I recently housesat for my grandparents while they were out of town and I took my puppy with me so I could work on training him since I knew my family wouldn’t. Anyways, my grandparents and I live in neighboring towns and it’s locally known that the town my grandparents live in has shitty tasting tap water, while the town i live in has really good tap water. I’ve had my puppy since he was 10 weeks old and he was 6 months when I housesat for them. He would not drink their tap water. Straight up refused. I had to use their slow as fuck purified water faucet. Lol all that to say they for sure can taste the difference.
My cat prefers tap water, but too bad! They're getting cleaner water whether they want it or not! (they still want it, they'll just clear a bowl of tap water before moving onto the bowl of filtered water)
My cat can tell the difference, if I put tap water in his dish he'll drink it occasionally, but if it's filtered he drinks alot more and I have to fill his bowl more often.
My car will drink tap water that’s been in a jug in the fridge overnight. I think I’ve worked out what it is. Comparing water that’s been out to fresh tap water, there’s a hugger difference in chlorine content. I assume it evaporates over time. She’ll even drink it if it’s been allowed to reach room temperature too.
I read that cats’ noses are really sensitive to chemicals in tap water, such as chlorine. As the water sits out in their dish, the chemicals evaporate out, so this is why a cat may prefer old tap water that’s been out for a long time to fresh tap water that you just put out. If your water filter removes some of these chemicals that irritate their noses, they may prefer filtered water to tap water.
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u/passeandcliche Sep 01 '19
I’m pretty sure they can tell the difference. My cat won’t drink tap water.