I found out on his first day here, that Dallas likes to drink water by dunking his entire paw in the water bowl and then licking the drops off the top of his paw. Now, it's fine if he wants to put litter dust etc. in his own water bowl and then drink it, but the others are having to put up with this also. I added a second bowl to give them a better chance of clean water, but the moment I put it down, he dunked his paw in it. I've never seen a cat do this before. I've seen them tap at the water, I've seen them drop felt mice in the water bowl, but never plunge their whole paw inside. I thought he had problems with the first water bowl being dark ceramic so made the second one glass, it didn't make any difference.

Do you think a water fountain will give the other cats a better chance at getting clean water? I remember a discussion about them but can't remember which were most highly recommended. Don't some of them have a small bowl at the top and a larger one at the bottom? So, he could dunk in the lower one and they could get clean water from the top? Or would the sediment he puts in the water bowl recycle itself to the top bowl? I don't keep small appliances plugged in when I'm away from the house, would that create a problem?

Any other suggestions on getting clean water to the cats?