▲ 274 ▼ shower water is preferable to a water bowl (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by WhyYesZoidberg@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Sadrockman@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) It's a source of freshly ran water, guaranteed to be safe! Think of it this way. Let's say you saw a random glass of water. You don't know how long it's been there or where it came from. Then you see someone pour a glass of water from a nice clean source. Which glass do you want? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They like running water, but that doesn't explain the disdain for fountains. I read that it could also be the owners scent, i.e. they drank this water and didn't die, so it must me safe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I can't speak on any specific disdain for fountains, since my cats have always used theirs. I figure the preference for sink or shower water is related to scarcity. The water fountains are always available, but they can only get the special water on rarer occasions. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Sadrockman@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) It's a source of freshly ran water, guaranteed to be safe! Think of it this way. Let's say you saw a random glass of water. You don't know how long it's been there or where it came from. Then you see someone pour a glass of water from a nice clean source. Which glass do you want? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They like running water, but that doesn't explain the disdain for fountains. I read that it could also be the owners scent, i.e. they drank this water and didn't die, so it must me safe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I can't speak on any specific disdain for fountains, since my cats have always used theirs. I figure the preference for sink or shower water is related to scarcity. The water fountains are always available, but they can only get the special water on rarer occasions. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Sadrockman@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) They like running water, but that doesn't explain the disdain for fountains. I read that it could also be the owners scent, i.e. they drank this water and didn't die, so it must me safe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I can't speak on any specific disdain for fountains, since my cats have always used theirs. I figure the preference for sink or shower water is related to scarcity. The water fountains are always available, but they can only get the special water on rarer occasions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I can't speak on any specific disdain for fountains, since my cats have always used theirs. I figure the preference for sink or shower water is related to scarcity. The water fountains are always available, but they can only get the special water on rarer occasions. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Sadrockman@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
