..So my little girl Shayla keeps sucking on the end of this spongy cat toy today..and I really think nothing of it. Eventually I realize that she is sucking the water out of it,but from where is she getting the water I immediately wonder??(It's not as bad as you might think....not toilet water) I realize that she's been dipping this thing in the cat's water bowl!! Ahhh! At least it's not the toilet,right?? But the cat is still (as I attest to daily) an animal that takes a drink, lickes/strokes/felatios it's privates ...and then,of course..to wash off that taste..takes another drink.. It's a good thing that young kids' immune sys. is so vital! :)