• Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca
    65·
    3 months 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’

    • Trex202@lemmy.world
      32·
      3 months ago

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

      • SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        3 months 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
        10·
        3 months ago

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

    • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      29·
      3 months ago

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

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
      31·
      3 months 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

  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 months ago

    Shaking the bowl sometimes helps them reach those, otherwise it’s standard behavior in cats to leave some leftover from their food.