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to you all for your replies. As far as his health goes, Percy is only approx. 3 years old - but I know from experience that age doesn't necessarily equal good health (R.I.P. my beloved Avalo - lost to kidney disease at 3 yrs old
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) However, he has been checked at the vet recently re. weight gain (uh-oh - isn't that another symptom of diabetes????
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). As far as his drinking habits prior to the fun- and-games with this water bowl - I never, ever saw him drink at all in the two years since I rescued him......apart from once when he lapped at the green and scummy water
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out of the watering can!! Thanks for the suggestion of the tray, Helen - although I had to chuckle when I saw that Milo had an answer to that one
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! For now, I am experimenting with a different area of the kitchen (thinking maybe he is put off by the (undetectable, to humans) smell of the kitchen bin) but, although he doesn't seem to drag it as far, I'm still getting spills from it
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Should I take him back to the vet for a diabetes test (he is successfully losing weight on a controlled diet......wish I could
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?!))