• Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca
    63·
    19 hours ago

    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’

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 hours ago

      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

    • Trex202@lemmy.world
      30·
      18 hours ago

      Whisker fatigue - brushing the side of the bowl hurts their whiskers over time

      • SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        15 hours ago

        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.

      • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
        9·
        15 hours ago

        I think this is closer to the truth, because she’ll still happily get herself stuck in a cardboard tube.

    • potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      27·
      19 hours ago

      I don’t actually have a cat (two dogs, though), I’m a fraud! But this is great advice!