. That's just not a route I want to go down.
Any tips? Please help!
Sherlock, however, will still only drink out of the tub. Obviously this is wasting water and I've actually broken a faucet washer due to how long this has been going on and had to have it replaced. So this really needs to end and I really need to get him trained on to a bowl! Does anyone have any tips on how I can get him to stop drinking out of the tub, aside from what I have mentioned above with the whisker-friendly bowls and placing it away from the food dishes?
I am not going to buy a pet fountain. I've done this with previous cats and actually find them to be very filthy, not to mention extremely high maintenance and expensive (filters). It also attracted unwanted insects that would drown in the water, which was disgusting. That's just not a route I want to go down.
Any tips? Please help!