OH THANK GOD! I had thought we were the only lunatics with one of those. Cookie drinks from it beautifully. Mon will if there is no one around to turn a tap on, but more often splashes in it until she has made a puddle, then sits in the puddle. We think she watched too many documentaries about ducks when she was at the cushy pound. And dogs -- she likes to play fetch with wool balls. Strange cat!