Do you let your cats drink from the toilet?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

Simba tries every chance he gets to do it, and we have a heck of a time stopping him. It's so crazy how cats are provided with fresh water and seem to prefer the delicacies of the toilet!

[peekaloo]

1. I keep the lid down.

Sometimes I try try to conserve pee water by only flushing every third time. Damn cat thinks he's Roland Martin with the toilet paper.

:eyes:

[MissMillie]

2. lid down

Not just to keep the cats out, but also to be sure the seat gets put down.

[warrens]

3. I don't "let" my cat do anything

He does what he fucking wants and if I don't like it, he has a faceful of fangs I can complain to.

[noonwitch]

4. Absolutely not!

I also keep the lid down, although I do flush every time I use it.

I don't want my dog drinking out of it, either. The thought disgusts me.

[LiberalinNC]

5. Keep the lid closed! There are germs in the bowl that can

make an animal extremely ill.

[johnnie]

6. Yes

I don't have any cats, but yes I let the ones I don't have drink from the toilet.

[huskerlaw]

7. I try not to...

Riley does seem to love it, so I try to remember to put the lid down.

[MissMarple]

8. I think I just felt a collective shudder from all veterinarians.

It's a bad thing. :crazy:

[Heidi]

9. What makes you think _I_ make the decisions?

But no; The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger would drink skunky beer before he drank from the toilet. He prefers to drink from the koi pond; it tastes like forbidden fish. :eyes:

[youthere]

10. No..only t he kids.

LOL

[kittykitty]

11. One sometimes does. We provide a water bowl, but I see them ouside

drinking from the saucers under the flower pots, a pan on the back porch where water collects sometimes, anywhere where a little water has collected. They (4 of them) do this even when there is a water bowl outside on the porch!

I think thee is some instict to drink from any little water source nature provides.