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post #31 of 35
8/9/09 at 7:30am
No plastic...ever.

I use human Corelle salad plates for my kitties food and soup bowls for their water. I buy them at our local WalMart.
They are inexpensive, wash well, don't chip and I can clean them in the dishwasher when I run a load through.

Many kitties have an easier time eating on plates rather than bowls...
my guess is that plates are more comfortable on their wide whiskers.
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post #32 of 35
8/12/09 at 12:07pm
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Originally Posted by xocats View Post
Many kitties have an easier time eating on plates rather than bowls...
my guess is that plates are more comfortable on their wide whiskers.
Yes, my vet told me that because of their sensitive whiskers, cats should be fed out wide-mouthed containers.
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post #33 of 35
8/12/09 at 12:10pm
Glass salad dishes for wet food, china (rice) bowls for dry food and cat milk. Ceramic onion soup bowls for water. He's got a Drinkwell, but doesn't really like it.
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post #34 of 35
8/12/09 at 3:05pm
I use plastic for both water and food...The water dishes get washed out every morning and rinsed again at night with fresh water and then their food I use 3 different tupperware dishes one is wide and shallow for Fatman and wide and deep one for GiGi so she cant lay in the dish and Hercules loves square dishes so his food and water are in matching plastic dishes...Ive never had a problem with them and when I see them looking a little worn I throw them out and get new ones. I dont feed them wet food cuz their poo stinks bad and gets runny if I give it to them so they only get moist treats as a snack a couple times a day....well whenever fatman deems its snack time!
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post #35 of 35
8/13/09 at 8:11am
This may seem weird but thanks all who mentioned chin acne--out of curiosity I looked it up and finally solved the mystery of why one of my cats' chin was always so "dirty"! Now I can get some soap for him and take care of it.

Right now I use a 10 lb. plastic gravity feeder for dry food. I have anywhere from 4 to 6 to 11 (at the highest) cats at any time, so I have to have a gravity feeder. I also was using plastic 1 gallon, then 3 gallon gravity water feeders, but I couldn't keep the inside of the jug clean; there was no easy way to clean it with about 1-2 inch openings to the jug. I replaced the 1 gallon with the 3 gallon, but the same thing happened so I had to get rid of that one, too. Right now I'm using this neat water feeder that uses 2-liter soda bottles; it has to be refilled more often, but I don't have to worry about cleanliness now, it's much easier to just get a new bottle. This is also plastic, but it's very smooth, not as porous as my dry feeder.

I don't give my cats wet food often, just as a treat (or when it's time for dewormer), but when I do, I just use our ceramic or glass bowls or saucer plates.

Does anyone know if they make gravity feeders/waterers in something other than plastic? (The bottom part that they actually eat out of, anyway). I didn't know plastic was bad for them, especially now that I know that is probably why my one cat has chin acne.
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