Bath time chaos

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I've been waiting for a new fountain to arrive but it's taking a while, so with all three moulting I thought I should set the old one up again. Yuki dived straight in so must have felt he needed it. Even Indie took his first ever bath that I've seen.




Even Munchy, who rarely bathes and hates water falling on him, wanted in on the action. So I was holding him close to the fountain, but every time he stepped onto it Yuki would come down to investigate, which then meant Indie came down to keep Munchy away from Yuki.

So Munchy ended up having a bath on my hands under the tap in the bathroom sink.

[tweetiepiesmom]

That's so funny!!! Who's the white one? He seems to have taken ownership of that bath! I love watching when they get all fluffed up in the bath.

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That's Yuki. He likes to get into whatever anyone else is doing, even if he's not really interested in it himself.

[blue48]

Once again find myself looking at fountains on Amazon, but at over £20 I'd hate to buy one and they never use it 🤔

[jellybean]

@sillycat84, I've been thinking for a while now of getting one for the boys, can I ask which one you've bought, there are so many to choose from.

Also what's wrong with the one you have, the boys look to be enjoying it 😀

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I know what you mean, blue48. I had a complete water baby when I got mine.

There's nothing wrong with it, jellybean, other than the fact that it's plastic and Yuki tends to leave poops in it, so I get concerned about being able to keep it properly cleaned.

I had ordered a stainless steel one, but I've cancelled my order and ordered a multi-level ceramic one. Hopefully that will keep them from pushing each other out.

[willowsmum]

Fantastic video @sillycat84 , they are enjoying themselves so much

We have the same fountain, bought from Amazon. The price seems to go up and down a fair bit, I think it cost about £12 when we bought it. I don't use the filter in it and just set it up for bathtime every few days before washing and drying it to store between baths. I did find that the flower head wasn't high enough for a bud to move around beneath it so I put an elastic band around the base in order to raise it slightly, not sure if you needed to do the same @sillycat84 or if your bath is slightly different, there seems to be a few designs out there. The multi level ceramic bath sounds very posh - can't wait to hear how that goes.


blue48 Willow goes crazy at the sound of running water, in fact even when he bathes in a bowl he likes you to pour water over him from a bit of a height so I suspected the fountain would be a winner and it was. I know what you mean though, it's a lot to pay if it's not going to be used and there's not much else you can do with it!

[jellybean]

Unless you have a dog, or a cat, as that really is, it's intended purpose 😂😂

[Morgan]

jellybean - I’ve actually seen them advertised for birds now on Amazon! It’s kinda awesome xD

[lemonora]

That’s so cute, we actually have one but the flower is shorter that they can’t go under it easily, did you modify it or is it another model?

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We bought a piece of pipe to make it taller.

[lemonora]

Feb 5, 2021 9:44:54 GMT @sillycat84 said:

We bought a piece of pipe to make it taller.

Thank you very much 👍 we will definitely do that 🙂