Another vote for a stainless steel raindrop fountain. Ours is 3 years old and still going strong.
Got it! Took me a minute to figure it out: if any other person has assembly questions, happy to help! It is VERY quiet. (Now hopefully my cat won’t snub it).
I have a "Catit Flower Plastic Cat Fountain " , 100oz. I've had it running for 2.5 years. The water is changed weekly and the water filter once a month. Both of my cats drink from it several times a day. I purchased it from chewy.
*Hoping that next time, you BOTH purr!*
Krista would summit the nightstand to drink from my water glass.
It IS! She was very good at not only doing that, but conveying that message!Krista would summit the nightstand to drink from my water glass.
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So I got her her own glass and nightstand. Sometimes she drank from it.
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Often she was back to mine.
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I got the PetSafe Seaside Stainless fountain, but Buddy refuses to go near it when running, and will only sniff it when turned off, so I cannot really recommend it obviously. Of the ten+ models I looked into, it had the best reviews, the most silent, the cheapest and easiest to source replacement parts, and seemed the best price. Unfortunately Buddy is a scaredy-cat that is convinced everything is a monster out to eat him alive, until proven beyond shadow of doubt otherwise, and a simple stainless steel saucer of water is easiest to prove harmless.
I had that with Delilah and the Catit one. So I wound up with the Petflow II. It was more like a slow cascading waterfall with a large flatter dish area in the front. She was happy with it. I would have liked it better if it wasn't plastic and really ugly, and if it was easier to clean. Eventually I was able to graduate her to a stainless Pioneer Raindrop.
I know this one is plastic. But my new cat, Betty, took right to it. What I really like about it is that the washable components lift right out of the exterior case without having to disconnect the power. Yes. Turn it off first. But no more reaching into the water to detach/reattach the pump. No more having to muddle around with the power cord every time I need to wash it. Instead, the removable piece has contacts. It’s not dishwasher safe. But you can easily lift it out, wash it and the filter trays in the sink, and reinsert the freshly cleaned bits back into the fountain. The whole teardown, cleaning, reassembly takes maybe five minutes. I have a “wipe down Wednesday” that I dedicate about 10-15 minutes to weekly cleaning tasks—cleaning the cat fountain is one of those tasks.
, she hated fountains of all kinds. But she did sometimes drink from the one above. Mostly she just wanted to drink from my water glass. Unfortunately my studio is tiny (think New York City tiny). The only space for a water fountain is about 3ft from the foot of my bed. That eliminates anything with a light, or runs too loud for my silicone ear plugs to handle. The Seaside fountain wasted about $45. Maybe in six months or so I might try again, if my terrified tomcat ever relaxes, but I can't keep flushing money down the toilet until I find something that doesn't push his panic button or trip his MONSTER! MONSTER! alarm. This month I replenished my $500 emergency vet fund. Next month I need to get vet insurance started. Month after that the goal is a cat tree, since my not-so-senior cat is a climber. Yesterday he tried the bookcase, the shelf gave way, DVDs went everywhere, and he was up late running from one hiding place to another.
