3 Ways I'm Getting My Cats to Drink More Water 

My cat has trained me to turn the water faucet on for her whenever I’m at the kitchen or bathroom sink. I’m a good little human pet.

I'm dirt broke but I do the adding water to wet food thing. There's always something that you can do.

I got my cat a water fountain and she loves it and drinks out of it all the time. She likes to stick her face over the bubble where the water comes out and just soaks her face. It's so funny. 😻

omg i can’t believe they are seniors!!!! they still act like kittens!!!! 💕

Many cats also don't like to drink where they eat, as in the wild their food may contaminate the water! Hence why those double-bowls don't make sense for many cats at all. (Contamination is also the reason why cats prefer moving water sources, rivers are bound to be more clean than any standing body of water)

This is exactly what I needed! My cat is 7 years old and recently had to have a couple enemas because of bad constipation. He never had any problems before this but he had a loss of appetite and quit drinking his water. His appetite is back and he eats wet food now but he still won’t drink his water. I’ve been mixing water into his food and hope to get him a water fountain soon.

my cat was 18 when he passed. i always love your advice i learn something new everyday. thank you.

Please for those of us hearing impaired, use captions. Your viewership could grow by around 17%

after my cat had a urethra blockage a few years ago, we’ve been adding water to their wet food ever since! they end up drinking less because they’re eating most of their water. (: works like a charm

One day when I’m a vet I hope to meet you and volunteer. Fostering and adopting are so important to reduce the amount of fur babies euthanized each year. Thanks for all your hard work!

The fountain never worked for us and I'm so thankful my cat doesn't drink toilet water!! What worked for us was adding water to her wet food each feeding. We still have a water bowl for her but we think it just sits there lol.

These are some very happy kitty, good thing that they have the best Cat momma ever

My 10 year old loves her water fountain! It's also important for seniors that the water source is at a height so they won't have to bend too far to get to the water :)

I used to take a pint glass filled with water to bed, & woke up to find my cat was drinking out of it in the night, sharing with me!

Thank you soo much for highlighting the importance of cats and water AND giving tips! My babies are all seniors and starting to show some potential issues with kidney disease. My mom and I have been struggling to find ways to increase their water intake, so this video is soo helpful!

My Portuguese niece is training to be a vet, bless her loving heart, so proud of her!

Apple Pie, going on 15, has no teeth, so I routinely thin her canned food with water. This also makes it easier to mix in her l-lysine.

Our cat Lola rarely ever drinks from the bowl of water we have for her next to her food, instead she prefers the plastic jug of water that my mother uses to fill up her steam iron. It was left out one day and Lola started drinking from it, and now it is part of her morning routine, she will go and visit my parents in the morning and sit on my mum's dressing table and meow until one of them goes to fill the jug up for her. She gets her face right in there as well its hilarious! at least we know she's getting plenty of water!

One of my cats actually prefers drinking out of a cup vs bowl even if everything else is the same. If you leave a water cup around in her reach there is a good chance she will drink from it.

Thank you so much, my sweet boy is ten this year and has epilepsy stemming from dehydration so it's been difficult trying to get him to drink enough

I prepare food for cats according to the recommendation of Cat Nutrition Foundation and I cook it before serving. My cats drink only the 'soup' that comes from that. As soon as I started feeding it to them, they prefer the soup to water.

thank you for the tips, my cat's 12 too and he definitely doesn't drink enough water, ill try these out! love your videos ❤

My cat steals the giant dog water dish and pulls it to middle path and spills which trips my husband

Great tips! We use Catit flower fountains. I like them because they easily disassemble to put in the dishwasher (run them on a separate short cycle if cat germs make you queasy lol :) and because the pump is cheap, under $10, and easy to replace. We've been running two or three fountains for years and find that the pumps do occasionally fail, so I keep a replacement on hand.

Good timing with this HEATWAVE

They don’t like a day over one ! They have aged gracefully 😻

my kitty is a senior and recently started losing weight. this video has been my recent reality of squeeze packet treats and lots of water dishes, i'd love more tips for senior kitties!

useful info. all your senior kitties are lovely, I particularly like listening to the chatty one's voice!

Just wanna say that this is my favorite RU-vid channel. I love watching how you take care of all these little angels. Love these kittens/cats and you. Meaow❤

My cat is 16 years old, and I definitely want to increase her water intake. Thanks for the tips!

