Is it bad to put ice cubes in a cat's water bowl?

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just wondering. I can dump it out but it is hot tonight and it might help my babies.

[cyberswede]

1. I put them in our cats' bowl.

I don't think they'll choke on them or anything.

How many fur babies do you have?

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2. 3 and 1/2 in a sense. 3 indoor ones and one that is basically an outdoor cat but will come in to

eat and will stay in when the weather is really bad.

[cyberswede]

3. Sounds cozy!

We have two (and a new Golden Retriever puppy who loves to play, much to their chagrin).

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4. Don't worry the cats will show him who's in charge.

As kitties tend to do.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. I allways put ice cubes in my dogs waterbowl. Here in Tucson, they insist on it.

Whenever I run the ice machine they run up and look pleadingly. Please put ice in our bowl. I do.

[onehandle]

6. It's fine. nt

[Kaleva]

7. As long as he agrees to it.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

8. I would observe to see if he avoid the bowl with the cubes in it or while it's cold.

Otherwise, I don't see how it would hurt.

[eShirl]

9. We used to set out a large Colpack from the freezer for our Maine Coon cat.

It's one of those gel-filled things for cold therapy to keep swelling down after an injury. Anyway, we'd set in on the floor covered with a towel, and he'd lay on that for hours at a time. When he finally got up, back into the freezer it would go until he asked for it again. (I thought of it the first summer we had him, when he got so hot in his long fur that he started panting.)

[pinboy3niner]

10. It's up to you, but remember...

...they don't taste the same when you take them out, and you may have hairballs for a while.

[mykpart]

11. I used to put ice in my kitty's water all the time.

She loved it. And she loved it when I dropped an ice cube on the kitchen floor, because she would play with it and lick it at the same time!

[Amaril]

12. Don't know about kitties, but.......

......I put ice cubes in the boys' (dogs) water bowl all the time, and my golden retriever loves to chrunch on them like they're treats......course, he also used to drag rocks in from the backyard to chew on when he was a puppy.

:::whispering::: he's a little

[Honeycombe8]

13. I admit I pour filtered cold water in dogs' bowl, mixed w/tap water already there.

A friend told me dogs shouldn't drink ice cold water. So I make sure it's not ICE COLD, but adding the chilled pure water to their room temp water, makes for COOL water. They LOVE it! They are inside dogs.

Might cause a problem to give them ice cold water if they're coming in from outside and are hot.

I also put cool water in outside bowl for birds and squirrels (not filtered, not cold), just cause it takes a little longer for it to get hot. It's triple digits here, so in no time outside, water gets warm.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Nope. They may thank you for it.

I think one of the reasons many of them like to drink from the faucet is because the water is a little cooler than the stuff that sits in the bowl all day. Some cats will even lick ice cubes if they get hot enough. The only advice I have is to make sure they're fresh ice cubes. Ice cubes that have sat in the freezer for a long time pick up a bad taste and smell, and cats don't like that any more than we do.

[whistler162]

15. It is okay as long as you add a twist of lemon!

It would be quite plebian with out it!

[backwoodsbob]

16. my two dogs LOVE ice cubes

wont hurt them at all as long as they arent overly hot

[Yavin4]

17. Cats Love Popsicles

The downside is your arm will go numb holding it for them to lick, but that's the price we pay for opposable thumbs.

[backwoodsbob]

18. know the feeling

buddy and Katie EAT UP bomb pops of all things.Buddy looks like he is in heaven eating a bomb pop

[SoDesuKa]

19. No Harm

Cats generally know what's good for them.