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Message started by arteacher on 01/31/13 at 16:37:43

Title: New cat.
Post by arteacher on 01/31/13 at 16:37:43

We adopted an 18 month old cat from a rescue agency. She has developed a weird and annoying habit. We have a big water dish for the dog and cat in the kitchen, When we drop an ice cube on the floor we drop it in the water dish. She started playing with them and flipping them out onto the floor and batting them around, which we thought was amusing, until she started flipping the cubes out of our drinks. :-?

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by 12Bravo on 01/31/13 at 16:41:16

I had a cat that loved to play in water. She would knock all the water out of her bowl. I ended up leaving the toilet seat up and letting her have the toilet to drink/play out of.

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by hexnut on 01/31/13 at 16:52:15

Sounds like she needs some cat toys.

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by Cavi Mike on 01/31/13 at 18:35:45

I'm trying to figure out why the cat and a drinking glass are on the same surface. Sounds like the problem isn't the cat.

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by jcstokes on 01/31/13 at 20:10:28

Be careful of this cat, there was a thing onv the internet about an American couple ending up with huge water bills far in excess of normal usage. Water provider could find no faulty meters or leaky pipes. The problem was solved when someone dicovered that their cat had learned to flush the toilet overv and over and over again. Really fascinated the cat.

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by Serowbot on 01/31/13 at 22:46:43

Congratulations... you've just trained your cat to drive you nuts for all eternity...
;D ;D ;D...

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by thumperclone on 01/31/13 at 23:39:16

had a cat that batted around the rings that used to come on milk jugs
7 toed callico shed bat it then go fetch it tand bring it to one of us to play fetch
gabby; cause she had a simesse yowl as a kitten..

rescue is the only way to go imo our 3 current dogs and me too are rescues 8-)

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by ToesNose on 02/01/13 at 03:39:45

Good on ya for getting a rescue!

I've heard of drinking problems....but ice cube problems?! :o

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by arteacher on 02/01/13 at 04:44:52

4163746B4F6B6967020 wrote:

I'm trying to figure out why the cat and a drinking glass are on the same surface. Sounds like the problem isn't the cat.

Cats can get on any surface they want to. We once had a cat that liked to sleep on the top edge of an open door with her legs hanging down the sides.

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by Blinky on 02/01/13 at 05:23:15

arteacher,
May I suggest the book 101 Uses for a Dead Cat. You can solve the problem and have great fun at the same time. 8-)

Good Hunting

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by weracerc on 02/01/13 at 05:31:47

my now 13 year old cat still loves ice water in her crystal cup - Princess Charlotte.......she does not flip the cubes out but she loves licking them - year round.

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by LostArtist on 02/01/13 at 10:45:04

3F293E233B2E23384C0 wrote:

Congratulations... you've just trained your cat to drive you nuts for all eternity...
;D ;D ;D...

that takes training??? I thought all pets were just naturally good at that :-?

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by Starlifter on 02/01/13 at 11:22:36

We have six rescue cats here, one of them loves to splash the water out of his bowl. We solved the problem by getting one of those large plastic dish pans and placing the water bowl in the dish pan. Now he splashes away and all we have to do is empty the pan.

Maybe you could put an ice cube in the pan with the water bowl and she could bat the cube around in the pan. :-?

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by MShipley on 02/01/13 at 12:12:20

Thats why my cat now has a new home............

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by ToesNose on 02/02/13 at 10:13:50

7671677E7E120 wrote:

arteacher,
May I suggest the book 101 Uses for a Dead Cat. You can solve the problem and have great fun at the same time. 8-)

Good Hunting

I remeber that book! ;D

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by cowboy on 02/02/13 at 12:42:42

I love cats. mine will only drink out of a running faucet. there are 2 things that you need to keep in mind 1 nobody ever owned a cat. 2 you never have a brick when you need one. ;D

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by hexnut on 02/02/13 at 13:49:48

gone fishing

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by rfw2003 on 02/02/13 at 14:39:10

I've got a cat that if you forget to shut the bathroom door all the way, she will jump in the shower with you. ::) She loves the water.

R.F.

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by Starlifter on 02/02/13 at 17:07:32

Yeah, I have a water lover too. He bangs on the door to go out if it's raining, storming (loves thunder storms), snowing, or sleeting.

He just stands out there in the rain until he's soaked...odd.

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by prsavage on 02/02/13 at 23:00:17

193B2C331733313F5A0 wrote:

I'm trying to figure out why the cat and a drinking glass are on the same surface. Sounds like the problem isn't the cat.

+1

Cats can be trained to never get up on the dining table. Both of ours stay off. I will admit that the dining table and the kitchen counters are the only surfaces they do stay off of though.

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by Buil2Last on 02/03/13 at 15:24:04

That's cute. My friend had a kitten that would purposely knock over any cup of water left anywhere.. and only water (no beer or sodas). My girlfriend has a cat. I hate cats.

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by arteacher on 02/03/13 at 16:06:58

40574B4E56104E4351561414220 wrote:

My girlfriend has a cat. I hate cats.

They don't care. ;)

Title: Re: New cat.
Post by Trippah on 02/04/13 at 09:43:08

if you get the cat some mice at the local pet shop, they will keeep it busy. Just be shure to drill some large holes in the baseboards for the micehotel. ;)