Cute Maine Coon kitten drinks water with his paw

Maine Coon kitten (Casper) drinks water by scooping it out of the dish with his paw. Cute! (but can be messy). (Got this cute kitty from www.cacaponcoons.com; also, the brown & white tabby at the end of video obtained from same cattery. These two have the same father)

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Pets & Animals

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• Maine
• Coon
• cute
• kitten
• Casper
• water
• drinking
• paw
• cat
• drinks
• drink
• cacaponcoons

[xanthea1000]

omg, I just got two Coonies (12 wks old) two weeks ago and one of them is doing the same thing! I have always had cats but this is the first time I have seen one drink like yours! I find that they also use their 'hands' a lot for other things too when they play. they are very smart and incredibly cute. your kitten and the other cat are adorable :)

[JuiceCat9]

Just wait until one of those kittens gently pats your face with a paw. I used to sit at my computer and my big Max would stand on his haunches and rest his paw on my arm to ask for some attention. I've had many cats, but this breed has the most amazing purr-sonalites. So much fun to have new kittens ... enjoy!

[Braehawk]

Is it a Maine Coon trait to eat and drink with the paws? This is the second one I've seen do that!

[JuiceCat9]

It could be, since this breed (in my unbiased opinion, ha ha) is exceptionally intelligent! Maybe they have extra tufts of fur between their toes to help carry that water from source to mouth.

[4solong]

as well five stars...i wonder sometime why the do that...;-)

[JuiceCat9]

Thanks! I think it may be a self-protective instinct because the animal is more vulnerable with their head down to the water. For your kitty, it is obvious that he is simply just very smart because his head is not going to fit into that cup of milk!

[officer610]

she looks like my casey shes 16 years old I love her shes such a calm cat

[LittleMissAlleyCat]

Lol my kitten did that until she learned about actually putting her mouth to the water ;D

[tigerlilybug]

@kemanux making the pasta, huh? Nvr heard it put like that. I guess i learned something neew.

i'm italian as well. i get it from my mom. I used to live in naples. U?

[kemanux]

@tigerlilybug yes, I am italian!! :) then you can also say that the cat is making the PASTA (that's indeed what we used to define that!! :P )

[tigerlilybug]

@kemanux ur from italy? I used 2 live ther wen i was rly little.

[MsMindgardener]

Yes, it is typical for Maine Coon cats to scoop up water in a paw and drink it from there. Maybe from once being in the wild? (They also love playing in the snow in winter!

[kemanux]

@tigerlilybug I think the cat is just doing a movement that was used to do when still a kitten to get more milk from the mum. in italian we say somehing like: it is making the dough!! because it really looks like that!! :)

[kemanux]

also my main coon is doing that!!however ONLY with the water outside in the garden... I think it's more a playing that a drinking!! :) he's 4 months now, you can see some cute video in my channel!!

[tigerlilybug]

my friends cat has a weird way of drinking water too. She only drinks water out of a certain mug, and it has to be on the coffe table in the living room. and when she drinks the water (she lowers her head to it), she runs in place with her 2 front paws. I've never seen another cat do that.

[LunaVlog]

I wish my cat could do this :P