Or Register for FREE!


Welcome to our Cat Forums!
Welcome to our CatForums!
You are seeing this message because you are viewing our cat forums as a guest.

You can continue to browse our many cat related areas as a guest but you are more than welcome to register and join our friendly community of Cat Lovers! ... And for free!

Doing so will also remove this message and some of the ads, such as the one on the left.

Please click here to register.

Reply

cats' staff's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Moggies
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Cambs UK
Posts: 2,283
25-04-2014, 11:00 AM   #1

Food bowls with lids


Hello,
As we have one cat who is diabetic we have to be careful that she only gets the food meant for her. As we have two other cats this can get tricky (particularly as one insists on eating in the bathroom away from the others). We tend to pick up bowls when they wander off and cover them, putting them down later when the cat comes back to it. They have been too used to grazing over the years to actually eat a sachet in one go!
I have been trying to find feeding bowls with lids as we are using saucers to cover the bowls at the moment. As summer is coming I'd rather we could properly cover the bowls. I've tried various websites and looked at Tupperware but haven't found anything that would work yet. Has anyone got any ideas?



Reply With Quote


angieh's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Magnificent moggies
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hampshire, UK
Posts: 21,718
25-04-2014, 11:17 AM   #2

Re: Food bowls with lids


What are the cat bowls made of, CS? If it's ceramic, cling film will stick well, if plastic then that doesn't work so well.



Reply With Quote


cats' staff's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Moggies
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Cambs UK
Posts: 2,283
25-04-2014, 11:34 AM   #3

Re: Food bowls with lids


Quote:
Originally Posted by angieh
What are the cat bowls made of, CS? If it's ceramic, cling film will stick well, if plastic then that doesn't work so well.
We've got a mix Angie but most are plastic- I'd rather have lids if I can find them as cling film can get fiddly and sometimes we need to move fast!



Reply With Quote


Almost a Veteran Member
 
Cats owned: Colourpoint persian, and moggies
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Posts: 1,226
25-04-2014, 11:59 AM   #4

Re: Food bowls with lids


Have you tried using the elasticised thick plastic food covers? I buy a box of 10 in the small size from our local $2 shop and they fit on nicely. They can be washed out easily and reused and then chucked out when the elastic loses its tightness.Also, baby bowls often have tight fitting plastic press on lids. Perhaps check one of those out. Good luck.



Reply With Quote


cats' staff's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Moggies
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Cambs UK
Posts: 2,283
25-04-2014, 04:36 PM   #5

Re: Food bowls with lids


Dinky you are a genius- baby's bowls look great, I hadn't thought of them!



Reply With Quote


Catsey Senior
 
Cats owned: 4 moggies and 1 ragdoll
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: lancashire, UK
Posts: 806
25-04-2014, 04:45 PM   #6

Re: Food bowls with lids


I have the same problem with my cats as all 5 eat different things and their food is down all the time. I usually only feed a little at a time in the summer and keep Fecto's tin in the fridge. I did think of pan lids as covers for you CS as they are quickly removed but baby bowls are a much better idea. I will also give this a try in the warmer weather Luckily, all of them, except Fecto, eat dried food so there is always something available but I hate the way wet food goes off so quick when its warm.



Reply With Quote


Catsey Senior
 
Cats owned: 4 moggies and 1 ragdoll
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: lancashire, UK
Posts: 806
25-04-2014, 04:48 PM   #7

Re: Food bowls with lids


Oh yes, CS, The Big Foozy likes to eat in the bathroom windowsill, away from the others. Also I think clingfilm has carcinogens in it, so although I use it to cover my foodI wouldn't use it to cover my animals' food, mad I know!



Reply With Quote


angieh's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Magnificent moggies
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hampshire, UK
Posts: 21,718
28-04-2014, 11:13 AM   #8

Re: Food bowls with lids


I'd never have thought about babies bowls! Probably not having had kids, it wouldn't have dawned on me. Good idea though.



Reply With Quote


Velvet's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: 5 DSH. 2 DLH
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Nth Ireland - UK
Posts: 3,605
29-04-2014, 02:01 AM   #9

Re: Food bowls with lids


If you order a chinese meal the food often comes in clear plastic rectangular boxes. I wash all these & keep as spare boxes for the animals. Harveys dry food ration gets soaked in one. Would one of these very inexpensive boxes do?



Reply With Quote


angieh's Avatar
Catsey Veteran
 
Cats owned: Magnificent moggies
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hampshire, UK
Posts: 21,718
29-04-2014, 11:28 AM   #10

Re: Food bowls with lids


I use those very same boxes to store my various paints!



Reply With Quote

Reply