Thread: Monty still not drinking enough… advice is welcome

Thanks Jackie and Louisa, that sounds like good advice.
I already started with a larger proportion of wet food for him. This morning we soaked his biscuits, like the vet told us to, but he was like: ‘Yuck, I´m not eating that.’ So instead I gave him tuna mixed with the water from the can, and he completely cleaned his plate, fluid and all. I will also take care he gets the jelly from the canned food.
Usually I empty the drinking bowls and put fresh water in every morning, but I will give your suggestion a go and let it go stale for a bit. I always collect leftover water from the water cooker in a watering can for the plants… I will use that to top up the cats´ water and see if they like it better.
When Monty was younger he played with the running tap quite often, but he stopped doing that months ago. I still try it sometimes, but he just isn´t interested anymore.

Finally, I have to agree with what you both say about the psychological impact of my own worried behaviour and the routine-changing. I really ought to give that some serious thought. Your take on it sounds much more plausible than what the vet told us about the inter-cat competition thing… I still have a very hard time buying that. No doubt such competition exists, but I can’t detect the slightest sign of it in our three furries. For instance, when I got in about an hour ago I put down a saucer of watered-down cat milk. All three of them sniffed it together, with their heads touching… no pushing each other away or anything. Then little Minnie started to play with the teaspoon I’d left in. Monty immediately walked up to her, ears pointed forward and tail in the air, and helped her fish the teaspoon out. Now to me that doesn’t look like an intimidated cat, not even in the subtlest of ways.

Thanks again both of you and I’ll keep you updated!