Kitty lovers (or intelligent people who understand cats who may not even have one): My kitty has been drinking from a cup/glass on the coffee table...

Since he was a baby. He's probably 14 yrs old now. Anyway, he [b]loves[/b] water (especially filtered water from my refrigerator 🙂). He can drink it and drink it and drink it. Lately, he's been wanting my water (my cup) instead of his. I've been thinking and thinking about it trying to understand. He knows his cup vs mine. Bottom line --- he's been getting water up his nose when he's drinking from his cup lately. I believe, he thinks he'll have a different experience, if he uses a different cup (mine). I feel really bad for him, because he seems thirsty enough to want water but will stand in front of his cup and kinda swallow like "I'm thirsty but it will hurt my nose." It took me awhile (maybe months) to come to this conclusion, but I have. I'm not sure what he's doing different, but I know he's getting water in his nose. It does burn and hurt and make you not want to do whatever caused it again as it happened to me in the shower the other day (and, my behavior was [i]exactly[/i] like his). How i got water in my nose at 35 years old in the shower... I don't know. That's actually strange.

His tongue seems to go all the way up to his nose. Is he feeding water through his nose with his tongue (just watched him as typing this)?


Anyway... whatever is happening is happening right after he drinks water. He acts like water is burning and hurting his little nose.


I've put down a bowl down with filtered, cold water including crushed ice as he prefers, but he won't drink out of it. He wants to drink from the table and a cup.


Will a water fountain help, or will he merely ignore it like he does his bowl of water?


I wonder if the water fountain will help him drink it from a different angle and maybe not get water in his nose?


Whatever it is, he associates it with the water. My brother thought maybe he has allergies but i can tell he is 100% positive it's the water. He thinks he won't have the same issue with my water.