Gigio has kidney disease and he drinks gallons of water (he is 18) but the reason he prefers to drink from the tap rather than his bowl stems to almost 15 years ago. My father, who absolutely adores cats but can be quite absent minded, was left alone with the cats for a couple of days. It was the height of the summer and when I came back I noticed that the cats' water bowl was dry. When I asked him why he replied "I was wondering what that bowl was doing on the floor ". He also told me that during a thunderstorm Gigio demanded to be let out on the balcony and dashed to drink from the trays my mother placed under the flower pots. Ever since then he prefers running water, but can you blame him?

Maya is fascinated by water. You cannot run a bath, wash the dishes or the floors that as soon as she hears it running she appears. And if the floors are wet than it's paradise. She can sit on the border of the bath with her tail and front paws deep in the warm water.