M-PETS Altan Drinking Fountain - 3 L

M-PETS Altan Drinking Fountain is a powered drinking fountain: a 3 litre reservoir with a pump that keeps the water moving over a perforated dome.

Key Features

• 3 litres, printed on the carton as 3 L and 101.4 fl oz
• A pump, which means a cable and a socket - this is the one product in the M-PETS water range that plugs in
• Carbon filter, which M-PETS say takes out impurities and improves the taste
• M-PETS describe the pump as quiet
• Sized for cats and dogs both, with two french bulldogs on the box

Good To Know

• Moving water persuades a lot of cats to drink more, which is the real reason to own one. It is a nudge, not a treatment - if your cat has a urinary or kidney problem, that belongs with your vet.
• Strip it down and wash it once a week, filter out. A fountain that is never taken apart grows a slime film inside the pump housing where you cannot see it.
• Never run the pump dry. Topping it up is a daily job, and a pump left running in an empty bowl burns out.
• Filters are a running cost, not a one-off. Change the carbon filter on the maker's schedule; a filter left in past its date does less than no filter at all.