A few weeks ago, Chloe had some accidents outside the box, which is completely out of character for her. We took her to the vet who found nothing wrong with her kidneys or overall health. But the vet couldn't test her urine because he couldn't get a urine sample from her. He said that she might have started going outside the box because she wasn't drinking enough water, which could make her urine super concentrated which in turn would be painful to pass. So he suggested we look at ways to increase her water intake.
All three cats are on the fussier side regarding water and will drink from the water bowl when I first fill it and put it down. After that, they prefer the water left over in the tub from our showers. In the interest of better cat hydration and accident avoidance, we ordered a Cat It water fountain which got here last night. The slight hum you can hear in the video is the water fountain; it's very quiet and the water doesn't make any noise. We put it in the bathroom since the floor in there is slate tile. The boys can splash away and not ruin anything.
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that's a good idea! maybe we should check into that too
Love that look up Wally gives at the end! How much was this fountain, and where did you order it from?
I got it from Amazon, the link is in the blog. It cost $19.99 (I got the shipping free because I spent enough money).
Oops, must have missed the link before. That's not too awfully much--I'll be interested to hear if you think they actually drink more, or if it's mostly a good toy.
So far, Eddie drinks from it a lot. I haven't seen Wally or Chloe drink yet but they are both more cautious kitties than Eddie is. We got it based on the recommendation of a co-worker of mine who also has three cats. He found this one to be the easiest to clean (he took it apart and put it in the dishwasher).
I chose it also because it didn't have running water that the cats would bat around.
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