I can't speak for Toms but when my oldest cat Misty (female) was alive she was a tiny built little thing and used to drink and eat so delicately infact she was the only potentially annorexic cat I have ever known. She was a nightmare to feed and water. Misha the other female cat a Siamese cross on the other hand was like a gangly walking eating drinking machine and often Misty would leave her her food and water. Then when I had a Cavalier Spaniel puppy she did the same for her.

Going back to Misty she preferred to drink drops of water from the tap or even stranger she liked to lick the sweet moisture from a wash peeled carrot.