jAbout a year ago, we switched to one of those water bowls that circulates and filters the water. So it has like a little water fall AND motor noise! When we first got it the cat was the only one brave enough to go near it. He just walked right up to it, kneeled down, and drank like he'd been doing it all his life! (gotta love cats) Ginger just barked at it and kept running away every time it made a noise. Kirby lay down about three foot away and stared at the water longingly. I thought, great $40 bucks to make their life better, and they are afraid
...very often the way it goes around here
(but that's another thread)
So, I sat the old comfortable water dish about a 3 feet away. Then 2 feet, one foot, etc. Eventually (a few days later), I just took it away. They've been drinking out of the waterfall one ever since.
Ginger doesn't even drink out of the bowl, she uses the fountain!
Maddie's so smart, she'll get it! (maybe you could borrow a cat who could show her the way
LOL)