On the subject of water, many felines appear to have their very own set of unstated guidelines — and a few merely refuse to drink it the “regular” approach. One cat proprietor has gone viral after sharing a video of her kitten who gained’t drink from her personal water bowl, opting as an alternative to hydrate straight from her human’s glass.
Cat likes to drink out of her human’s glass in hilarious video
The brief clip posted to the Instagram account @lilpeacat captures 9-week-old Pea serving to herself to her proprietor’s ingesting glass prefer it’s her private hydration station. As Pea leans over and casually laps from the glass, on-screen textual content from her proprietor reads, “I actually refresh her water twice a day day by day however no, she should drink mine.” Within the video’s caption, the proprietor affectionately refers to her kitten as a “hydrated queen.” As if she is aware of precisely what she’s doing, Pea’s face on the finish of the video seems virtually smug, a element that a number of viewers have been fast to note and touch upon.
The identical video was additionally posted to TikTok below the account @mollylouisefrost, the place it racked up 3.5 million views. Over on Instagram, it pulled in a fair larger viewers, reaching 3.7 million views and greater than 401,000 likes. The feedback have been full of individuals each amused and sympathetic. “The face on the finish, ‘sure, and?’” one particular person wrote. One other joked, “Yours??? No it’s her water now.” Loads of viewers additionally chimed in with tales of their very own cats refusing to drink from something however their people’ cups. “My cat did this with out my data till one time I woke as much as an odd sound solely to find that we shared the glass on my nightstand,” one commenter shared.
On common, a wholesome cat ought to drink about 3.5 to 4.5 ounces of water per 5 kilos of physique weight every day. Nonetheless, cats are notoriously fussy about their water supply. Some favor operating water, others need it chilly, and a few, like Pea, clearly consider their human’s glass is the superior choice. Perhaps it’s the style, possibly it’s the novelty, or possibly — as anybody who’s lived with a cat would possibly suspect — it’s simply because she will be able to.
