On 7/14/2014 6:10 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 7/13/2014 12:06 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> The unit needs to be cleaned weekly. There are instructions. I've had
>>> cat fountains too. I cleaned those too.
>>
>> I had a cat fountain for years. When Persia was young she used to
>> drink out of the bathroom faucet when I was brushing my teeth. I
>> didn't want to spit toothpaste on her head. A fountain with running
>> water seemed like a good idea, and yes, she loved it.
>>
>> A couple of years ago I finally got sick of taking it apart every week
>> and cleaning it. All those nooks a crannies! Not good unless you're
>> talking about an English muffin! The filters weren't cheap,
>> either. Besides, she was no longer fascinated by running water. So I
>> bought a deep ceramic pet-food bowl which serves as her water dish.
>> She's perfectly content with it.
>
> They are a PITA. I had to get rid of ours because Jetta has a plastic
> allergy. Even the metal and ceramic ones have plastic parts in them.
> Plastic gives her an itchy chin which I have been told would progress to
> pimples but I nipped it in the bud by taking away the fountain and
> replacing all of their dishes.
>
Yes, plastic can give cats chin acne. I guess it never affected Persia
because she was always drinking from the clean recycled running water,
rather than having to put her face down where it could touch the basin.

> The cats did love the fountain though. When we had Bali, she would go
> just short of a nervous breakdown whenever I had to clean the fountain.
> She loved it that much!

Persia loved it for a few years but it was no big deal when took it away
and replaced it with a deep ceramic pet food bowl.

Jill