Maui the cat has been with us for 6 months now and is still making progress toward total acceptance. When she first came she would not drink much water and in an effort to improve that and keep her system working, Martha searched the web for a solution. She found that cats like a fountain with running water and everyone who wrote about them said their cat just loved it. So I got a bowl and pump / filter and we tried a fountain. It seemed like a nice one but she totally ignored it. Once in awhile she would look at it or sniff near it but she would not touch it. We thought it was too big so we got a commercial one and tried it for a few weeks but had the same result so it was returned. We refused to give up though and kept it full of fresh water and in just the last couple of weeks she has begun to drink from it. She actually might have started sooner than that but we didn't see her do it.
We took her camping again last weekend and once again she behaves differently when we place her in that environment. She is much friendlier and wants to be with us. We are still learning to understand her behavior which sometimes is different from any cat we have ever had.
