What affects us affects cats
People ask: Why do cats like their water separate from their food? They are asking if cats like their water bowl at a distance from their food bowl. And if they do; why? You see some pretty fancy arguments as to why cats like this but I’d bet my bottom dollar that these are …
Choosing a cat bowl is a familiar decision for all newcomers to domestic cat caregiving and also for experienced owners. As all cat bowls are inexpensive or relatively inexpensive compared to most household items it does not pay to buy cheap. The cheapest bowls are made from thin plastic which the experts agree are …
A social media user posted the picture below and ask whether the feeding station was too high. I thought that it was just about acceptable. I was prompted to ask myself whether raised cat feeding stations were beneficial to cats. Or perhaps useful for their caregivers. There might be a small benefit to the …
Domestic cats can eat with a cone on (Elizabethan collar) if the food and water bowls are raised off the floor by about 5 inches. This allows the cone to go either side and underneath the bowls provided the bowl is on a shelf as illustrated in the photographs, which are from the “instructables …
The kind of water bowl that is best for cats is either glass, ceramic or stainless steel and reasonably shallow. The shallowness is to avoid your cat’s whiskers brushing against the sides as they drink. Some cats don’t like this, apparently. The reason for glass, stainless steel or ceramic bowls is twofold. Some people …
The size of a cat’s stomach is important in working out how to feed our cat. The domestic cat’s stomach is about the size of a ping-pong ball ‘they say’. This is the equivalent of no more than a maximum of about 2 tablespoons of food at one time. Although it is flexible. It …
Cat whisker fatigue is real according to a lady, Miss Gardner, who owns a black domestic short hair cat that she calls Moon. She found that her cat was having eating issues. He became a finicky eater. She even says that some days he was terrified to approach his feeding bowl! Having done some …
It is in our cat’s DNA to hunt for his food. Hunting is a major part of a cat’s behaviour. Why, therefore, do we simply plonk down on the kitchen floor a bowl of commercially prepared cat food in a thrice daily ritual which plays no part in allowing a domestic cat to express …
