My cat won’t drink water from any other source. Most of the time the water gets left running all the time. How much does that cost me? Here is a website with an answer. The water has to stream out of the faucet, dripping won’t do. I estimate that it is running for a minimum of 6 hours per day. (Sometimes it is on all night, most times a few hours a day) I went to the sink that we always use for the cat and turned it on. I then measured the time it took to fill an 8 oz cup. (30 seconds) The magic number is 45 gallons a day. This is equal to 1100 Gallons a month or 20% of my total usage. Oops! Sure, that only costs me a few dollars month but what a waste. If I take 20% of my water and sewer bill I get $6. $72 a year.
My solution. The Drinkwell® Platinum
Supposedly, it uses only 2 watts of power to operate. (1.4 kWhrs / month, $0.14 / month) This cost is far superior to the cost of water. The filter needs replaced every two months. At a cost of a little over two dollars. That is eqaul to only a dollar a month for filters. Here is a biggest reason to just the drinkwell. THE CAT WILL STOP BOTHERING ME FOR WATER! That alone makes is a good purchase. I don’t think I can get it soon enough.
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February 28, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Misty Johnson
I’ve developed another solution/product to meet this need. My 19-year old cat loves to drink out of the sink but can’t get to it anymore. He also wouldn’t use a pet fountain.
I invented the patent-pending “Sink Drink for Cats(TM)”. It attaches to a standard 15/16″ faucet aerator using an o-ring (no plumbing required, it’s fast and easy to install or remove).
Four out of four cats in my house now use it!
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March 6, 2011 at 12:40 am
Mystique the Kitty
We use the Drinkwell fountain and the cats love it, they took to it right away. @ Misty I looked at your product and I considered it, although I bought the drinkwell the cats still on occasion like to drink from the sink, so I might go ahead and pick one up anyway.
@indiansolar those few dollars sure add up where I live 72.00 is a month and a half almost of water.