Our cat (foolishly) thinks the bathtub is safe, like it's her home base or something, and that I won't follow her waving my arms in the air saying "I AM MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU" if she's in there
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I was taking a shower today and my cat climbed up onto the edge of the tub and hung out with me, all mow mow and batting at the water and I spit some water at him and he made a waluigi sound he was just like
My cat Henry was just like Cricket from Johnny Wander. He used to make chirping "mmmrr?" sounds and he realized that being sprayed with water was no big deal.
Mori, do you give them treats a lot? Mine associate me more and more with food when I give them bits of carrots or citrus or lettuce whenever I'm in the kitchen for long periods of time. They also seem to be more at ease if they get a place to run around (which is probably difficult with the cats though)
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Mori, do you give them treats a lot? Mine associate me more and more with food when I give them bits of carrots or citrus or lettuce whenever I'm in the kitchen for long periods of time. They also seem to be more at ease if they get a place to run around (which is probably difficult with the cats though)
We did that a lot in the beginning but after months and months of doing it they were still the same.
Honestly I think they might just be traumatized from when they were in PetSmart. I think if we had adopted they might have been a bit calmer. We honestly didn't know guinea pig adoption was a thing at the time!
Anyway I do mean to handle them more. It's just difficult when they run like you're trying to murder them.
There's water in the bowl, faucet's not even dripping.
My parents' cat doesn't like drinking from her bowl, so she jumps up next to the sink and makes us turn on a trickle so she can drink running water
Mine does this. I've managed to get her drinking from teacups that are left around the place though. I think it is something to do with tap water being "fresh mountain springwater" or something. Could be worse though, I know someone who had a cat that refused to drink anything but a specific bottled water.
My friend has a cat that refuses to drink water without at least two ice cubes in the bowl. If there isn't enough ice, or if she thinks you put in too many to mess with her, she'll sit at her bowl and meow really loud. If no one fixes it after a few minutes she'll go look for someone and resume meowing right at them and follow them around till the ice is taken care of.
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My dog prefers to drink while you're pouring water into his dish or from a trickle out of the tap outside where we attach the hose.
Mine does that, too! She's almost doglike sometimes.
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We had a cat when I was growing up that would wait at the front door until we got home and once you'd let him in he'd wander around the house meowing for a couple of minutes
There's water in the bowl, faucet's not even dripping.
My parents' cat doesn't like drinking from her bowl, so she jumps up next to the sink and makes us turn on a trickle so she can drink running water
Mine does this. I've managed to get her drinking from teacups that are left around the place though. I think it is something to do with tap water being "fresh mountain springwater" or something. Could be worse though, I know someone who had a cat that refused to drink anything but a specific bottled water.
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This was my/our first cat, Sydney. Running sink water was mandatory.
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You have to remember, dogs in general are social/pack animals. Once you provide them with fresh water in some kind of consistent pattern, they're cool with it. They know that their pack leaders know where the fresh water is and that it will be available for them. They might like the running or trickling water when they can get it, but that's an instinct to seek moving water. Usually moving water is cleaner and less likely to contain disease causing bacteria or parasites.
Cats however are far more independent hunters. While they can work in social groups, it's not a big deal to them to go solo. Finding multiple sources of fresh water in case one of them later becomes unavailable is just a survival technique for when their human captors are no longer around. They appreciate (in their own little kitty way) us giving them water, but by no means do they thank you for it or feel they need you to supply it thank you very much.
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My parent's cat Cat drinks only out of the running faucet in the tub. His favorite place to sleep is curled up in the bathroom sink. Going to the bathroom there after a certain of night can be very interesting.
And labradoodles! A fine choice of breed, @Snicketysnick
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She looks like she is going to be properly scruffy looking when she grows into her coat, which will be aces. We've already got a rather elderly Boxer (12!) to keep her company so hopefully they will be good friends.
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My nephew's first grade class just got half a dozen baby chickens for learning about the life cycle and such
and I asked him what the chickens names were
and he was like "Fluffy and Princess and Baby and Fairy Princess and Feathers and Steve"
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I was taking a shower today and my cat climbed up onto the edge of the tub and hung out with me, all mow mow and batting at the water and I spit some water at him and he made a waluigi sound he was just like
wughhh
They're chicks of a variety called a Black Australorp, but I still call them my penguins.
Steve is clearly the best name for any chicken. Never mind the sexes.
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ha ha ha probably the exact sound you're thinking of just instantly played in my mind
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he'll go wughh and try and bite you until you pet him again
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Just mreeeow mrreow mrow a lot
He's the little black one
he's like, 10+ years old
but never stopped being kitten sized
the other one has been that big since he was 10 months old
love my ca cat
love my caaatttss
I was getting a little resentful of our guinea pigs, as they are still as skittish as the day we got them so we don't really handle them much
And the space their cage takes up could be used for other things
But whatevs, I wanted to get 'em, I ain't gonna throw 'em out
At least they've got pretty easy lives!
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We did that a lot in the beginning but after months and months of doing it they were still the same.
Honestly I think they might just be traumatized from when they were in PetSmart. I think if we had adopted they might have been a bit calmer. We honestly didn't know guinea pig adoption was a thing at the time!
Anyway I do mean to handle them more. It's just difficult when they run like you're trying to murder them.
My parents' cat doesn't like drinking from her bowl, so she jumps up next to the sink and makes us turn on a trickle so she can drink running water
Mine does this. I've managed to get her drinking from teacups that are left around the place though. I think it is something to do with tap water being "fresh mountain springwater" or something. Could be worse though, I know someone who had a cat that refused to drink anything but a specific bottled water.
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then she just plops down on the rug and waits for me to pet her
it's pretty sweet
she's often been sleeping, you can tell because her fur's all ruffled
This was my/our first cat, Sydney. Running sink water was mandatory.
Cats however are far more independent hunters. While they can work in social groups, it's not a big deal to them to go solo. Finding multiple sources of fresh water in case one of them later becomes unavailable is just a survival technique for when their human captors are no longer around. They appreciate (in their own little kitty way) us giving them water, but by no means do they thank you for it or feel they need you to supply it thank you very much.
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This one, actually:
Dogs: will drink the most diseased stagnant parasite infested puddle water if given half a chance
I'll take ten.
This is Nancy, wearing a blue collar. She is a small-sized Labradoodle, who will be joining us in 3 weeks or so.
Also pictured: Breeders' paws.
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And labradoodles! A fine choice of breed, @Snicketysnick
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He's also taken to give little squeaking meows at any ceiling fan that is slowing down to a stop. Little weirdo