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Discussion Thread 🎻 Saturday 18 July 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 2 weeks ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Show her how to use it, like bend down and drink a bit from it. Cats like to drink from a source of water they know is safe, and you drinking from it tells her it's safe.

It's silly to us, but those fluffy chaos agents are driven by instinct and catnip

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I saw her take a drink from it earlier but I'm not above a demo lol

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For future people, it worked lol