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should I be buying distilled water for my kitties, especially my FLUTD cat? They have a water fountain, but should I buy them distilled? or some other type of water?
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Originally Posted by fosterkitty
should I be buying distilled water for my kitties, especially my FLUTD cat? They have a water fountain, but should I buy them distilled? or some other type of water?
I use the filtered water from the fridge. (They like cool water, too.) But, most people do not change their filter every six months. I DO. I always want to give my cats the same, safe water that I drink.
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hehe, I assume my fridge has a filter, but I have never changed it...but we also don't use it. I refuse to drink water unless it comes from a bottle. Soo, that being said, I guess distilled water is the safest, because they add stuff to spring water and things like that, don't they?
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Originally Posted by fosterkitty
hehe, I assume my fridge has a filter, but I have never changed it...but we also don't use it. I refuse to drink water unless it comes from a bottle. Soo, that being said, I guess distilled water is the safest, because they add stuff to spring water and things like that, don't they?
Yes, you cannot go wrong with distilled water. (If you have lots of money, you could even use Evian.) I even put it in the radiator of my car (distilled) because it will not corrode like regular water.
BTW, I read an article about how many people are sick because they are not changing the filter in their fridge.
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Distilled water is DEVOID of naturally occuring minerals thus the PH is changed ... Filtered water IS A FAR better choice ... Distilled could in theroy lead to mineral defciencys
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Originally Posted by sharky
Distilled water is DEVOID of naturally occuring minerals thus the PH is changed ... Filtered water IS A FAR better choice ... Distilled could in theroy lead to mineral defciencys
That's what I was going to say. In my issue of Bird Talk magazine, they said (for birds at least) never used distilled water for that reason. Filtered, spring or tap (if it's good) is the best.
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I only use distilled water in my steam iron. I wouldn't use it for the kitties. I do however buy bottled spring water for them as I just don't trust tap water.
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Originally Posted by Yosemite
I only use distilled water in my steam iron. I wouldn't use it for the kitties. I do however buy bottled spring water for them as I just don't trust tap water.
Spring is great wish I could easily get it bottled here
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We don't trust the water tap water (who knows how old the pipes are in apt bldgs). We get Poland Spring water delivered (I drink water faster than I can filter using those Pur/Brita filters) -- delivery is only a couple more cents per gallon than lugging bottles from the store, too.
Our two guys have a Petmate fountain and Catit fountain -- both have filters -- and we fill it with the Poland Spring water...so it's always nice and clean and cool for them!
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Originally Posted by sharky
Distilled water is DEVOID of naturally occuring minerals thus the PH is changed ... Filtered water IS A FAR better choice ... Distilled could in theroy lead to mineral defciencys
I knew it was bad for reptiles and amphibians, that it can actually leech minerals from them. It makes sense that it would be true for every other animal too.
Not all bottled water is better. Every bottling company and public water supply is tested. In some cases tap water is better then some bottled. The main reason bottled water sells is because no one likes the chlorine taste that some tap has.
We have a cold water filter on the kitchen tap, and the filters are changed regularly. This way it can be used for drinking, cooking, and watering various animals and plants.
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Originally Posted by Persi & Alley
Yes, you cannot go wrong with distilled water. (If you have lots of money, you could even use Evian.) I even put it in the radiator of my car (distilled) because it will not corrode like regular water.
BTW, I read an article about how many people are sick because they are not changing the filter in their fridge.
We don't use the water or ice maker in our fridge...never have, so I don't worry about getting sick.
Ok, so the general consensus is to get filtered water? No distilled? I thought spring water had minerals and things added to it that may or may not be great for cats, especially one with UTI's.
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Google drinking distilled water.
It was a health fad years ago - and was the cause of death for some.