Pet Fountains Worth It.?

[Quadraphinic]

I keep looking at them, and have even had them in the cart a couple of times, but they just don't seem like they are worth the trouble. I'm glad I'm not the only one giving their Yorkie Smart Water. Gina has 2 water bowls, and since I drink Smart Water at home all the time, Gina drinks it as well. We do have one of the bowls with the water bottle that you have to fill up, then attach to the base. With 3 cats, it gets emptied within about 2 to 3 days. I always wash the bowl out, and refill the bottle from the fridges filtered water. Gina will drink from this every now and then, But I think she prefers the Smart Water, in her metal bowls to the other water bowl for the cats.
Cheers Quad

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by mimimomo

I use the water converter from Madan (in my site). I buy the carton of Smartwater from Costco & screw it on, that's it. No mess to clean up, no spilled water. When the bottle is done, I just recycle it & screw on a new one. I always keep fresh water out for them in a stainless bowl, but Mimi prefers not to get her facial hair wet. The only down side to the water converters is that it needs to be attached to a crate, gate or ex-pen.

You can also screw it onto a wall, here's a customer's pic: Attachment 392575
There's a quick release clasp, so the bottle is easy to replace or refill. Since the design of the converter is closed, no bacteria & the water stays clean.

I tried something similar when Callie was in the play pen from her LP surgery and she hated it and would not drink enough water but I wish she did because they don't get so wet and the water stays clean and fresh. Callie can be a bit of a diva sometimes lol

[mimimomo]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

I tried something similar when Callie was in the play pen from her LP surgery and she hated it and would not drink enough water but I wish she did because they don't get so wet and the water stays clean and fresh. Callie can be a bit of a diva sometimes lol

Loll Mimi is the opposite of Callie...she prefers the licker. She will drink from a bowl if she has no choice, but if she did, she'll pick the water converter.

[buffy512]

Thanks. I decided against.
Thanks. I do have a water converter in their crate. I do like that.

[gracielove]

Fountains look nice but if you are not cleaning them out regularly they are just circulating dirty water. Animals use their mouths to drink and many times have food particles on their mouth when they drink so water gets bacteria build up quickly.

Sometimes pets don't drink as much as they should because their water source is contaminated. People may put clean water in but many times they fail to deal with the invisible bacteria build up that their pet is very aware of. Dogs have slimy like mouths to begin with and that goes into the water every time they drink.

I have found that glass water bowls work best for us. They wash up very easily and do not absorb contaminants or odors. We don't cage our pets so we don't use drinking bottles.