Kittens deliberately spilling water

[MingingTiles]

I have two lovely biggish kittens (about 17 weeks). They are great but have both started deliberately spilling glasses of water, cups of tea etc wherever they find them so that they can lick lick up the spill. They have plenty of water of their own.

We are being careful about putting cups and glasses down but it’s quite frustrating never to be able to put your drink on the table next to you without a kitten rushing across the room to whack it over.

Anyine else had this? Did they grow out of it? Did you manage to train them not to do it?

Yep, that's kittens for you! You just need eyes in the back of your head, or use travel cups instead.

Their playfulness is part of the joy!

You can't train them so you have to train yourself to make sure cups/glasses are safe.

Water fountain they can play with whenever they want to!!

My cat is 10 and she still sticks her foot in every glass of water. The other brute is 3 and knocks them over but only when you can't see him do it...

Yes.

I recommend closed cups - most coffee shops sell them.

They do grow out of it

Yes, one of mine did this. He did grow out of it but he's now 6 and he still does it occasionally if he gets the chance. In his kitten days I ensured I didn't leave mugs/glasses unattended.

My 6 year old cat meows at me to run the shower into the shower tray for him to drink out of 😍

They do outgrow it, (for the most part), but the reality is that it's their world and you're just living in it. Either watch your cups and glasses like a hawk, never put them down, or use spill-proof containers.

I agree with trying a water fountain and we leave full glasses of water out for Mewler as she likes to drink out of them. She doesn't knock them over though

Oh kittens…
Puppies are the same. Ours used to pick his water bowl up, shake his head madly and spray the water everywhere. Got him a heavy ceramic bowl instead in an attempt to outsmart him. The little sod now only drinks from a ceramic bowl and refuses water from a plastic bowl even if it’s 30+ degrees and we are on a road trip. So we have to take the posh one hahaha

My dear departed cats didn’t knock them over, but they never grew out of sticking their snouts into any unattended cup, glass or flower vase.