Would your overlords recommend a cat drinking fountain, or not?

[Drybird2020]

Madam Oldcat loves drinking fresh water and does not feel that I refresh her bowl often enough. Sometimes, at night, my bedside glass will do, but she will comment loudly if it is not up to standard.

I wondered if she might appreciate a cat water fountain. Does anyone have any useful feedback on these machines, from their furry masters?

I have indoor cats and they use it much more than when we used to have bowls. Worth the money. They aren’t that expensive so worth trying!

Only if you don't mind the noise of the constant movement of water. It drove me crazy.

No, we got one and it was so noisy it irritated us made me need a wee and the cat was scared of it. Sent it back and Her Maj reverted to licking sparrowy puddles, which are obviously better than nice clean water in a bowl.

Cat drank out of everything but fountain, toilet, sink, bath, glass.....

Mine used it as a foot spa. Quite annoying. And was accompanied by little muddy feet all around it and very regular replacement of the filters which were dealing with garden Earth rather than the normal business of a water filter.

Mine LOVED his. He loved hitting the water and pouncing on the drips.

He misses it

My cats now drink far more.

A worthwhile investment as far as I am concerned but if you're worried your cat might not use it buy a second hand one at a lesser cost to test first

Mine would only use it the day it was dismantled and all cleaned and 100% clean water 🙄

We have a stainless steel water fountain and our 2 cats lurve it! It has a tall spout which they drink from as well as drinking from the water that pools on the surface before it goes back into the container. Ours is silent and can also go in the dishwasher for cleaning.
We used to have a plastic one that they also liked but it was noisy and harder to clean.

My Dcat only drinks running water (of course) so loves her fountain

2 of mine adore it. The 3rd prefers to drink out of his humans' glasses.

My boy likes to drink from the tap. So I thought I’d treat him to a nice water fountain. I bought a lovely ceramic cat fountain. Nice and quiet, filter that doesn’t need refills. Needless to say, he won’t go near the thing. So he’s back to jumping up on the kitchen drainer asking for freshly run tap water. I really don’t know why I bother!

@Somuchchoice what brand do you have?

We had a plastic one but it was really loud and hard to clean, I eventually snapped and chucked it in the bin.

We've had 2. She refused the first and loves the 2nd. We have the cat mate one.

Yes they love it.
We have this one.

One would only drink out the running tap the other a fresh glass of water.

@CornedBeef451
We have this one:
Stainless Steel Water Fountain

Yes, I’ve had two very different cats and they’ve both loved it (as does the puppy!)

We have three of the petmate fountains, the leadership recommend them!

Ours prefer to have filtered water from the glasses humans have poured for themselves.
This human wonders if a fountain would be a good compromise. And would stop terrible tortie dragging the water bowl across the floor and emptying it.

Thank you all!

Oldcat was upset when we got the drippy tap fixed. I think I have to at least try one of these things as penance.

@Somuchchoice thanks I'll check it out. I really need something easy to clean!

Yes. My two love theirs.

@marlowe5

Mine used it as a foot spa. Quite annoying. And was accompanied by little muddy feet all around it and very regular replacement of the filters which were dealing with garden Earth rather than the normal business of a water filter.

Oh god, mine would totally do this! 😆

[quote Somuchchoice]@CornedBeef451
We have this one:
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I love that it's "perfect for" business trips and overtime!!

(I'm not snort-laughing, you are) 🤣🤣