I've never heard of a free standing water bottle, personally, but have you thought about those cat watering fountains? It's a bowl, w/ a water tank on the back, & a continual stream of water comes out into the bowl. You plug them in. While we don't have one for our ferrets, we *do* have one for our cat, & she loves it. We ordered it through the Drs Foster & Smith catalogue, but other places carry them, as well. Just a thought ~ Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, & Puck To email me back, take out everything from "K" to "2" [Posted in FML issue 5057]