Can we please discuss cat water fountains?

[Anonymous]

We put a water bowl in the bathroom. For some reason they like to drink from it than the bowl in the kitchen near their food.

I've read that they prefer to drink from a more distant bowl because in the wild they don't drink near where they hunt.

My cat doesn't seem to drink out of a bowl ever, so we add water to his wet food.

[Anonymous]

My cat will only drink water out if this. It’s a pain to clean though https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000L3XYZ4?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're all pretty much the same imo. Will need a good scrubbing and new filter monthly.

If you have any remotely hard water its a total PITA. Descaling and filter changing makes it all not worth it. Also I question how good of a job those filters can do with slobber tainted water that is recirculated. Ew.

I have found using clear glass bowls filled all the way to the top attracts my cat that would love to drink out of every single faucet in the house.

WAIT. I just realized on might get some excitement out of a clear bowl with water and a fish tank bubbler. Maybe that would attract fussy drinkers? Youd change the water daily, but at least there would be visual interest and sound for the cat. I literally never thought of this until this exact moment.

This. We had 2 water fountains over the years, PetSafe with the link posted below here by someone else and one of these fountain bowls (stainless steel). They are a pain to clean and grow algae if not regularly completely disassembled and cleaned. We use a regular human ceramic bowl or a stainless steel bowl and change water in the morning and before bed. So much easier to rinse a bowl and fill with filtered water. FYI, we bought our first fountain for when we had to travel, and ended up not liking it for everyday when someone is present to change water bowls frequently. It might be worth it using it only for travel as cleaning won't be as bad then. We also noticed that cats would stop using the fountain the moment the water isn't pristine and fresh and something starts getting foul, way before humans notice it. If you have a family/friend/cat sitter to check on your cat once a day when traveling the bowl is still much easier solution.