Plays with water bowl

I have to agree with Tigger. The experts consider cats to be just as intelligent as dogs; however, being more independent, they may or may not respond well to correction. My Siamese are very obedient. Every cat I had knew when it was doing something wrong, whether or not he responded to correction.

Believe me, I wasn't at all trying to imply that cats are stupid--they're definitely not--just mentioning that it's been suggested that cats don't, apparently, associate displine with whatever they did wrong (in YOUR eyes.)

Cryogenix:

Loki knows exactly when he isn't supposed to do something and does understand NO - but at times doesn't stop him from doing whatever when he is hyper-focused on it ....and if you ever have experienced a Bengal you will know what I am talking about.

I have tried everything possible, even Velcro (he had that bowl loose within 5 Minutes ) and tape once it gets wet it is useless. Besides the floor has to be very level to use the above methods - otherwise there is not enough contact.

Tigger:

What I have found to work is to put the "Virtually" (hehehehe) spill proof bowl into the bathroom sink and keep it filled to the top. That way it's too heavy for him to lift it out of the sink, and believe me he tried and almost made it once (that bowl holds a good 1/2 gallon of water - weight lifter bengal ), he can however flip it on it's side for the water to spill. Since it's in the sink it'll just go down the drain and once it's empty he isn't interested in it anymore anyway. Hopefully in a short while he will get over this fascination!

Originally posted by Hell603
Hopefully in a short while he will get over this fascination!

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I highly doubt that!:LOL: :tounge2: If you have a secret to that, pleeeeeaassssseee share it with me! Gizmo has been fascinated with water since he was 6 1/2 weeks old!

Tigger:

What I actually meant to sya was is that I am hoping he'll get over the fascination with the water bowl and go back to pushing the water filter that is attached to the kitchen faucet into the sink to watch the water that collected in the spout trickle out... :tounge2:

Weight lifter Bengal is right! A half gallon of water weighs 4 pounds. That's more than half the body weight of a small cat. I know a Bengal is not that small; have you considered signing him up with the WWF?

Well he is 12lbs. of pure muscle and I believe that being in need of a manicure and his persistence is definitely on his side.

But alas Mom does not allow him to play with the big boys (hehehe...)- he might hurt them.

Too funny I just caught this thread. I too have a bengal and I too have the same water issue as you, Tigger and Hell603.

Believe it or not Molly actually got over her obsession with tipping the water glass over. I set a glass of water on the coffee table becuase Lily the older cat has always loved to drink water that way. She feels like one of the "people"! :LOL: Molly would tip it over daily. 3am I would hear her out there trying to tip the glass over. I stayed loyal to the glass idea and after several battles, she just one day... gave up. (Knock on wood) She loves water. Takes daily showers with me.

Good luck on your quests. Loki may just grow out of it... or find a new quest!

I got an "untippable" dish, but Tess just scooped the water out onto the carpet and i was back to square one.

I glued a huge(2lb.), flat magnet on the bottom of a big plastic bowl. Placed this in a large plastic storage tub, put another large magnet underneath the tub, thus making the dish hold fast to the tub, but still be removable for cleaning with some effort. The tub held any water that was scooped out, so there was at least something for Tess to drink until I could fill the bowl again. She caught on immediately that she needed to jump in the tub to get to the water, and it didn't seem to bother her at all.

Wow you are very creative! Sounds great!! The "spill proof bowl" in the sink is doing the trick. He already calmed down a bit ...But the funny, or rather inteligent, thing is that he always drinks before playing with the bowl knowing no water would be available thereafter.

HA! I've been spelling Bangal wrong this entire time! LOL. thought it was "el", not "al". anyhow....

You guys have funny cats. My Bangal, Sebastien, does some strange stuff. Probably does stuff I havent noticed yet. I'm glad you other bangal owners are here to compair notes with. I havent had too much trouble with his water dish, he only dumped it once in the 3wks I've had him. I'll put a pic of my lil buddy up when I get one taken. Is there a link open with a picture of anyone elses Bangals?

Thanks

My foster cat just reached into my glass of ice water with his paw and pulled out a cube.

He's now playing "hockey" with his foster sister.

He just tippd over the whole glass to geyt more ammo. Gotta run.

Crisis resolved. What little water that was left in the glass mostly got on Cassidy. He's wet but very happy with new frozen toys.

We have 3 bengal's.

I bought one of those self watering bowls yesterday, but I've only seen one of them using it. I put it down and took the old glass bowl away and Leo had a fit. He walked around whining and crying. I thought something was wrong with him, he was so pitiful. He came into the kitchen and looked at the spot where the old bowl was, so I filled it up and gave it back to him. He ran right over and statred dipping his paws. If it makes him that happy, he can keep it. He really doesn't make much of a mess, the others just don't seem to like him putting his paws in their water. Maybe everyone will be happy now. They can drink out of one and Leo can dip his paws in the other. The funny thing is, Leo doesn't lick the water off his paws, he just dips them.

Krazy Kat, You have a good heart! You want your kitty to be happy even if he makes a mess you have to clean up. That's sweet.