Cat not drinking water

[Niytz]

Hi there

I'm having trouble getting my cat to drink water. I've tried changing his bowl several times and even bought a drinking fountain for him but he simply will not touch his water. As a result I've had to mix in water with his wet food, usually 1/3  cup or so with each meal and refrain from feeding him dry food as it'll dehydrate him. He has no problem with that and cleans his bowl every time, though I still keep out the different bowls of water and fountain for him just in case.

I'm just wondering if this is sufficient enough to keep my little buddy hydrated and if there's anything else I can do?

[CRSeaside]

I play a game called Drinky water. I put fresh water in a wide mouth cup.
   I'll put it up to her. If she's thirsty, she'll drink.  If she's not thirsty, she turns her head.     Pamela.

[Niytz]

Thanks for the help guys. Dande I'm not 100% sure but I've always been able to notice the water level drop in the water bowls with the previous cats I've owned on the same wet food diet and I'd see them drinking every now and then but never this little fella.

I pulled the scruff on the back of his neck and it went back fairly quickly so I guess that's a good sign!

Thanks for the reassurance guys :)

[opus88]

Hi an welcome, many cats that are fed a canned diet will drink very little if any water, wet food is 76% water already thus similar to their natural diet of mice. The body fluids of mice are pretty much all the fluids a cat in the wild requires. Keep yr fountain out incase and canned food only an he should do just fine