not, especially when we are so good at picking things up for the cats.

lol scottsweep has a point.

My Siamese gets ornery when the water is not fresh. 5 minutes old = not fresh for him.

That's why we have a fountain, scottsweep.

my cats dance around in the fountain. They looooove water. It makes a mess in the kitchen.

we have a fountain, but it went away when my daughter became mobile.

understandably...

Crap. I didn't even think of that. Without a fountain, my cats make a horrible mess by scooping out water.

however the CatGenie is well worth it now that they've started using it

What the heck will I do when DS becomes mobile?!

FunkyDung improvise - we couldn't leave it upstairs because of child and not in basement due to dust, so we have a water bowl on top step