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Catly pondering
Dec. 8th, 2007 11:19 amThe outdoor cats have their very own water dish, out in the garage.
Yet despite the fact that I try to keep it filled with fresh, clean water (with mixed success, due to the fact that the coons like to play in it!), we regularly observe the outdoor kitties drinking from other sources, including pools of rainwater that has collected in various places (empty flowerpots, dirty saucers under occupied flowerpots, on top of the old hot tub cover) and dew (particularly off the anodized cast-iron porch furniture and new hot tub cover).
Admittedly, because their official dish is in the garage, we can't observe whether they drink from that or not. But given the proximity of the water dish to the other sources of water that they drink from, my conclusion is that they prefer these distinctly not-clean sources of water. Why is this, I wonder?
Yet despite the fact that I try to keep it filled with fresh, clean water (with mixed success, due to the fact that the coons like to play in it!), we regularly observe the outdoor kitties drinking from other sources, including pools of rainwater that has collected in various places (empty flowerpots, dirty saucers under occupied flowerpots, on top of the old hot tub cover) and dew (particularly off the anodized cast-iron porch furniture and new hot tub cover).
Admittedly, because their official dish is in the garage, we can't observe whether they drink from that or not. But given the proximity of the water dish to the other sources of water that they drink from, my conclusion is that they prefer these distinctly not-clean sources of water. Why is this, I wonder?
