Cat Faucet solves elusive cat drinking from sink issue, we sigh in relief

Cats like to drink from everywhere but the places they're supposed to drink from, and for that they offer no excuses, reasons, and just walk away, tails in the air. This independent spirit, though, means that we're often stuck turning faucets on and off for thirsty felines because heaven forbid they drink from a dish. One crafty soul has solved this gripping conundrum with an IR detector, valves, some plastic tubing, and a whole lot of moxie. The detector can even suss out if the subject is human or feline in order to keep the faucet from triggering every time someone walks by. Our test subjects won't comment on the new tech, but they've stopped complaining and have become extremely athletic and hydrated super-cats of doom. Still reading? Peep the video after the break of hot kitty drinking action.

[Via Make]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 12:32PM]

If you don't put a stop to all this pussy licking action, you're going to become the crazy cat lady on the simpsons.

[BratPAQ Posted Jul 12th 2008 7:21AM]

same effect, less expensive

http://www.presidentpet.com/PICTURES/Dog&Cat/drinker.jpg

[x3qt0r Posted Jul 12th 2008 7:24AM]

My cat drank more milk than water.

[dardub Posted Jul 12th 2008 2:09PM]

I notice your phrase is in the past tense.

[Gad Get Posted Jul 13th 2008 3:51AM]

The cat died from that.

Sorry, that was insensitive.

Still!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 9:11PM]

There goes the water bill! lol At first in the video the cats like "WTF, water on!"

[Gad Get Posted Jul 12th 2008 7:46AM]

I love how the water just keeps running.

[richms Posted Jul 12th 2008 7:46AM]

Just hope noone leaves the plug in the sink and the kitty makes a flood happen

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 8:15AM]

Did you know that all Calico cats (like in the picture) are female?

[harkening Posted Jul 12th 2008 11:49AM]

Actually, X-inactivation happens in males, too. It's just extremely rare. So damn close to "always female", but not "always."

[SirNoDroin Posted Jul 12th 2008 8:25AM]

let me be the first to say

LONGCAT Iz LONG!!!

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[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 9:29AM]

let me be the first to say :GET A F***ING LIFE

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 12:26PM]

Your cat has been cut in two!!!!

[jbob1 Posted Jul 14th 2008 4:30PM]

You're by no means the first

[Jonatello Posted Jul 12th 2008 8:36AM]

I thought "Cheesing" was against the law?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 8:53AM]

My cat is too posh to drink from a bowl, he has to have a glass(plastic picnic one!) or better still demands a running tap. I think this is a great idea, when will it be on the market?

[Karate Tortoise Posted Jul 12th 2008 10:05AM]

You guys are such hicks! MY cat drinks from a diamond-studded wine glass. She also eats her dinner out of the holy grail. That cat from the fancy feast commercial has nothing on mine!

[psyclotron Posted Jul 12th 2008 11:29PM]

"She also eats her dinner out of the holy grail."

LoL!

[Sirius Posted Jul 12th 2008 9:43AM]

i wonder if that hidden tap faucet (aka. slit in the wall) would work on cats...

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/02/hidden-tap-faucet-flows-from-left-to-right-as-you-go-from-dirty/

[Prasand J Posted Jul 14th 2008 8:48AM]

lmfao @ a cat chasing after that ... or learning the hard way where to stand to get cold water.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 4:41PM]

Getting water into felines is not the problem....it's dealing with the urine/cat box/litter on the back end. Somebody come up with a simple, reliable fix for that (that doesn't require getting rid of the cats) and I'll spend some _bucks_.

[davelemke Posted Jul 12th 2008 10:48AM]

Is it just me .. or does that cat have 6 toes.
Holy Chr*st!

[Hardcore1 Posted Jul 12th 2008 12:52PM]

My cat has 6 toes, its a strange feature of New England cats. I had never heard of such a thing until I moved here. Sailors back in the day used to keep them on ships originating from England because they thought they were better mousers and were good luck. Its weird at first but you get used to it, my cat looks like he's wearing a mitten.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydactyl_cat

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 3:08PM]

Polydactylism (extra digits) is not uncommon in Calico cats. It has something to do with the way X chromosome works.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 2:04PM]

Dude is going to be rich....

[Bibojim Posted Jul 12th 2008 12:50PM]

It's not the sink for our cat, she likes the toilet. Must be the coldness. She has fallen in once but that did not deter her.

[retro77 Posted Jul 12th 2008 12:57PM]

Constant running water is best for cats. Something about stagnant water isnt good for them

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 1:04PM]

Hah, I love how the cat steps into the sink, and looks at the spout, looks at the drain, spout, drain, THEN the water comes on.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 2:34PM]

My cat drinks from the faucet as well and as crazy as it sounds I might just get this!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 3:02PM]

(Inserts a random lolcat line about cats and sinks)

[montusama Posted Jul 12th 2008 4:51PM]

There was a time when my cat had his water from a water bowl....but their was also a time when he ate only dry cat food but since he got old....he's now having wet(can) cat food and he started to drink out of the tub which is annoying because i got to make sure its always running a bit....even though I bought him one of those water bowls that use gravity to refill it (or make sure it doesn't over flow) so he has more water but he doesn't use it.....

Cats....can be trained...but really are far more independent than other pets.....

[TwhiT Posted Jul 12th 2008 5:27PM]

HAHAHAHA I can't stop laughing! lol this is exactly what my cat does!!

Great article!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 12th 2008 9:59PM]

Now THAT will get your pussy wet.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 13th 2008 1:30AM]

If they really want to make it entertaining, the faucet would explode at full power exactly five seconds after the kitty puts his face into it. Watch the pussycat's reaction after that one. Hee hee.

[Gad Get Posted Jul 13th 2008 3:55AM]

Meanie. I'm telling.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 13th 2008 6:37AM]

I miss the days when i had a cat to turn on the water for =(. Then someone would yell that the water was still on =(. I miss having a kitty.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 15th 2008 3:01AM]

solving the issue, huh? looks like it encourages the issue, if anything.

idea-bot 9000

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 16th 2008 9:00PM]

I tried forcing my cat to drink from the bowl, and she just stopped drinking water. I got one of those recycling bowls. So she started drinking from the toilet if I left the seat up, or still not drinking. She's the most stubborn cat I've ever known, and I'm pretty sure she'd kill herself before she relented. (Might explain why I found her emaciated on my door step in the first place.) So I give up. Poor cat's suffered enough, she can have a little sink water a couple times a day. If you can't beat them, you might as well invent a device to save on your water bill.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 21st 2008 11:47PM]

Where can i get a couple of these????!!!

:)