How many of you use elevated and tilted bowls to feed your cats? Which ones do you like and not like?
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Elevated & Tilted bowls
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We use one that's not available anymore.. we got it in 2020. It's a plastic base and two clear plastic bowls that are deep.
Cal will use the deep bowls as a game and use his feet to pull kibble out. The base yellowed in the sun so that's not great. The clear bowls come off the plate and if I put them on backwards it gives a gentler tilt which my cats prefer. The clear bowls are the perfect shape to hold their saucers which is how I actually use the bowl most often. It raises their saucers and the saucers don't cause whisker fatigue.
We got another raised bowl not tilted which has metal saucers and I like it better.
My cats still prefer to eat literally off the floor so useless purchases all around. If Magnus is a bit nauseous the height is better for him if I just use the cardboard bottom from the wet food cases.
We want to try these ones: Amazon.ca
But again I think the bowls will be too deep.
Cal will use the deep bowls as a game and use his feet to pull kibble out. The base yellowed in the sun so that's not great. The clear bowls come off the plate and if I put them on backwards it gives a gentler tilt which my cats prefer. The clear bowls are the perfect shape to hold their saucers which is how I actually use the bowl most often. It raises their saucers and the saucers don't cause whisker fatigue.
We got another raised bowl not tilted which has metal saucers and I like it better.
My cats still prefer to eat literally off the floor so useless purchases all around. If Magnus is a bit nauseous the height is better for him if I just use the cardboard bottom from the wet food cases.
We want to try these ones: Amazon.ca
But again I think the bowls will be too deep.
Amazon.com
By far,best purchases I've ever made on amazon!
The big one is perfect for my cat Maggie since she is tall.peaches is messy and hopefully this will help her eating
By far,best purchases I've ever made on amazon!
The big one is perfect for my cat Maggie since she is tall.peaches is messy and hopefully this will help her eating
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I'd start out by experimenting with various items around the house - books, other dishes turned upside down, etc. It will give you an idea what height your cat(s) prefer. The tilting can come later after you see what the elevation does.
Also they are stainless steel! I kept dropping the ceramic
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So I starting think about this and browsing on Amazon when I suddenly remembered some elevated stands I had my dad make for me many years ago. These were specifically for the water bowls. I had stopped using them and they were stored away. I retrieved them and put them back to use. I put the shorter one with the water bowl and the taller one with the food bowl. The water is not tilted but the food is. For now, I just used a plastic case for some cheater glasses to achieve the tilt. Bella has no problems using either bowl.
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I use these: Whisker City® Elevated Ceramic Cat Bowl | cat Elevated Stands | PetSmart
Mainly because they were cheap and available, and they ticked all the boxes - shallow, tilted, and elevated. I got them for my arthritic old cat. I like them fine, but the capacity is very small. I have to refill the water several times a day.
I haven't noticed much difference in which my cats prefer. I have regular bowls of food and water in the kitchen. My able-bodied cats will use either bowls and the old cat will also use the regular bowls if she happens through the kitchen.
Mainly because they were cheap and available, and they ticked all the boxes - shallow, tilted, and elevated. I got them for my arthritic old cat. I like them fine, but the capacity is very small. I have to refill the water several times a day.
I haven't noticed much difference in which my cats prefer. I have regular bowls of food and water in the kitchen. My able-bodied cats will use either bowls and the old cat will also use the regular bowls if she happens through the kitchen.
I use this:
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I put her regular food bowl into the stainless steel bowl. I don't put the food right into the stainless steel bowl.
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I put her regular food bowl into the stainless steel bowl. I don't put the food right into the stainless steel bowl.
One reason I no longer use ceramic is cat acne! More likely to happen with ceramic
Oh you had can acne for ceramic! Interesting. I thought plastic was the most likely culprit.
I had issues when the dish soap I was using. Odd how finiky that issue can be.
That was my vets assumption and I have read about it
I hadn't heard of ceramic as a culprit, either. Daisy started to get a hint of it when I was using a plastic spoon for her Osmolax (she drinks it out of the mixing spoon most of the time, no syringe needed). I switched to an old metal spoon and she no longer gets it. Phoebe has it permanently, presumably because of her dodgy immune system.
I was looking for elevated bowls for them a while ago but didn't see any I wanted to try (the range here is pretty limited). They eat from a couple of china bowls from Vinnie's. I only went to bowls instead of saucers because they're such a pair of grots and spread their kibble all over the floor!
Interesting. I switched from china because visual disability makes me clumsy. I got sick of cleaning up broken china. I am using plastic though with no issues of cat acne since I returned to dawn dishsoap
Ah cats. There's always so many factors.
Ah cats. There's always so many factors.
BTW, my cat peaches has not thrown up her pate at all i am so excited about that
I have a large supply of these and use a new bowl for each cat for each meal. I have a small stand they fit in so they are elevated about 3 inches (but not tilted).
Matte Stainless Steel Cat & Dog Dish Bowl - Silver - 13.2oz - Boots & Barkley™
Matte Stainless Steel Cat & Dog Dish Bowl - Silver - 13.2oz - Boots & Barkley™
