To stop him drinking out of the toilet (he leaves dirty footprints everywhere) I have to fill up a glass and leave it on the side. He'll happily drink out of that. I still try him with a bowl though....no luck.
I bought a fountain for my last cat and it was really quite noisy. Is this one pretty quiet?
Frankie drips from a dripping tap in the kitchen and a leaking stop-cock thing in the bathroom - he likes drinking out of the bath tap too but if he gets wet he isn't a very happy cat.
Princess Merlin the Stupid uses the bowl of water though.
Yeah Sophie seems quite a popular name for cats and dogs. I think people names (especially blokes names) for pets are rather funny, our new Jack Russel puppy is called Geoff!