Does your cat do this?

[dukedogsmom]

There are plenty of water bowls around for Doogie. He sometimes will have nothing to do with them, however. I just wish I 'd have had my camera! He goes into the bathroom sometimes but I've never gone in there to see what he was doing. Well, today I investigated and saw him sitting on the toilet just like a person would. Turns out this is his water supply sometimes. I can't describe the look on his face. It was priceless. I tried to recreate the scene but he would have nothing of it. I'm going to start keeping my camera with me at all times so the next time I can be ready. It was so funny!

[catmandu]

Yes,the Found Cats doo like the Poecelain Water Dispenser,as the water,is always cold,and fresh!

[catnapper]

Yes, ALL my kitties are toilet drinkers. I try to keep the bowl as clean as possible bcause of it. Nicki's also a toilet drinker. Yuck is all I can say!

There are times I walk into the bathroom with two kitties on the seat! I know at that point to head back downstairs and check their own water supply... whch is usually low, or *GASP* out of ice! Goodness knows, their own supply NEEDS ice! Hubby created monsters the day he decided they'd enjoy ice in their water. They won't drink it otherwise... but then it makes me wonder WHY toilet water would be preferred over non-iced cat dish water.

[jazzcat]

My aren't toilet drinkers because we keep the lids down but that is because we've had too many midnight dips and splashes by the kittens if they aren't down. They all use the toilet as a step on up to the sink.

[Scooby4]

My cat used to drink from the "fountain of youth". However, she has gotten a habit now of drinking my bath water! She sits beside me on the rim of the bathtub and leans down to drink the water! I have to wait to add soap until she is finished drinking! Then if the water isn't high enough she will grab my wet hair and suck on it!
Now, I have fill the bathtub up just enough for her to jump in without getting wet. She insists on drinking the water from the bathtub this way if I am NOT in the bathtub.
She also will NOT drink water unless it is added directly on top of her food! She won't eat the food but drinks the water instead. Then I have to add new dry food to it because she won't eat the wet food! It drives me insane! I must go through twice as much food this way. Often I will just let the dogs eat what she doesn't and then add more to her dish.
My kitty is a little spoiled or I am? No wonder her name is Ms. Thang!!!

[LeahMM]

All of my cats and dogs drink from the toilets. It's a wonder that there is any water left in them.

[kuhio98]

Originally posted by jazzcat
My aren't toilet drinkers because we keep the lids down but that is because we've had too many midnight dips and splashes by the kittens if they aren't down. They all use the toilet as a step on up to the sink.

We never had toilet drinkers until Pepper adopted us. She's trained us to always put the lid down because drinking out of the toilet is just GROSS!

Kuhio wasn't a toilet drinker but she used to drink the soapy bathwater and runoff from when we washed the car. She never got sick.

[Samantha Puppy]

Pepper, if it makes you feel any better, your boyfriend is a toilet drinker too.

[DogLover9501]

LOL!

Neither of mine are toilet drinkers!

[Cataholic]

I have posted this before, and I am NOT a party pooper...but, there have been MANY instances of cats/kittens drowing in toilets. They go to drink, fall, and because of the way the toilet is shaped, with VERY slippery porcelin walls, they can't get back out.

I just don't think it is worth it, safety wise, to let cats/kittens drink from the bowls. AND, depending on the germs or disinfectants one uses to clean the bowl...well, it just doesn't seem healthy.

[Lacey]

Mowgli would be a toilet drinker if I'd let him. But once he started waking me up in the middle of the night with wet paws (and I realized WHY they were wet) all toilet lids went down!

He will also lick water droplets off the shower wall while I'm taking a shower. Or, if I'm taking a bath, he'll hop onto the rim of the tub, dip his paw in, and then give it a good shake (splattering my face in the process - makes reading in the tub a tad difficult), and then lick the water off his paw.

He's such a stinker!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Mine aren't toilet drinkers because I keep the seats down. If my roommate forgets and leaves hers up, Sunny has been known to play in the toilet. He also plays in the water dishes so I keep them in clean litter boxes. Sunny has also been known to try to drink the water residue in the kitchen sink. I also think it's best to keep the toilet seats down.

[janelle]

We always keep the seats down even before we had cats. I would like to get a drinking fountain for them. It recirculates the water and they are both big, big water drinkers, thank goodness, since cats are prone to get the bladder infection and failed kidneys.

I have water dishes in the bathroom but I catch the little one getting into the kitchen sink and drinking out of the dishes with water in them.

[Grace]

We keep the seats down, also, so no toilet tipplers here.

We do, however, have a gallon pail of water in the tub in the hall bath - just in case there is a power failure and we need to flush. Living in the country, we have a well - so no power, no water. The cats love to get in the tub and drink from the pail. This technique has been passed down from cat to cat for the past 10 years.

[QueenScoopalot]

My bathroon is usually a cat free zone, but years ago my RB wonderful cat Cecil used to pee in the toilet! I would catch him squating on the edge every so often, and it cracked me up. Never learned to flush though. I bought one of those foolish 'train your cat to use the toilet' gizmos, and that was an instant failure. It was a clear plastic form that was placed between the seats, and you sprinkle 'magic cat attractants' into the form. I found out the hard and soggy cat way, what the stuff sprinkled in was....catnip! It was cracked within an hour, and though I should have sent it back, I pitched it.