Long-haired cream and ginger tabby cat sitting upright with golden eyes looking up, on a soft cream background — the kind of cat that watches its water fountain like television.
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The Ceramic Fountain

A water bowl that earns its counter space.

Pioneer Pet's white ceramic raindrop fountain — 60oz of dishwasher-safe stoneware, a quiet pump, and a replaceable charcoal filter that keeps the water moving. The kind of cat fountain that doesn't look like a cat fountain. Looks like a stoneware piece on the counter; works like the reason your cat suddenly drinks more water.

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Most cat fountains are plastic, ugly, and loud. This one is dishwasher-safe ceramic stoneware. White. Quiet. The Raindrop is the original Pioneer Pet ceramic — they have been making it for over a decade, and it shows. The tower-and-bowl design pulls water through a charcoal filter so what your cat is drinking is genuinely cleaner than what is sitting in a bowl. And because it is ceramic, it doesn't get the slimy biofilm that plastic fountains develop within a week.

Ceramic is heavier than plastic — full it weighs around 8 pounds, so pick its spot before you fill it. Pump cleaning matters; once a month, take it apart and rinse the impeller or you will get reduced flow. If you have multiple cats, the 60oz Raindrop is fine for two; three or more, look at the larger Big Max ceramic. And one quiet truth: cats with kidney disease really do drink more from a fountain than a bowl, which is the actual reason vets recommend these.

The kind of object that quietly earns its place.

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