Cats' water supply

I'm looking for advice and suggestions for not having to replace the cats'
water supply several times a day.

Dan M...

We've got a Drinkwell Pet Fountain

jmcquown...

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also available from Drs Foster and Smith, Petco, PetSmart, etc. You can
get an extended capacity reservoir (basically about a quart bottle that
fastens to the back side).

I find that one filling of the reservoir keeps our six well-watered for a
couple days. The only time we have water on the floor is when Ranger
decides he needs to stand in the basin, then shakes his feet dry on the
floor.

Unknown One...

I tryed one of those type of things but my babies did not seem to care for it., They like
the cold fresh, water they get twice a day. During the hot summer they would not even
touch it when the water was warm. They would drink from the toilet bowl.

Jo Firey...

There's one in every clowder isn't there?

Pat...

What size reservoir do you have on yours?

Dan M...

I think it's about a quart - it's about 4 inches in diameter and maybe 5-6
inches high.

It looks wonderful... is it difficult for a cat to tip over?

Dan M...

Nobody has managed to do so yet, and we've been using this one for over a

jmcquown...

And Persia loves drinking from the running "spout" on the fountain, although
sometimes she drinks straight from the basin. It's quite heavy when filled
with water so I don't think a cat can just tip it over, plus it has little
rubber feet on the bottom so it can't be scooted.

year.

The thing is, Tommy is never content to simply drink water from a dish - at
the very least, he has to splash it all over the place with his paw, and
when the water level goes below half full, he'll turn it over. He even does
this with the automatic waterer I got at Walmart.

I'm tired of constantly mopping the floor and want to find a mean of
watering the cats that Tommy cannot defeat.

Any ideas?

Adrian A...

Tommy sounds a lot like Baggy, I haven't got an answer. At least Baggy is
able to go outside where there are pleanty of sources of water, today he was
streaching over the garden pond so he could drink from the fountain.

Christine K....

Well... there are no-tip bowls, that he couldn't turn over, but he'd
still be able to splash around in one.
(picked Petco, coz it was the first one that came to mind)

jmcquown...

Persia loves her Drinkwell fountain. I didn't get the big water bottle that
goes on the back since I have only one cat but it seems that would alleviate
the need for constant filling. With the humidity down here in the southern
US, the basin water evaporates; I just pour a cup of cold water in it every
day after I brush my teeth. When it's really hot I'll drop an ice cube or
two in there to keep the water nice and chilled.

Then I seem to remember seeing something similar as the bottle used for
rodents, but bigger and meant for cats. Now I cannot find one tho...
hold on, this one's for small dogs too, so why not cats:
or http://tinyurl.com/h68uv