What type of bowls do you use???

Originally Posted by Allmycats

HOWEVER, anyone know if there's any harm in refrigerating something in stainless steel and then feeding it again? (same day only). I remember years ago my mother told me never to put a can in the refrigerator, always transfer food to another container before refrigerating. Will the food react to something in the steel? I put a plastic lid on the cans of cat food, is that any different?
I would LOVE to find some sort of ceramic cat plate/bowl that has a plastic lid to fit! Maybe I should invent it

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I used to be told that as well about cans. After a bit of research, it does appear that most aluminum cans are now treated on the inside to reduce the reaction of the food with the can. The most concern is with highly acidic foods (citrus fruits, tomatoes), and most of it appears to be a taste issue, moreso than a long term health issue. Another concern seems to be that covering a can is usually not "air tight", which can contribute to spoilage of food and increased reactions.

Storing cat food in cans seems to be fine. If I recall, the insides of all the cans I have used have always had a coating on the inside anyway. I always use airtight lids that are made for cans.

As for stainless steel, short term storage seems to be fine, from a google search. It seems that companies are beginning to develop lines of stainless steel storable containers.

Corelle cereal bowls for eating and drinking. One very large heavy ceramic bowl with water for the dog (which the cats like drinking from in the kitchen).

After an acne breakout we switched over to stainless steel.

The water bowls are a small dog size, and the food bowls hold bout 3/4-1cup of food.

So far, no more acne

Stainless steel from the dollar store. I have about a dozen of them so they go into the dishwasher after each use. I don't use ceramic because the glaze can get cracks and scratches and hold bacteria the same as the plastic dishes.

Stainless steel bowls here. We were using small glass ones, but when we added wet to the diet, they were too difficult to eat out of. On top of that when his mouth was at it's worst, Cotton seemed to be associating 'bad' with his bowl, so new food bowls it was. So far I'm happy with the stainless - easy to clean, the cats love the fct that they're wider, and they're non-slip so they don't end up half-way accross the kitchen at night.

I use Durapet stainless steel bowls. They have a rubberized ring on the outside of the bottom so they don't slip around at all. They also clean easy too. I use a 2" height one for their dry and a shallow bowl for their wet. I got them petfooddirect.com for reasonable prices.

They have their own people plates for their raw food, wet, and dry. However they have plastic waterers because there are so many cats that i can't manage to keep enough water available for them otherwise.

Stainless steel bowls for meal time. Easy to clean, hygenic and don't break. Catit drinking fountain for water.

Originally Posted by lovemykitty3

I use Durapet stainless steel bowls. They have a rubberized ring on the outside of the bottom so they don't slip around at all. They also clean easy too. I use a 2" height one for their dry and a shallow bowl for their wet. I got them petfooddirect.com for reasonable prices.

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I got these as well - from the dollar store. I got about a dozen so there are at least 6 in the dishwasher at any one time.

Originally Posted by Kimberleigh

Stainless steel bowls for meal time. Easy to clean, hygenic and don't break. Catit drinking fountain for water.

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The kits love our CatIt fountain.

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.

Originally Posted by xocats

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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Yes, my vet told me that because of their sensitive whiskers, cats should be fed out wide-mouthed containers.

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.

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!

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.