I had been told before that I should get my kittens a water fountain so I was very excited to give this one a try. I had it plugged in and running for about 2 weeks or so but noticed my babies weren't as interested in it as I thought they would be. They seemed to still want to drink water out of their water bowls and drank the normal amount they always have so just this week I decided to just unplug the fountain. I will have to open up the fountain to see if it needs cleaning or a change of filter because it started making a funny noise recently and it was starting to really annoy me.