eddie completely ignores the faucets now

[stan_disuko]

i know i'm not supposed to be over-analyzing everything my newly diabetic cat is doing...but i think this is quite unusual...

eddie has *always* been a "faucet cat"...he LOOOVES jumping into the bathtub and playing/drinking with the drippy faucet water. eddie has lived in 5 different homes with me and in every home he's always sure to find the bathtub first..then start meowing until i turn on the water just right so he can play with it. it was an obsession.

after he was diagnosed and i started on insulin and i changed his diet (to more wet food) he now completely ignores the bathtub. it's so weird...i'm totally used to him jumping in the tub after i'm finished a shower...now he just sits around and chills and doesn't even care.

could this really just be because he's eating wet food now?

 

[underdawg]

Once my cats went on a canned diet only, I hardly ever saw anyone drink water. At first I added water to the canned food which was already 78% water. Now I just give the canned food with no water added. Still rarely see anyone drink water from the water bowl.

 

[MommaOfMuse]

Hi!

I will echo what Underdawg just posted, once I switched all 10 of mine to wet food, they have all stopped for the most part drinking any water from their bowls. Now I do add about 1/3 of a can of water to each can of food, since I free feed the canned food to keep it moist longer.

But if Eddie is acting normal otherwise I wouldn't be to concerned about him not drinking that much from the faucets.

Mel, Max & The Fur Gang