What do you feed your cats on?

[tobykitten]

I use a towel for my dog (She even knows "Keep it on your mat") but for Toby, because his food (ground H-T mixes) is so wet (and it's important to me it stay wet) I use these rubbermaid square plates.  I like them because they're really shallow so food can be spread around, but have a lip on them that prevents kitty from dragging food out of it. They're pretty easy to wash.

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• tobykitten
• Jun 26, 2013

What do you feed your cat on?

 

[andrya]

l give mine raw too, so they need a lip to catch the juices. They like shallow dishes though.

These are the shallowest dishes l could find, so l got 6 (3 cats).

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l like that they're stainless steel, but don't like that they're not stamped with country of origin. That often influences my purchases on items coming into contact with food.

 

[harleydiva]

i'm lazy....don't want to wash 6 dishes 2 or 3 times a day in addition to the freezer containers.  I feed in the little paper "french fry trays".....I use the 6oz ones which are shallow and big enough not to interfere with whiskers.  Feed.....then throw them away.

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• harleydiva
• Mar 24, 2013

 

[pinkman]

View media item 165611l like that they're stainless steel, but don't like that they're not stamped with country of origin. That often influences my purchases on items coming into contact with food.

These are the same dishes I use with feeding Lox raw. I also put the dish on a place mat, just in case she drags.

 

[sivyaleah]

I've been collecting Fiestaware for many years.  Until we added Cocoa, it never occurred to me to make use of all the little fruit bowls for their food. I have 16 of them I think lol. They are perfectly sized for 1/2 can of wet food, or kibble and, pretty too!

Of course, the only problem is if we go to use them for ourselves, like for ice cream (they are great for 2 little scoops), they think they are getting fed because they recognize the sound of them

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• sivyaleah
• Jun 26, 2013

 

[ldg]

I use the small corning (fruit?) bowls. Flowerbelle gets acne if I use plastic.

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• ldg
• Jun 26, 2013

 

[sivyaleah]

Those are very similar to the Fiesta!  Fiesta is ceramic.

 

[Sa'ida Maryam]

Ceremic food ware is heavy and kittie does not have to scoot after the bowl when licking a light weight one.

 

[ldg]

Those are very similar to the Fiesta!  Fiesta is ceramic.

:nod: These are glass. I personally prefer the glass, because I don't have to worry about the little crack thingies that occur in ceramics over time. I'd like a glass dish that has even lower sides than these little bowls, but haven't found anything.

 

[andrya]

Maybe glass ashtrays would work?

lt's been years since l've seen an ashtray, but l remember a tempered glass one l had with low sides.

 

[furmonster mom]

Those small-ish saucer plates that are supposed to be used with teacups/mugs. 

My girls are usually "neat' eaters, but even if they get a little messy it's easy to clean up because they are fed in the bathrooms on the linoleum floor.  Just takes a quick wipe down with a baby wipe. 

The boys, on the other hand... doesn't matter what plate/dish I use, they have to drag it out.  One gets a large placemat under his plate, the other gets an even larger plastic floor runner.  Again, cleanup is pretty easy, just a wider area.  lol

 

[ldg]

Yeah, I'm using a placemat for my one messy eater. Makes clean-up a lot easier! :lol3:

Andrya, glass ashtrays are brilliant! I'm sure they still exist somewhere....

 

[ldg]

Other search terms: glass or crystal:

coasters
bottle coasters
canape dishes (or plates)
and thanks to Furmonster Mom, glass saucers!

I'd tried hors d'oeuvre plates before, but couldn't find anything under 6" I liked.

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[melesine]

The big cats have their own stainless bowls and I've been using corelle salad plates for the kittens. I'm liking them so much I'm going to switch the big cats over to them. It's so nice to just be able to put them in the dishwasher. 

 

[catsallaround]

Was doing all wet and using a few(dozen) large stainless steel but do to money issues had to start using dry again.  Use hog feed pans that are steel.  Hold about 3 gallons water so they are pretty big.  Have 2 for water 2 for food.  And during summer add a few extra water bowl as we do not have central air
 

 

[mrsgreenjeens]

I use the saucers from my set of china .   Then I set those on their place mats and STILL occasionally one of them will actually drag a piece of meat out of the bowl and off the place mat onto the floor

.  Good thing we have tile floors!

 

[Sa'ida Maryam]

Hi, I feed from a bowl, but some ppl who visit believe it is ok to toss a piece of food from their plate to the floor for my GG who always wants to join us at the dinner table( a custom he was adopted with includes begging). I believe in not condoning this. What do you guys think? When I eat, he comes to beg but I have taught him to eat at his bowl. Or sit somewhere while I eat. He is very polite and lays within a couple of yards. Ignoring my plate. So how do you guys feel about feeding from the floor for apartment dwellers. Mind you we do not live on a farm. THANKS

 

[furmonster mom]

We also do not allow begging at the dinner table.  And we request that guests honor the house rules. 

If I went to someone else's house with children, and they had dinner table rules for them (such as finish dinner before desert) I would not encourage the children to disobey the rules (by giving them sweets).  Same idea with pets.

If our furmonsters get too persistent at dinner time, they get put in the bedroom until dinner is over.  Most of them have got the message by now and do not beg.

 

[pinkman]

I still use the Durapet bowls, but I have recently started clicker training again during the 2 our of 3 meals I give my cat. I put a tad of the ground diet on a metal spoon when I do this. I guess yes, I am spoon-feeding my cat. But it's also teaching her a bunch of tricks! It really does strengthen the bond between us it seems... Maybe it's placebo though. 

 

[ldg]

I finally found something I like and just ordered them. I couldn't find a glass version, but I'll give porcelain a try. They're 4 ounce creme brulee dishes!
I only ordered the one package of 6, even though I have 8 cats. Figure I'll see if it's worth ordering another batch first. :lol3: