Thread: Monty still not drinking enough… advice is welcome

We have water bowls in a couple of sinks, and those are probably the main source of water for one of the four and the other three use them as well. They really like to play with the bowl in the sink, plus you can sometimes have the faucet dripping for their amusement.

We use both straight tap water and filtered water. The tap water has a definite chlorine smell, but the cats often seem to prefer that to the filtered. So you could try some different water sources (though that could be a long term pain). Perhaps Monty might even like water flavored with some of these dental formulas (although our cats won't go near the stuff).

Canned food is very high in moisture content (we are actually paying big bucks for a can of mainly water!). Certainly feeding lots of canned may be required, and you should feel lucky if that works (I know some cats that won't eat much canned). Cats that eat exclusively canned do not need much if any additional water.

And of course we have two fountains, which are certainly the main water source for three of our four cats (though one never uses one of the fountains).