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Why does he need to up his fluid intake? You thoughts or vets advice?
One of out cats never seems to drink from the water we put out but never seems the worse for it. Our guess is she prefers to find water when she's outside. We've seen her drinking from outdoor plant pots and other collected rainwater. The other seems to prefer bisuits to meat and drinks a little from the bowl. However her favourite source is running water from the tap in the bathroom sink.
Some cats really don't get on with treated water and it may be they can taste the chemicals in it that we're used to. Rainwater might taste more natural to them, particularly if they're an outdoor cat. Ours seem quite happy if there's some algae in the water and our previous cat actively preferred it.
The_Seldom_Killer-
He had an emergency trip to the vet over the weekend with some problems with his plumbing :( So far the diagnosis is idiopathic cystitis, so we've been recommended to get him on a more wet food based diet and to try to get him to drink more.
@ExTra when you say meat juice, do you mean just juice from raw meat or cooked meat?
Doctor_Cake
Does anyone have any advice on how to encourage a cat to drink more water? Newton needs to up his fluid intake, but he doesn't seem keen on drinking water and really prefers his kibble to wet food. I've got them a cat fountain (which he used to quite like, but seems to have gone off it), and I've tried cat milk (which he'll drink a little bit of). Suggestions welcome.