potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoPlease don't starve your cats!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down14
arrow-up1264arrow-down1imagePlease don't starve your cats!lemmy.worldpotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareBluegrass_Addict@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up37·5 days agocats don’t like when their whiskers touch things. it triggers their senses of ‘tight space, might not fit’ try using a plate instead of a bowl and they will be less likely to meow/pester you when they get to the ‘bottom’
minus-squareTrex202@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·5 days agoWhisker fatigue - brushing the side of the bowl hurts their whiskers over time
minus-squareSmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoMy cat’s whiskers were breaking short and when I noticed I switched to a shallow bowl designed for cats. It immediately helped. Cats Ike plates and shallow bowls over tight spaces.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 days agoI don’t actually have a cat (two dogs, though), I’m a fraud! But this is great advice!
minus-squarepuppycat (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-25 days agomy dog does this too lol edit: she does think she’s a cat so it checks out
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoHmm, I do like knocking things over and am indifferent to most people. HOLY SHIT, I’M A CAT!
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agowe wash our orange’s bowl when he’s filled it with crumbs. takes about a week. he doesn’t like crumbs, the spoiled SOB
cats don’t like when their whiskers touch things. it triggers their senses of ‘tight space, might not fit’
try using a plate instead of a bowl and they will be less likely to meow/pester you when they get to the ‘bottom’
Whisker fatigue - brushing the side of the bowl hurts their whiskers over time
My cat’s whiskers were breaking short and when I noticed I switched to a shallow bowl designed for cats. It immediately helped. Cats Ike plates and shallow bowls over tight spaces.
I don’t actually have a cat (two dogs, though), I’m a fraud! But this is great advice!
my dog does this too lol
edit: she does think she’s a cat so it checks out
Don’t we all think that…
Hmm, I do like knocking things over and am indifferent to most people. HOLY SHIT, I’M A CAT!
we wash our orange’s bowl when he’s filled it with crumbs. takes about a week. he doesn’t like crumbs, the spoiled SOB