Cat Fountain

I have a basic drinkwell fountain, and it has a good reservoir and nice flow of falling water. My roommate's girlfriend's cat was over for a couple days and the first thing he did when let out of his room was to run to the fountain and drink from the stream (he's a purely faucet drinker). My two bowl drinkers also love it.

Calvin is exactly that way about faucets. So we decided to get a fountain and bought the Drinkwell Platinum. We were so excited about the purchase but, unfortunately Calvin does not care for it much. He is not drinking much out of it - plays with the water once in a while but still wants to drink out of a faucet. I really hope that your little ones enjoy it more!

Drinkwell is very popular, but they're made of plastic which collects bacteria and needs to be cleaned often. The "Pioneer Pet 6022 Drinking Fountain" is all ceramic and IMO is the best. It's also very attractive compared to the Drinkwell. It can be gotten from Amazon for ~$48. I attached a link below, but if the link doesn't work, just go to Amazon, and type "Pioneer Pet".

http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Pet-60...7109708&sr=8-1

^ I like the style of that one, and I agree, ceramic >>> plastic.

On the downside though, it doesn't actually have a stream like the Drinkwell Platinum, nor the reservoir that will last around a week with my two cats.

What I have works, but ONLY because it fits in my dishwasher, as it would be a pain in the butt to clean by hand IMO.

I bought two Drinkwell Platinums. I put one out filled up, and it lasts a week before the reservoir is empty, which is also about the time you can start to feel slime on the rim of the bowl.

I pour out whats left, pop the top off, put the carbon filter into the second clean fountain if its less than a month old, and throw the whole assembly minus the reservoir (doesn't seem to get dirty and just rinsing seems fine) and the motor after removing the outer case and inner plastic shroud which also go into the dishwasher. Comes out squeaky clean and sanitary for next use, and isn't harmed by the heat cycle (top part I put on top rack, and tall part I put on bottom rack, with small pieces in the tableware holder).

The already clean second fountain I fill up using my refrigerator's filtered water dispenser. The bottom and the reservoir both have to be filled, but fill up perfectly with the built in cut-off on my fridge, which I believe is 4qrts.

The unit then is set down on a mat, and the cable plugged in, and the stream can be adjusted to taste, but I find it is quietest at the lowest setting.

Hopefully that gives an idea of the process so you can decide if thats too much of a hassle.

Also of note, the first Drinkwell Platinum I bought I HATED!!! The motor was so noisy and it vibrated. Had I not returned it for a replacement, I would be very turned off, so take quality control into account, and when reading reviews I bet a quarter of them just have motor problems. In my experience, if you get a good motor though, and don't run it dry, it will stay good.

Here is the Drinkwell 360, which is Stainless AND with Streams... You can even choose how many streams...

Oooooh! Didn't know they were making stainless products! Nice!

Since its functionally the same as the regular 360, here's a link to the plastic one which has tons more reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Drinkwell-D360...owViewpoints=1