cat bowls?

chocdonuty

What does everyone use for feeding their moggys?
I usually use wilkos plastic cat bowls but recently have tried feeding the wet food on a side plate and it seems more food is being eaten as its not left in tne bowls but some does tend to slip off onto the mat, I have found however that it stays put better as molly tends to scratch at the mat and the plastic bowls end up all over the place :eek:
Two of my cats eat the wet and so share the plate, ollie sticks to dry, so what do other cat owners use and is there a better option? I need new bowls so just wondered what was best, thanks, chocdonuty.

Dimey

I use a few pottery dishes with rims about an inch high that I alternate for the wet food. And I have a couple of plastic dishes that used to be on timers, for the dry food.

I don't bother with the timers now as I stay at home now.

I have been thinking about buying one of those dishes on a stand so my old boy doesn't have to bend down anymore. Might help his arthritis.

VoucherMan

For wet food I use pottery bowls like Dimey.


For dry it all goes into a Catit Senses Food Maze. I've been using it, or rather they've been using it, since the vet suggested they could do with losing a bit of weight. Haven't lost any yet, but not put any more on either.

Pollycat

My old boy used to eat his dinner off Denby Shiraz dessert bowls (but only because I'd bought them cheap. )

He was a very messy eater - got his nose in like a pig in a trough - and anything with no weight to it ended up across the kitchen floor.

Better_Days

We use the ceramic bowls. They are glazed so don't really scratch like plastic and are easy to clean. They also don't move around so much when kitty is eating.

They are pretty robust. We use the shallow ones (which I think I bought for the bunnies originally) so the edges don't brush kitties whiskers as much.

Edited to add, I think the ceramic bowls are less likely to retain odours from food and cleaning than plastic.

lisajane8482

I use wide low sided pottery dishes for Salem's dry food (one of them is a square flan dish, the other a cat grass dish) and Gizmo has shallow steel dishes for his raw food. I've tried a variety of dishes for them both (and spent a small fortune) until I found what suited them best.

gunsandbanjos

I use pottery bowls too, think they are made by Mason Cash, I use shallow ones for wet and dry food and a deep one for water.

CaptainAmerica

Mine don't really care what kind of vessel their food is presented in as long as it's presented at 5pm sharp!!!!

balletshoes

I use the heavy ceramic dishes with low edges like Dimey, but for water (as both cats I've had seem to like standing on the edges of the plastic bowls to tip the water everywhere).

I just use plastic bowls for food (my cat gets dry mainly, mixed with the occasional half-pouch of wet). He doesn't attempt to tip over the food dish, but yes, a mat is always a good idea under the dishes.

CaptainAmerica

balletshoes wrote: »

(as both cats I've had seem to like standing on the edges of the plastic bowls to tip the water everywhere).

My 4yr old Siamese, (before he had to go to cat heaven ) used to lap water from the edge of his water bowl, flicking the majority of it on the floor rather than in his mouth!!

Faith177

CaptainAmerica wrote: »

Mine don't really care what kind of vessel their food is presented in as long as it's presented at 5pm sharp!!!!

Bit like my hoard at 21:30 :rotfl:

They have actually taken to sitting in the window between my kitchen and front room and tapping the glass if I miss the alloted time.

Mine have the plastic double bowl cheap from Asda. Dry in one side wet in the other and they seem quite happy