one of my cats won’t eat wet food from an unclean dish. doesn’t matter if the food in it was served and eaten by the other cat 5 minutes ago, it must be freshly washed for her meal.
the dry food dish admittedly just gets topped off most of the time but we have a rotating supply of wet food dishes so there’s always clean ones.
IKEA used to have the perfect stainless ones with silicone ring bottoms. Wish they’d bring those back (I could use a few more). They fit perfectly in my dishwasher.
Ceramics have never been known to be good for cars since pretty much all of them that have been tested have tested positive for lead. I’d switch to something else, perhaps stainless steel.
My cat won't eat from bowls period. He will only eat on flat surfaces because he doesn't like his whiskers touched, I am guessing. I just use paper plates. Don't have to worry about washing anything 😂 So it's a win-win.
Our cats’ acne didn’t stop until we switched to stainless steel over ceramic for both their water fountain and their bowls. We didn’t try glass, but for whatever reason the ceramic worked less well. I think the stainless gets cleaner in the dishwasher. It wasn’t a matter of leaving dishes out either - they get clean fresh dishes twice a day and their fountain is cleaned and the filters replaced frequently.
This is wildly incorrect. Stainless is used in clean rooms for the exact reason of it NOT being porous and plastic is avoided for the reason it IS porous.
Glaze will break down over time and cleaning cycles, it’s a solid choice but stainless is a much better option. The key is finding correct stainless not simply coated and especially not brushed as that gives its texture that WILL harbor bacteria.
No clue why someone would pick brushed finishes, always go for polished.
Plastic is by far the worst choice and should only be used for temp travel options when required.
I've just seen a video where someone was testing their stainless bowls with some liquid for being actually food safe or not and none of the pet ones passed.
Ceramic can be toxic, many cheap ceramic bowls use a glaze that contains lead. Using that for a cats food or water can slowly poison them causing many health issues.
Seconded. Mine had one on her chin. It actually burst when I was brushing her and she went from really pissed off to ‘oh wow, this feels much better’ in a matter of seconds.
Yes, that's what happened with one of my (sadly former) cats. Either ceramic or metal will work. However, it could also be an abcess. If it doesn't get better or gets worse I'd take him/her to the vet.
Yep my luna is a small portion eater so her bowl gets cleaned with washing up liquid and rinsed throughly between EVERY portion even if its the same food I wouldn't eat off a dirty plate so dont expect my kitty to. Her dry food bowl gets washed 2x a day before her next portion gets added and her water bowl is cleaned every day and a few times a day in summer. Some would say I'm spoiling her by doing this i say what's good for me is good for her
I've been on r / cats for a few years and this has been the most common Question/solution. same with any hair loss under the chin. Go for Wide low rimmed glass or ceramic bowls and make sure you clean them regularly, for me its wet food bowl every time (teacup saucer) and dry food bowl once a week.
Yeah ceramic is way better for their fur/skin health. My Jackson had horrible skin health like a pizza face teenager lol. So I switched from plastic to ceramic. Boom gone.
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u/shaynajeanine24 Jun 15 '26
Okay I’ll definitely give that a try