Hello I'm Simon, welcome to Simon's Cat
Logic, we' ll be finding out from a cat
expert why cats behave the way they do
Today we're talking about 'Water'
Well, one of the things that cats love the most about
bathrooms of course, is the sink, the lovely smooth
area little like a little box you can
slip into, and my cat always curled up in my
sink, fast asleep. Also, another they do is
they lick from the tap when they're thirsty
even when there is a water bowl down below, they will
always go for the little dripping running
water and all these little elements gave
me an idea a cat playing with a tap and
turning off the cold water in the shower
which led to poor old Simon getting burnt
All of the houses I have ever lived in have always had bad plumbing
plumbing I suppose
[Why do cats do this?]
Cats are often fascinated with running water in
the home environment some cats prefer a
running tap for example or maybe a
drinking fountain
this makes sense from a African Wildcat
perspective where they will naturally
drink from fresh running streams
rather than a stagnant pool, many cats
will actually drink from pond or puddles
outside but there are things we can do to
encourage cats to drink in the home
environment so looking at the type of bowl
that they drink from, cats generally
prefer ceramic or metal bowls compared
to plastic bowls which can
sometimes taint the water so that it tastes
different to them, cats also preferable a bowl that is
wide and shallow, so their whiskers aren't
touching the sides, if you have a diabetic
cat which can be quite common in older cats
they actually have sort of sensitive whiskers
and this is why it is more important for them to
have these wide shallow bowl so their
whiskers don't touch the sides, many people
feed their cat, next to the cats water bowl and
even using those two in one bowls
however, cats would much prefer to have their
food bowl away from their water bowl
this goes back to African Wildcat
behavior where cats would naturally eat
away from their water source to avoid
contaminating it with the gut contents of
their prey, whilst the cat is drinking and
having its head down, this is quite a
vulnerable position for a cat, so try
placing the water bowls at least 30
centimeters away from the wall
so the cat has the choice to have the wall
behind them and they can see the
surroundings in front of them
unlike most cats Turkish Vans actually
have a water-resistant coat and enjoy being
in water and it's actually an important
need of this cat to be given some
swimming facilities
'April Showers' that comes from
Teddy, we got him as a tiny rescue kitten
and he had long long fur I've never had
a long-haired cat before
one of my memories of Teddy was, it
was raining outside all the other cats
had come in because they're sensible, Teddy having this
long fur was sitting on the fence and it was
raining and he was just sitting there
completely happy
oblivious to the rain so that's why the
kitten loves water in the films because
Teddy who is the influence of the
kitten loves the rain and loves water