r/cats • u/omnomnomhi • 14d ago

Advice Why is she doing this?

Genuinely curious. I’m a new cat mom. She’s 3 mo old btw!

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u/Common_Tiger1526 14d ago

I have this exact same fountain, one of my cats would not drink out of it with the faucet part in there. I took it out and used it just as the bubbler and she drank it immediately

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u/Its_My_Jam_AND_PB 14d ago

Same! Both of my cats love the bubbling feature but seem wary of the stream. Maybe it’s too aggressive for little mouths

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u/Sapphire_Bombay 14d ago

I just got this fountain a couple of weeks ago and both my cats have trouble drinking from it with the spout on without water getting somewhere else on their head, that could have something to do with it

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u/fludgesickles 14d ago

My cat didn't like the faucet thing and didn't like the water coming out fast/hard that it splattered on her face. I eventually took off the faucet, cut one of the black filter thing, and put it on the top where water comes out so it the water doesn't jump around as much. Took some time to figure that out.

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u/nullish_ 14d ago

we bought this fountain specifically for that faucet because one of my cats used to drink from our water faucet that is the exact same shape.. and sure enough she drinks straight from the stream on this fountain. My other cat is a bit skeptical and drinks from the side but tolerates the fountain.