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07-05-2007, 12:17 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: morgans point
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Smart Kitty
Much to our dismay, my DW and I came inside the Tana, after basking in the sun, to find the kitchen faucet running, and coffee cups floating on the kitchen counter, besides the trashcan with about 25 gallons of water. I quickly went outside and openned the galley tank value to drain the overflowing tank, after shutting off the kitchen water faucet of course. We cleaned up the mess and started pondering who had left the water faucet on.
After a bit, one of our cats jumped up on the sink, put her head under the faucet handle, and pushed up a couple of times with her head, and proceeded to get a drink. (This should not have surprised us because she has spent hours watching us getting water from the bathroom sink.)
Fortunely, the solution is simple, no guys not to flush the cat down the drain, we just put a short elastic band around the faucet and the handle, and she is now out of luck.
Life is always interesting in an rv.
bob
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07-05-2007, 12:25 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: _
Posts: 5,238
M.O.C. #6337
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rrheik, you said: "Life is always interesting in an rv."
AND, life is always interesting with a pet, and especially a cat!
That is a great story!
You outta get out the video camera and see if kitty can win you some money on America's Funniest Videos type show!
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07-05-2007, 12:36 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Albuquerque
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A grand story - I couldn't stop laughing and hoping our kitties don't decide to do the same!
Safe travels.
Lorraine
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07-05-2007, 01:03 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Deming
Posts: 679
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Great story
We have two new kittens. When they were 8 weeks old we took a two week trip. Everything went great. Next week we are going on a short 3 night outing. They are now 3 months old and we cannot keep them on the farm once they have seen Pariee. That means cannot keep them in the house after they found the woods we live in. It will be interesting.
Maybe turn water off outside.
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07-05-2007, 01:20 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
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Barb and Bob, great story, kitties are indeed smart, a good lesson for us all, I will follow your lead on this.
Ozz
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07-05-2007, 02:54 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: morgans point
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We have explained to Tuffy should another such incident occur it may become time for squirt gun justice.
bob
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07-05-2007, 05:08 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: chattanooga
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Bob our cats always wanted to drink out of the faucets, so we solved (we hope) that problem went to Pet Smart, found a water bowl that has a little pump inside and the water comes out like a water fall . really neat the cats love it and now they dont go jumping on the counters as much.
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07-05-2007, 05:18 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
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this is what it looks like, called Drink Well, bought at Pet Smart. has a filter, and recirculates runs on electricty.
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07-06-2007, 08:25 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: morgans point
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Tom and Nancy thanks for the info, will give it a try. The other cat likes to fill the water dish with her toys which really drives the dog nuts. Hope to see all you folks on the road. Ozz, read the thread on your shaving your kitty, sounds like a great idea for our longhaired Taffy. Today it is suppose to be a 105 in sunny Montana, so maybe the time has come. Take care all.
bob
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07-06-2007, 06:01 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Sunshine
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Always had bottled water for our late kitty. Every time I let her out she went straight to a bucket of water that I held my dish down with. Water was dirty with leaves and whatever fell in it.
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07-06-2007, 06:05 PM
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Montana Master
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Location: Sunshine
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Tom41
We have some family in Jamestown,TN. I think they could add some some copper tubing to that device and make some "recipe" for your kitty.
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07-07-2007, 02:03 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Bigmurf, I dunno if them kittys would get it first! lol, and been thru jamestown tn serveral times, sure is a crooked rd that hwy 52 ha!
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07-07-2007, 03:51 PM
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Montana Master
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We laughed about your smart kitty. Enjoyed it!
That water dish sounds great but our cat would probably be afraid of it. Anything to do with water and he is scared.
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07-07-2007, 05:11 PM
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Montana Master
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well, Dusty, Don, you can always use the water dish as a little indoor waterfall, lol! when we first got it I was sitting in my recliner bout half asleep (Nancy had worked me so hard that day!) and I kinda awaken, thinking it was raining. sure relaxes you so it does double duty.
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07-08-2007, 11:01 AM
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Montana Master
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Sounds nice!
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