Quote Originally Posted by GreyhoundGirl
Do you have to plug it in? Do they trip over the wire? Isn't having electric water appliances dangerous?

I could buy a simpler one for $10 next time I'm in town... but I like how that one filters... When Jenny drinks she usually drops a lot of hair and mud in the bowl.
Yes, it gets plugged in. It's right next to the wall so they don't trip over the wires. I was going to get one that didn't plug in - all you did is fill this big jug with water and tip it over into the holder and the water would come out. However, Cosmo has a tendancy to knock anything with liquid over.

I can't have a flower vase - Cosmo knocks it over.
I can't have a humidifier - Cosmo knocks it over.
If I have a drink, I have to watch it - cause Cosmo will knock it over.

He's obsessed with liquid.

But with the automatic waterer I have, he can't see the little jug of water because it's built into the machine and there is a cover to hide it, so he just drinks from it - doesn't try to tip it over.

The wires are constructed so that it never touches the water. It's pretty safe.