cat question

smaller dish - or bigger one? the size could be the issue maybe? to control the mess until she grows out of it or you figure it out, keep the dish in the bath tub or a sink?

My cats LOVED flipping their water dish, the mess, and probably most of all the reaction from me.

Like someone else said, big dog bowl that's wider at the base than the top (also known as a spaniel bowl). Get the kind with rubber on the bottom rim so it "sticks" to the floor.

More cat toys. And once a month pull out the furniture and give them back to your cat. Cats get bored and they either get fat and lazy or find things to do that amuse them and annoy you.

My male cat opens cabinets and drawers. There isn't a single drawer or cabinet he hasn't figured out, except for those that I latch. I've walked into the house and it's like I've been robbed, every drawer and cabinet is open. He's startled the cr*p out of me when I've opened the pantry to grab the coffee and he's sitting on a shelf.

Of course, there is an alternative:

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I have two kittens. They're 11 months old. One of them absolutely loves flipping the water dish. Their water is in a cool whip container. It had been happening for a while and I never knew what was going on...til I caught him. I heard this weird noise behind me so I turned around slowly to find him biting the side of the dish, picking it up and dropping it.

Not sure what the problem is. They have plenty of toys, food, water, etc. I tried a few other dishes, but they would still be flipped. All I ended up doing was putting the water dish in a 13x9 pan to at least avoid the mess and it keeps the water in some sort of container for them to drink. They are cats and pretty much do what they want. Any other solutions would be great though!

But it IS a fun toy. He's been much better lately since he's been caught more and got the dreaded spray water bottle punishment. If it continues I'll find another, I mean I do kinda need that baking dish occasionally. 

I also had a cat that would open every drawer and cabinet.  She also would push out all the pots and pans after opening the cabinet or dump all the clothes out of the drawer.  She would also jump up and shut off the light switches.  If you tried to close the door to the bedroom at our condo, she would jump up and try to turn the door knob.  If that didn't work, she would stick her paw under the door and twang the door stopper until you let her in.  I always had to warn the cat sitters that she could toss the place in a day, so don't think we had been robbed. 

She also would flip the water bowl.  In the end, she wanted her water bowl in the bathroom and she only wanted it filled with water from the tub spigot.  If I used any other water she would flip it, guess it does taste different.  Our current water bowl has the rubber around the edges and it prevents it from being flipped.

RIP Fuzzball (1991-2007)

 Easy toilet cleaning tip; give the little fella a leg up, close the lid and flush. Let it agitate for 4 minutes for a sparkling clean bowl. Get yourself a really long stick and make certain there aren't any small children or elderly folks around when you raise the lid...

My Molly-cat likes to put her paws into the water bowl, and lick the water off of her paws. She doesn't like to actually put her face into the bowl.

Every now and then she will put her paw into the bowl and sort of drag it out and catch the edge of the bowl, and flip it. It doesn't happen that often so I haven't tried to fix the issue. She always drinks off her paws though. ALWAYS.

Strange animals, cats are.

Our cat would sit next to the sink wanting us to turn the faucet on, we got one of those waterfall dishes.  Our cat drinks out from both the basin and out of the stream.  It's funny because when she drinks from the stream, it's so loud that you'd think it was a 200lb rottweiler (she only weighs 8lbs full grown).  The nice thing is that it goes a couple weeks before having to refill the tank.  If it runs low it will slurp and make noise which annoys you into refilling it immediately.