Miles has a new (bad) habit. In the past week, he has been putting his paws in his water bowl and overturning it. We’ve been moping the floor multiple times a day and it’s starting to get really old. Not sure where he learnt this from or why the sudden change in behavior after 3 years. This needs to stop!

Tried different things in the past week — sprayed him with water everytime he did it, did a little slap on his paws to makes sure he knows not to do it, bought a heavier/ wider porcelain bowl (thinking it might be his reflection that’s bothering him), bought a water fountain/ dispenser and used bottled water instead of tap water … none of which worked.

Can someone give us some advice and help on this? We’ll be interested to know if your cat did it, and how you stopped this behavior. We can’t keep mopping the floor 5-6 times a day and can’t stop giving him water either. I really hope this is just a temporary behavioral phase.