[Cats] Who Knows What About Kitty Teeth?

[M. Anna Hanson]

You beat me to it, Julie!  I was just going to write in with that  
tip!  I use those "no-melt" plastic ice cube balls for party drinks,  
which never seemed to work that well in our drinks, but are great as  
floaties in the water dishes.

Right now our girls' favorite beverage delivery system is one of those  
fountains; the DrinkWell (I think?) fountain we have burbles the water  
up from the reservoir, so it's always "fresh" and aerated.  Arielle  
and Graysi drink a lot of water now, between Graysi's diabetes and  
both having early stage kidney disease.  So I have two fountains and  
top them off daily.

Anna and the two purrgirls, still lovin' life in our little corner of  
Germany...

On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:04 AM, Julie Hesson wrote:

>> She won't drink from a water bowl if she can possibly avoid it, as  
>> for some reason she has trouble judging the depth,
>
>
> That's why I borrowed Anna Hanson's excellent idea, and floated a  
> ping-pong ball in the water bowl.  Our Stubby insisted on putting  
> his paw down inside the side of the bowl, and pulling it toward him,  
> making the water slosh out onto the floor, and the ripples told him  
> where the surface of the water was.  Now, he has a new stunt:  He  
> licks the ping-pong ball, keeping it rolling as he licks the water  
> off its surface!  Funny, inventive critter!  But, at least, there's  
> no puddle all over the floor after he's had his fill.
>
> Julie MomCat, really working at staying ahead of these furry  
> geniuses. . .