water bowl bumping

**pkohler01** · 08-21-2007, 10:37 AM

Hi

My three cats used to do this. I dont like the idea of the spray bottle so I try to figure out a deeper meaning to their actions. As it turns out, I found that my cats prefer moving water. I resolved this by doing the following:

- leaving the bathroom sink on at a trickle

- buying a water bowl that swishes the water around. the one I got is a thing with kind of an inverted bowl over it and the water pumps up and trickles over the edges into the base.

**krazyaboutkatz** · 08-22-2007, 12:19 AM

My cat Sunny will be 7 years old on the 25th and he's been playing in water his whole life. I tried using a drinkwell fountain and he would just make a mess and splash all of the water out. Now I'm back to using regular water bowls but I have to put them inside of a clean litter box. This way if he decides to play, the water goes inside of the box and not all over the floor or carpet. Good luck.

**lbaker** · 08-22-2007, 01:42 PM

When I first read the title "Water Bowl Bumping" I thought it was under the "Cat Games" Forum. It sounds as though Bouncer has made up his own game and simply enjoys it

KAK's idea of putting the bowl inside a larger litter box (maybe on a towel or spongy surface?) would take care of the spillage issues too.

**KitCat** · 08-23-2007, 03:27 PM

Put a cake tin or some other object underneath so it will catch any water that's spilled.

**Jessika** · 08-23-2007, 03:40 PM

Is there any way to get a tray or something to set the bowl in, like a stand of some sort? Or would she bump it out of that too?

The only other idea I had was somehow weighting the bowl down somehow, maybe with weights or... hey... you could always superglue it to the floor... :P

**Sundance** · 09-17-2007, 10:21 AM

I've had the same problem with 2 of my kitties, and I kept getting bigger and heavier dishes until I ended up with a very heavy ceramic dog dish with straight sides. I set it on a piece of rubbery shelf liner, and no matter how hard they butt the dish, it doesn't move

The only way water gets on the floor is if I spill it as I set the dish down...and that's my fault! Good luck!