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I felt like spending some money, so I bought a Drinkwell Pet Fountain
the weekend before last. I washed it and set it up and Cat was very interested and cautiously investigated it and was soon drinking out of it contentedly. For the next week, she seemed quite comfortable with her new source of water, hardly touching her old water dish at all. Last weekend, I decided to get the "Aqua Garden" accessory for it. (This is a little attachment which holds wheat grass seeds, which are supposed to sprout into wheat grass). Before putting that in, I washed the whole thing as I had initially done and put it back where it belongs. As soon as it was on the floor, she was curiously checking out the reservoir/filter area as I hadn't even put the top back on yet. I had to move her out of the way to replace that and then I sat down to open up the Aqua Garden and install it which only took a few minutes, by which time Cat moved on to other Cat activities. She didn't use it after that I noticed and seemed to be be walking cautiously whenever she went passed it - I though maybe she was just being strange and didn't associate her behaviour with the fountain at all until the next day when she kept doing it and when I moved her from my lap to a spot next to the fountain, it was obvious she was afraid of the thing now. She still seemed curious about it and cautiously approached it, but wouldn't get close enough to touch it. I turned the water-flow down, then removed the "Aqua Garden" and finally just unplugged it altogether. She eventually worked her way up to actually drinking a little from it, but still seems very wary of it. I just changed all the water out of it in case there was some remnant of "Aqua Garden" smell that was bothering her. While I was doing this, I set the Aqua Garden on the counter to test her reaction to it. Somewhat cautiously (but not nearly as cautious as she was towards the fountain), she moved it around on the counter with her paw and I took it back so she wouldn't knock it to the floor. After changing the water, she cautiously approached and nudged the cord, but didn't drink or even sniff at the water. Just wondering if anyone has experiences with these things or any idea on what's spooked her. I don't believe it gave her a shock as I believe I would have noticed her reaction since I was quite near the fountain from the time I washed it to the time she seemed to become wary about it. I've contacted Drinkwell's customer service with a similar version of this post to see what they have to say. |
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