LoveArowanas Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Hey Not too concerned for the fish (handful of guppies), more the cat. I have a small 60L with one of those fountain type water filters and I assume because of the running water I cant keep the cat away from it. It has a piece of glass for a lid with a small opening. If I try and block that opening the cat does whatever to unblock and yowls like its the end of the world if she cant. Soooo my question is, is this likely to be bad for cat or fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Only bad for the cat if it falls in. Bad for the fish if it is constantly spooked. Very bad for you (actually your wallet) if the cat knocks the filter so it comes apart and runs dry. Hows the cat getting up on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveArowanas Posted May 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 cool thanks, its been going on a few months so I suspected was ok. Just wanted to make sure The fish seem more interested in the cat than the other way around, falling in wont happen not enough gap, filter is sturdy enough, tanks not really up high so she just hops over from the TV cabinet :fshi: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Our cat used to drink from the fish tanks all the time. She was never interested in fresh water! She was never particularly interested in the fish either although they would come to the surface to watch her drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveArowanas Posted May 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yup that exactly whats going on at mine too, guppies are curious and so is cat but she doesn't like putting her paw in. She refuses to drink out of her fresh watered bowl. I think its got something to do with the running water....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@. Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 one thing I learnt about cats the other day is they don't like drinking water that is near their food. My cat never touched the water in her bowl (found many other creative water sources) so I moved it to the other side of the doorway and she now drinks from it all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Really? I did not know that. As our cat bowl was a double bowl affair that would explain why she did not drink the lovely fresh water we tried to put out for her. She always drank from puddles or the fish pond. In the end we put dry food in one bowl and meat in the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@. Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 same with ours, seems strange that they make them like that if the cats wont drink it this is all it took for our cat: food on the left, water on the right :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgurl89 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Cats prefer to drink running water as opposed to still water as they associate it with being fresh/clean. They can taste chlorine in tap water where as you tank water has had it removed, so they will prefer it to tap water from a bowl :f77: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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