How long has it taken for people's cats to use this? I set it up yesterday, and my cat is totally disinterested.
1862151
It took my cats about 2 days. The younger more curious cat used it first then the older cat saw her drinking from it and decided to try it. They both love it now and I love it. It is well worth the money to get a ceramic one!
1862152
I got this for my 2 cats hoping they would like it. One of my cats is fascinated by the dripping water facet, showers tub, etc. but would not touch this fountain and neither would my second cat.
1862153
My cat came running as soon as I set it up and started drinking from it within 10 minutes
1862154
I think the noise is initially off putting. My cats walked away but I did not offer an alternative. The next day one by one each found their favorite spot on the fountain to drink. I can't say I notice them drinking more than before as yet. I do keep it full which slightly cuts down on noise. Hope this helps.
1862155
Mine used it immediately. He doesn't like standing water, it has to flow to get his attention. Your cats may be different or need time to warm up to it.
1862156
It my cats seemed at first uninterested in it too, but they started to use it after about a day. It's funny, I thought, if I didn't want them messing with it, they would have been totally interested in it.
1970328
I have the same issue with one of my cats. Did you buy this and has it worked for you ?
530044
Absolutely! And when I set mine up, my old cat thought it was a trick. I just left down a wall and let her get use to it. She has been in it everyday after a week or so introducing it to her.
1919483
That's a common problem, see the other reviews. I had the same issue. It would feed my cat successfully, at BEST, maybe 70% of the time. A lot of the time it would get to one minute before a scheduled feeding, then switch to 12:00AM, no matter what time it was, and the cat would go hungry unless we manually fed her anyway (which defeats the purpose.) A lot of the time when it did turn on at the right time, the motor would run, but no food would come out. This is a terrible, terrible product! 80% of the reviews are bad ones. If you can still return this item, DO SO!!! If you go on a trip and leave it with an animal, they WILL go hungry. That's a common problem, see the other reviews. I had the same issue. It would feed my cat successfully, at BEST, maybe 70% of the time. A lot of the time it would get to one minute before a scheduled feeding, then switch to 12:00AM, no matter what time it was, and the cat would go hungry unless we manually fed her anyway (which defeats the purpose.) A lot of the time when it did turn on at the right time, the motor would run, but no food would come out. This is a terrible, terrible product! 80% of the reviews are bad ones. If you can still return this item, DO SO!!! If you go on a trip and... » Read More That's a common problem, see the other reviews. I had the same issue. It would feed my cat successfully, at BEST, maybe 70% of the time. A lot of the time it would get to one minute before a scheduled feeding, then switch to 12:00AM, no matter what time it was, and the cat would go hungry unless we manually fed her anyway (which defeats the purpose.) A lot of the time when it did turn on at the right time, the motor would run, but no food would come out. This is a terrible, terrible product! 80% of the reviews are bad ones. If you can still return this item, DO SO!!! If you go on a trip and leave it with an animal, they WILL go hungry. « Show Less
1817444
My cat did the samething and then he stopped using his box all together. What I have found is do you have more then one litter box? I have just the one cat and he has three, some cats are very picky about where they do there business so by adding another litter box that can help. THIS STUFF WORKS!! Like i said my cat wasnt using his at all and now I have no more problems. Its worth it.
264324
Interesting question... We have a cat but I've never had issue to use it. I can only say that I will try it for that situation should it happen.
744761
A couple of days.....it depends on how many animals you have using it. I have 2 cats. The noise isn't too loud or bothersome.
890258
Here is an idea; it worked for me. Get your vacuum cleaner and push it up against the door INSIDE the room with you. Plug it into a power strip, so that when you switch the switch, the vacuum turns on. (This keeps you from having to find the switch on the vacuum in the middle of the night when you hear your cat scratching.) As soon as you hear the scratching, flip the switch and let it run for a few seconds. They HATE vacuums. It's in the kitty manifesto as a kitty sucker!
465404
My cats went right down the middle on choosing. Some of them switched immediately; others prefer the regular litter in the other room. Both get used. At my office, I tried to get them all to switch, and I was unsuccessful. At the office, as at home, some use the Genie and some use their regular litter boxes.
2270314
When I first used this litter I used it by itself through the first changing of the litter to get the full effect of the product and to get my cat used to the smell and going back to the litter box. After the next litter changing I mixed the litter with a little bit of the litter that I previously used. My cat still continued to use the litter box. I kept mixing my previous litter with the cat attract litter until it was gone. My cat continued to use the litterbox and started using regular litter. I hope it works for you.
68472
HI, was not for me, but may be for some cats. Mine, jumped in and did their thing... Love it when they walz in house from outdoors and go to the litter box. I pick their little butts up and put them back OUTSIDE!!! LOL
1111429
I have neighbor cats that don't seem to mind. Since I can't hear the frequency it sends out, I really don't know if they hear or not. Don't point it at your house/where cats are, instead point in direction of the problem animals and AWAY from your home. I understand some animals effected and some are not....( just like people ) :)
465407
we had one cat that refused to use it at first. we set up our genie in the upstairs bathroom where the original litterbox was and put the original in a different location all together. he still used that for a couple weeks eventually we had to take his option away to make him use his new litterbox. he finally got used to it. we love it. he prefers it without the hood though we found.
761200
It did not for mine, though it has made him more social. This is more of a maintenance supplement that helps the cat over time. You have to give it to them 20 to 30 days before you begin to see any real difference.
1873915
Depending on how many cats you have . If it is only one cat, then you have to empty or exchange the container with the dirty litter every other day even every 2 days. If you have two cats it needs to be cleaned everyday. I would check in a pet store first and then buy online due to the better price!!! I love it no problems with it. Hope I could help you
2209276
I have 2 cats ... neither of them would touch them. In fact one of them smelled it and ran away.
1838906
Our cat was doing the same for a while, but then one day heavy rain started and he had to dart in. We now switched to a microchip Petporte door, but it also took our cat probably a month to get used to it. We also noticed that he goes in and out all right when we are not at home. If he knows that we are at home, he "checks in" at the cat door and then goes to the human door to be let in. Cats like it when people open doors for them.