<p>I thought I’d pose this question to you guys, since I’ve seen some recent threads concerning cat topics. My boy is 10 months old, an indoor cat, very active and in great health, from what I can tell. A few weeks ago he became infatuated with jumping into the tub at every opportunity to drink water from the floor. I make sure to keep fresh water in a nice, clean, water dish for him. He does drink from his dish, but he will knock you over when he has a chance to dart into the bathroom and jump into the tub to drink. This concerns me because, even though I thoroughly rinse my bathub/shower after each use, I am concerned that he is attracted to something “left behind” that might not be too good for him. He will be going to the Vet for his 1 yr. check up in a few weeks, and I plan to pose the question then, but would love to know if anyone else has experienced this.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. You are lucky he’s not drinking from the toilet.</p>
<p>Mine loves to hop up and drink from the faucet at the bathroom sink. And, he always reaches into my water glass to play with the ice cubes and slurp from his paw. As you can imagine, I never refill a water glass.</p>
<p>Second- don’t worry about it. This is normal. My son’s cat only drinks from a wine glass. (what does THAT tell you…) Our dog only drinks from the toilet or the cat water bowl- he does not like his own for some reason, although the cats will drink from the dog’s bowl.</p>
<p>My cat likes to lick the shower while it is still wet. I don’t worry about it too much, I just close the shower door before he has the chance 
So far no toilet drinking from my two youngsters but my last two cats both had a penchant for drinking from the toilet. I never put those toilet additives in my tank because of it. But I always made sure to leave the toilet accessible when I went out of town just in case the cat ran out of water - better than coming home to a dehydrated cat.</p>
<p>After 10 years our cat finally realized that water comes out of the tap in the tub (she already knew about sinks but no longer can jump up on her own). So now she periodically demands a drip; otherwise she leaves standing water alone. Ideally she likes to catch the drip as it comes down.</p>
<p>My cat far prefers drinking from the faucet to drinking from a dish; he practically shoves me out of the way whenever I run cold water in either the bathroom or kitchen sink.</p>
<p>He doesn’t seem to have any interest in lapping up water from the bottom of the tub after I take a shower. The noise of the shower itself frightens him; he runs away as soon as I turn it on.</p>
<p>My cats visit the shower. If I have cleaning stuff on it I make sure to close the door and rinse well (especially after using limeaway). My cats used to like to drink from a little decorative fountain I had on the coffee table. It kept running out of water! When one of our local stores went out of business I actually bought one of those electric water bowls (yes my kids mocked me) where the water runs all the time.The cats love it. Or you could just do this</p>
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<p>There is nothing wrong with drinking out of the toilet. The water is cold and the toilet bowl is constantly flushed and has been shown often to be cleaner than most surfaces in a house. One of our cats preferred the toilet, which made for some interesting confrontations between her and my wife in the middle of the night when my wife would start to sit only to find Lily already there. </p>
<p>One of our cats loved to play in the shower. He would let me take him in and soak him through but his favorite thing was jumping in and playing in the water. He’d drink it too. The only issue was trying to grab the bugger before he jumped on a bed or furniture or you with soaking wet paws. That and his tendency to climb into the sink and lie down under the water and swat it all over. He was a beast.</p>
<p>Cats are individuals. I’ve seen cats that swam in pools. The cat in the paragraph above used to dive into snow banks and emerge encrusted.</p>
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<p>The way our cat does it, there’s no “practically” involved. If you are headed toward the bathroom, he’s there. And you’re second in line. </p>
<p>If the cat sees me having a problem with my contact lens, he immediately runs to our bathroom, jumps onto the sink, and won’t move until he gets a drink from the faucet. To avoid trying to clean a contact lense through the legs of a 12 pound feline, I have to pretend nothing’s happening, slowly walk toward the door of the den, then make a break for it. Sometimes I can outrace him, and slam the door shut before he gets there. My H and puppy just laugh.</p>
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<p>In addition to the running water bowl, one of my cats also likes to drink when the faucet runs in the bathroom sink and lick the bathtub. </p>
<p>Re the cost of the electric water bowl: I’ve had mine several years now. I regularly stick all parts except the one containing the motor 
in the dishwasher and replace the filter when it looks like it needs it. My vet recommended it when we had a boy cat prone to urinary infections.</p>
<p>Our cat drinks out of one toilet only, and leaves footprints behind. I’m not thrilled about it. It is tough getting teens and their friends to leave the seat down on the toilet. It is in the half bath that all the visitors use…</p>
<p>I would not worry about it either. Cats have strange eating/drinking habits. My sister who is a veterinarian says that people make the usual mistake of putting their cat’s water bowl next to the cat’s food dish, however, felines are naturally “wired” to drink in a different spot from the place where they eat, and they will ignore their water bowl and look for a drinking spot elswhere.</p>
<p>Count your lucky stars that your cat is not into eating dirt, like mine was! For a while our baby cat had a habit of eating every tiny speck of dirt on the back patio when H would let her out. My sister the vet laughed at me and said the cat would grow out of it. The cat, who is now 1 yr old, trnsformed from a scrawny palm-sized kitten into a beautiful, silky-white purrball (I think she has Angora in her). She is no longer interested in eating dirt! My other cat loves to lick the shower walls and our dog’s wet paws - gross!</p>
<p>hayden, seriously LOL! So funny, trying to fake out your cat!</p>
<p>My little one (big now) goes into the bathroom to lick up the water in our shower, but only at night and only when I’m brushing my teeth. See? It’s the routine she likes, not a need to drink water.</p>
<p>I think they like tub water because it smells like you. Licking it is sort of an I Love You.</p>
<p>Our cats do drink from their water dish - but only because we put it in the sink.</p>
<p>My cat loves the faucet in the bathroom and lets it run off his head, not as much as the one in that video, though. We recently had that drippy faucet repaired so now I have to turn it on for him. He will also put his foot in a bowl of water and lick the water off his foot. The other cat just drinks water like a normal animal. I think some are just water cats.</p>
<p>My sister says felines like to drink running water, that’s why cats are attracted to water drops on shower walls, dripping faucets, toilets… Anything but standing water!</p>
<p>My older cat loves to dip her toys in water. One night, she found a shoelace, got it soaking wet and dragged the cold, dripping thing across our faces while we were having sweet dreams!</p>
<p>Cats are so funny ! One of mine practically lives in my bathroom…his favorite place to sleep is on the side of my tub</p>
<p>And the princess ( a male, btw ) has to have his water served hot, not warm , but really hot…will knock it over if wrong temperature…and it is also served in my tub</p>
<p>Oh, swimcatmom, the cat in my lap was fascinated by your video link! I couldn’t tell is he was watvhing it or listening to the water, though.</p>