#but people always suggest fountains for cats who dont drink enough

[alannah-corvaine]

I envy people whose cats can cohabitate peacefully with water fountains.

I have a pair of littermates (3m + 3f) who are the King and Queen of Trouble, and while they will happily drink out of a fountain with no hesitation, they also can't be trusted to be alone with it for more than 30 seconds before all the water ends up on the floor. To them, it is first and foremost a Toy™️ to be played with, any benefits to their drinking habits are purely coincidental and unimportant to them.

All attempts to curb this behavior have led to sopping wet floors and a permanent ban on future attempts to reintroduce fountains into my home.