Catit Pixi cat fountain review

Pets at Home listed the fountain at £36 on 2 November 2026. That's the smaller part of the sum over time, because the filters keep coming.

I haven't run one. This review comes from the Pets at Home listing, Catit's filter page and zooplus.co.uk's filter listing, and the score is my opinion of what they say.

The filter sum

Catit says to replace the filter every 30 days for best results. That's 12 a year, near enough. zooplus.co.uk listed a pack of 6 at £10.09 on 2 November 2026 for a one-time delivery, so two packs cost £20.18 a year.

zooplus's own instructions are stricter, at every three to four weeks, and sooner with several cats. On a three-week change you'd need 18 filters, or 3 packs at £30.27. The Pets at Home listing says replacement filters are sold separately and shows no price for them.

So a first year runs to about £56 on Catit's schedule: £36 plus £20.18, at the price read on 2 November 2026. It comes with one filter, which saves you a month. Cats Protection, undated, puts food and water bowls at £10 to £20 as a set-up cost, and a bowl never asks for a filter.

What you're buying

The tank holds 2.5 litres. It stands 19.5 cm high, 21.5 cm wide and 20.5 cm deep, per Pets at Home. Power: Mains powered. So you need a socket near a spot on the floor. The listing is firm about the floor: no tables, no countertops, indoors only.

The design has one idea I like. The nose and whiskers are a backlit window for the water level. The listing says the LED flashes red when the water is low and stays red when it's out, and the pump stops when it runs dry. For a device you'll forget about between refills, that's the feature doing real work.

The filter has three parts on zooplus's description: wadding fabric for particles, activated carbon for impurities and odours, and resin to soften tap water. Those are the store's words. I've seen no test of any of it.

The listing also makes a health claim about running water and cats. I'm leaving that one out. If you have a concern about how much your cat drinks, that's a question for your vet, and a fountain isn't the answer to it.

The cleaning

Plan on a weekly job. Pets at Home's care notes say to unplug it, empty it, lift the top by its stick, take out the pump, wipe away slime, rinse every part and rinse the filter without soap. The stainless top can go in the dishwasher for limescale, and it warns that the edges can be sharp.

The page then trips over itself. Its care section says to clean the pump at least once every 2 months. Its safety section says to take the pump apart on a biweekly basis. I'd go with the shorter one, because the longer gap isn't what the warnings say, but I'd like Pets at Home to sort that out.

Who shouldn't buy it

Kittens and small cats. The listing says "Adult cats & large cats" and rules out the rest, with no weight or age to go on. That's an irritating gap for a cat at 3 kg, and if yours is near the line I'd use the page's advice as a no. A bigger cat should be fine on the listing's terms.

Anyone wanting cordless should look elsewhere. The PetLibro Dockstream holds the same 2.5 litres, runs on a Rechargeable battery, 30-day life and costs £79 on the same date. Its page asks for a new filter every 2 weeks, which is 26 a year to the Pixi's 12. I didn't find a price for those, so I can't total it.

How much the buyer score tells you

Pets at Home shows 3 out of 5 from 2 reviews, one at 4 stars and one at 2. Two reviews tell you nothing, so I've ignored them in the score.

My 6.9 rests on a clear schedule, the shut-off and the dry-run warning, and it loses points on the extra costs, the weekly strip-down and the muddled pump advice.

You can compare it with the others in automatic feeders and fountains, or see where a fountain fits in the first-year cat kit.