How to buy a Cat Drinking Fountain, a Brief Guide

An adult cat should ingest between 30 and 40 milliliters of fluid per kilogram of body weight per day. If you feed your cat dry food, this daily requirement increases – also on warm summer days or with heated air. Drinking enough is important in many ways: For example, cats can prevent diseases of the urinary tract. A cat fountain encourages your cat to drink with its flowing water. Especially “lazy to drink” animals can usually be well supported with a drinking fountain to consume a sufficient amount of water.

The Benefits of a Cat Fountain

The cat drinking fountain is an accessory that allows you to provide the cat with the water it needs in a completely automated way. Just change the water once or twice a week and it will continue to flow thanks to a small pump and filter to purify the water. 

Going into more detail, the benefits are: 

• The filter present purifies the water and ensures that it remains clean and healthy for the cat. 
• The water is always fresh, the fact of flowing keeps it oxygenated and at a temperature that makes it fresh. Extremely popular with cats.
• It is an extra stimulus for the cat who will be strongly attracted to the flowing water. The same effect that the tap has on the Cat. 
• It consumes very little electricity, some are activated with infrared sensors and consume even less. 
• You don’t have to change the water every day but once a week. So it’s more comfortable for you too.

How to Choose the Fountain for Cats 

Laikapets recommend some important features that you should consider before buying a cat drinking fountain.

The Materials with Which the Cat Drinking is Built

Cat drinking fountains can be made of plastic, stainless steel or ceramic. Obviously, even according to veterinarians, the best ones are those in stainless steel (the most hygienic) or in ceramic. However, they cost significantly more. 

Plastic can be fine, as long as it is BPA-free and therefore non-toxic. To make a comparison, it is the same plastic that is used to store food intended for humans.

Is it Quiet or Noisy?

There is nothing more annoying than having a cat drinking fountain that makes a continuous noise. Now this can be acceptable if it is placed outside. At home, however, it is truly an unbearable noise. In addition, the noise could scare the cat, so I absolutely do not recommend fountains that exceed the noise. 

Is there a Filter System?

The filter system is very important because it prevents the water from getting dirty with hair, food crumbs and other impurities. In addition, the best filters also eliminate flavors and any chemicals present in the water. 

Easy to Disassemble and Clean

As mentioned earlier, the easiest to clean materials are stainless steel and ceramic. In addition to this it is important that the cat waterer is easy to disassemble and clean. 

Plastic can be fine too, just keep in mind that it typically lasts less and that it must be BPA-free plastic. So non-toxic.

Design Matters Too

Last but not least the design that must be at least acceptable, because it is in effect a cabinet that will decorate a part of your home.

Obviously this depends on where you intend to place the fountain. If placed under everyone’s view it is important to buy one that is beautiful to see, otherwise it makes no difference.