we have these little bowls, we call them pinch bowls and salsa bowls (i use them for my mise en place with spices that i need a salt pig or something similar, or when i'm having a small bowl of midnight salsa). they hold about 1 cup / 250mL. maybe half that, i've never really measured. for the cats we'll put in an ice cube or two and some water when it's hot. it's a little supplement in addition to their fountains and they love it.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

We had a cat when I grew up, a lovely female cat with completely black fur, short but compact, with tuffs of hair on her ears.

I remember the first time I gave her some ice on a plate, it was summer, 30+ C in Sweden, she lay in the shadow under a table on the deck of our house, seemingly completely exhausted.

So I got an ice cube and put it on a plate and brought it to her.

She was interested and sat up straight and looked at the cube, gave it a sniff and a small lick, and clearly was interested, but a bit confused.

It wasn't long before she realized that if she just waited a bit she could drink some cool refreshing water, and got excited.

She looked intently at the ice cube and then gave it a few licks, then back to looking and so on.

It was quite interesting to see.

[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a cool tree Koda is on, custom?

[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah I built it for Koda and Lilly as a parting gift when I had to separate him from Miez. I can upload an album of the whole build process if you're interested.

[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ooh that's beautiful. We just got a "higher end" touting solid wood, and it ended up being hollow MDF, so I'm not all that happy about it. I've always wanted to attempt a personal build, and yours scratched my brain nicely. Thanks!

[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Fun fact: It was a really a custom build by exact specifications. My friend even sent me a FreeCAD model beforehand to ensure it fit their room perfectly. So I had much to go on, but still was learning tons about how to make it into reality.

[–] aaaa@piefed.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How old is Koda, I wonder

[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Koda and Miez are twelve years old, born in October 2013.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

i can tell they are well-loved and happy.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago

Look at that little toofer!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

Koda need woda

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Same, Koda

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Taking it over easy

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I feel you Koda. I feel you.

[–] notsure@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

That's one hot pussy!

[–] thericcer@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I see so many posts with 30+ degree temperature. You live in you house with that as ambient!?

[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Nah it's a heatwave in Germany, doesn't mean its just as hot inside but still.