Water fountains?

harmony802005

Hi there guys
I hope someone can give me some advice,i have been a cat owner all my life and sadly now have only 2 of my babies left, my cats will be 16 in april and just wanted advice of water fountains,i brought a drinkwell 360 because of the great reviews i had seen and the fact one of my cats Tigger loves playing with water from the tap so thought that would be ideal for him plus the fresh oxgenant water to,Tigger and Piglet went up to it a few times not sure if thay had when i went to bed, but today i have sent it back as my cats seem to not like it or really be intrested in it like thay are with the taps,i like to give my boys the best i can,i cant have children so thay are my babies.My question is should i give another water fountain ago i think its called - one catit fresh and clear small drinking cat water fountain the one i was looking at,i just dont know if my boys are to set in there ways(as thay are old boys) and just want a bowl of water instead which i change a servel times daily,if anyone has got any exsperiences with water fountains would love to here them as im stuck weather to buy one again or not,thanks in advance again x

stormCat99

We had to get a water fountain when one of ours was diagnosed with FLUTD. It was supposed to encourage him to drink more.

I never really saw him drink from it, but our other cat seemed to often be there lapping away. I think it just depends on the cat.

Ours are happiest when drinking from a muddy puddle outside, no mater how much fresh water I put out for them.

I'd say give it another go, it took at least a week for our one cat to go near it, guess they need time to get used to it.

tanith

I've always found my cats are a law unto themselves and what I think is good for them is not what they think, my cats have spent years and years drinking from everywhere but their nice bowl of clean water in the kitchen. Now my only cat left is old and a bit frail she doesn't like to go out in the damp cold weather and is perfectly happy to drink from her bowl... Honestly I wouldn't bother as they don't seem interested..

stormCat99

I would agree with the above. However from your post it sounds as though you only put the fountain out for the first time yesterday? So they've not really had much chance to get used to it, I'd leave it a good few days before deciding it's not worth it.

Whatever happens, don't worry about it too much. All you can do is leave the option of fresh water (in whatever form) and if they want it, they'll take it.

It always makes me think of the saying - you can lead a [STRIKE]horse [/STRIKE] cat to water but you can't make it drink lol

paddypaws101

I am surprised you were able to 'send it back' if it had been used.:o
I recently bought a CatMate fountain, highly recommended, and it did take several days for me to notice various cats actually drinking from it. Now it gets quite a lot of use, but I am sure they all still prefer a nice muddy puddle outside!

scot88

I got the catit one on vets recommendation. My furry babies love it, only took a couple of days for them to get used to it.

amszephyr

We have 4 of the small round Catit fountains in my immediate family and a couple of friends have one for their cats, too, having seen ours in action. Without exception, the various cats took perhaps a week at most to get used to it but now mine needs refilling at least weekly (and it's got a 3 litre capacity) so someone's drinking from it! I think the slight noise might be a little off-putting for them initially, but it's a gentle bubbling sound that they soon reealise isn't scary. In fact, my boy cat likes to slap his paws in the fountain and make a lovely big puddle on the kitchen floor and he also rugby tackles it from time to time so I get home to find it's migrated into the middle of the floor (as far as the flex allows). I would definitely recommend the fountain.