Great tips! Thank you! ☺️

Yes I am going to hang out with my cats and give them water right now

This is so handy. My cat was recently diagnosed with FIC, and coming home from vet visits for flare-ups have been such an intense experience for him that he'll barely drink anything for the next day or so. We've been giving him wet food and tuna juice to compensate during those times, but I love the idea of getting him a fountain, so I'll try that as well.

Thank you for these educational cute lessons!

Also love water fountains. He drinks it sometimes during summer or hot weather.

I love the Haroun meows throughout the video.

I just ordered a Petlibro from Amazon I’m excited to start using from my 8-mo old kitten.

0:30 Perun is adorable 😍

Coco looks so so sweet at the end

I love the design. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I hope they’ll ship internationally soon 😻😻😻

Omg ur cats live like queens and kings😳🥺🥰

My cat is 18 and loves to drink from a regular water glass because of the height from the floor. She has a few around her regular spots so she can always find water. I also have a jug that the tap water sits in overnight to let public water chemicals evaporate out before she gets it. Straight from the tap can be tricky. I also mix water or cat-safe broth into her food constantly. It's made such a difference that dry food is now only a treat and not a regular meal. I'll have to try the baby food addition - Thank you!

What I love from my cat is that as soon as he eats he dry food he drinks water right away. We keep it right next to his food bowl. I love him! Such an angel he is to our family 😻

So sweet!!

Watching this 2 weeks after getting my cat a fountain,, he loves it.

I like seeing that water fountain in action. I bought 2 of them using your affiliate links. Keep up the great work. Remember Styx and Stones may break your bones, but your Kitties will never desert you.

I have a cat who's obsessed with bottled water so I always have to share and every time I'm in the bathroom she taps the Dixie cups and there I am, filling a Dixie cup for her lol.....maybe I should try a fountain!

Thank you! Love the mention of us hooms drinking water too lol I needed that

thanks im trying to get my cats to drink water this helped me

This is fantastic thanks so much for sharing. I found getting a water fountain really helped my cats water drinking and also decreased his utis.

I've been wanting to get a fountain for a while now for my mom's older cat. Thank you for helping everyone get that 20% off. It definitely helped a lot. I bought the one with the 8-filter pack included.

I’ve had a fountain for my cat for years, but a game changer for me was adding water to his wet food... he gets to eat his own fancy fish soup 😻

We have water fountains but mine prefer drinking from my water cup!

Great video, great advice. Thank you for the discount code for the fountain. I bought it-waiting for it, can’t wait to see the kitties with it. I also bought the Raycop vac from another video w/your discount code. That UV HEPA filter vac is fantastic! It’s really made a difference in removing hair and allergens on furniture. You’ve made a difference in my family’s lives~thanks again for the helpful info. Keep the amazing videos coming! xoxo

My cats were scared if the water fountain at first but grew to love it! I knew they would since one of the two loves to drink from the tap!

Awhh i wish this video came a little earlier, because My cat had a huge drinking problem. But thank you for tips in the future 🤩

Thank you for these ideas. You are definitely a kitty Angel.

All of your cats are so adorable

Thanks for the information and suggestions!

This was sooooo helpful! My cat refuses to drink from her bowl and prefers the tap. I’ve been trying and trying to get her to drink but nothing worked. Definitely will try this! Thankyou! ❤️❤️

Thank u!!! I needed this

Buffy loves faucet water. She's a 13 yr old siamese mix. 😸❤

Outstanding video as always that you

My previous cat loved drinking water from the tap, she played with it a lot. The one I have now only accepts water mixed in with food and I also but some cat milk from time to time.

I just wanted to say thanks for giving me the push to order an additional fountain for my rescue cat. I’ve only ever had 1 fountain but my cat only drinks water out of the fountain and barely ever out of the additional bowls in the rest of the house. I hope I the additional fountain helps since she seems to get occasional constipation despite eating a can of wet food (she always wants some dry food and haven’t been able to get her off of it completely).

Great advice thanks! 👍🙂

Your cats are so healthy & beautiful!!

thanks for these tips Hannah!

