I truly should never be allowed near a cat again.

For years my cat just would not drink water. I got the fountain and everything but it was like he didn't know what it was for. So I started feeding him wet food. I would add extra water to the food and it would kind of be like soup. I always felt I was doing the right thing... I would be sure my cat was getting water every single day... two meals a day and so I just took the water dish away.

I assumed and was sometimes true.. if he wanted more he would jump up on the sink.

I assumed that if he wasn't getting proper water his urine would be reduced but it isn't... you know I am sick but I keep tabs on this movements and he does three per day. (had a cat with kidney failure once before).

Well, he has been at me lately for something.. food I thought which I kept giving to him. But after he got sick today I put out a dish of water.

And OMG, he went crazy lapping it up. I had to take the water dish away for fear he would take in too much.

Now I feel I haven't been giving him enough water.

At the moment I am trying to figure out if it is just because he threw up today that he seems so interested in the water, but did he throw up because he isn't getting enough water?

I am so tired of not being home enough to take care of a cat. I am SO tired of EVERY SINGLE DAY getting on a train that is supposed to take 40 minutes and it takes 90. I don't even make it home in time these days to have ONE hour of leisure time. I don't have time to take care of me.. never mind my cat.