I really don't know what to say to help you. My Sunny loves to bat the water out of the water bowls too but not as bad as your cat. I thought he'd out grow it but he's now 8 years old and he still does it. I've been putting my water bowls inside of clean litter boxes for years now to help with the water mess. I used to have a drinkwell fountain but then he decided to play with it one day and he got a lot of water every where so that was the end of that. Good luck.