My Cat Drinking Loads Of Water.

[gordiescotland1]

Hi there my 3 year old cat has suddenly started drinking loads of water. I always leave the tap running for her because she will not drink out of a bowl. Today I was in the bath for 1/2 hour and she was sitting in the sink for the whole time drinking water. I have never seen her drink that much before but of course she might when I am out. I hope she is ok she has loads of energy and eating plenty so no real obvious concerns.

[murraymints]

my cat would drink only water , preferably from a running tap too..he was perfectly healthy..

[smurfchops]

Could be diabetes but unlikely at three years. Worth getting a blood test for peace of mind. Good luck

[Sqad]

Take her to the vet to exclude feline diabetes.

[murraymints]

I did wiith mine..he just preferred water to milk !...

[wolf63]

If she pees much more than usual it would be a better indicator. One of mine sits and watches the water running out of the tap. he has the odd slurp or two of water - it is hard to tell how much they have actually consumed.

I hope that it is just a one-off incident. She is still so young. :-)

[roopower]

My daughter has an electric 'drinking fountain' for her cats. It was quite expensive, but they love it. Makes me want to go to the loo though !!!

[Prudie]

If it's sudden onset rather than normal behaviour I too would take her to the vet to make sure - apart from diabetes it could be a kidney problem.

[jourdain2]

That's very young for a kidney problem so I think that I would be taking her to the vet. I am currently worrying about my 14-yr-old cat's flooding of her litter tray . I took her to the vets' about a month ago and they could not fault her apart from 'getting on a bit'. Since then the litter-tray has become much more problematic - but she doesn't seem to require more water. !!!!