My cat is a great drinker. Now. She got super constipated several years ago. After treatment, the vet said we needed to encourage her to drink more. So we got her a new bowl (wide and shallow) and she gets fresh filtered water twice a day with ice cubes. We can’t use the ice cube tray for ourselves without her demanding some for her bowl, too!! We talked multiple times about getting her a fountain, but she likes to lick/est plastic so it has to be made of ceramic, ideally. I’m not even sure she’d use it at this point, either. She’s such a creature of habit that I wonder if she’d adapt to a fountain. She’s 16 now, so I’m always fearful of trying to change too much of her world.

I needed this video so much Tony is 12 weeks old but I've only seen him drink from his water once! I only feed wet food I mix in water, I've got a fountain but I'm going to get another for his favourite hangout spot thanks so much for the tips!

My mug from the bathroom sink is the most preferred water dish for my babies 🥰🥰🥰

Your cats are all beautiful furbabies. I enjoy watching your videos.

Thank you! This will help because I have a 19 year old cat who won’t always drink

Great info. Just ordered the fountain. My cat and dog share a water bowl with no issues. But I thought I’d try the fountain, too.

That’s a great idea!

Thank you for making this video! My cats are 1 year old and one of them drinks a lot of water but the other one barely drinks any other water. So thank you this really helped me get them to drink more water!

My cat has a fountain that he is obsessed with it. After I’m done washing it he will stay by my side meowing until I plug it in. 🥰😂

Thank you for the video!

Ty for this ♥️

I ordered the fountain!

So cute

Can’t wait to try it. Was hesitant because I wasn’t sure where I’ll put it in my tiny flat. But for my 2 girls I’ll try anything!!! Will figure it out when it comes. 😻🤞🏻

so important!

We have a bowl behind a door, a bit more hidden and one near their food. Changing them regularly seems to work for us! They LOVE fresh water ^^

I turn the water on in the tub. My cat loves running water lol

Thankyou somuch kitten lady, this video bas helped me alot Keep going strong

It's a valuable thing for us,I do like your video very much,thank you

Put down some ice cubes they love it !

Both my cats love water fountains, we have 3 😻

I used to put Tigger's water bowl on top of the tub(near the faucet, but outside of the curtain) in my master bathroom. That way, I could hear him drink and monitor his drinking habits. He loved it. I did buy a fountain but it was noisy and scared Tigger. What water I put in his bowl wasn't tap. It was filtered via Pur. He liked bathroom faucet, also, but I didn't. As long as he would drink, I was happy. Never had a problem with dehydration or diarrhea. Lucky, I guess.

My 11-year-old cat was diagnosed with kidney problems last year, having a water fountain has really helped her. After watching the video, I might buy a second one! There's a water bowl in the kitchen that my other two cats prefer, but adding another water source in our bedroom might be good. (I also have a senior, 13-yo cat and a 3-yo cat-that-still-thinks-hes-a-kitten.)

Literally just bought a water fountain for my two kitties.. not the exact one but one from Amazon for half the price lol I’ve been thinking about it for a while so thanks for the push 💛💛

I love this vid 💗

My two street rescues were strange, not liking running water at all, I had fountains, and when offering wet food, they let it dry out, before they ate it. And even though one of them had a congenital thing, that ate away all of her teeth (forgot the name of it, but it is autoimmune) and the other one had eosinophilic syndrome and lung fibrosis disease, they were 13 and 16, when they passed away. I miss my finick babies. The fact, that they both were such lovebugs despite their hard start in life made all worth it.

My 17 year old, sits on my face when he is hungry. Lol and he drinks out of the flower pot.

Omg sooo cute 🥰

My cat only drinks from a human glass! He can be quite demanding if it isn't full. I sure love that little bossy-pants. Considering the size of puddles/chunks in litterbox, happily I'd say he drinks plenty.

My lovely kitty knew how to ask for water after turning her water bowl over and we did not notice.. she saw my sister carrying a water bottle so she ran to my sister.. hung to her legs.. then ran back to the empty bowl.. as if saying " give me some water " such a smart kitty! ❤

I have both a cat fountain and a water bowl with attached reservoir. You need two sources of water because one may go dry and you may not notice especially in the summer. The cat fountain is essential and the one my cat drinks out of 90% of the time. My cat will use the water bowls for cleaning, grooming, drinking, etc.

Ever since I got a cat fountain my cats have been drinking 3 times more water!! It really works