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I like it!

One of my cats gets facial acne, the vet says it's from plastic dishes. What a nut!

This is the second post on this topic today. There were at least three on cat scratching posts yesterday. Isn't there some sort of editorial oversight here? I don't want multiple posts on a topic - I want the best one.

The signal to noise ratio on this site is becoming seriously low.

Too cool!

My cat is definitely allergic to plastic - not only acne but also frequent vomiting. It went away when I got rid of her plastic water container/dish.

brilliant!

I love the look of this but it's safer for pets to eat and drink from stainless steel or glass dishes --- but I'm sure there are plenty of cool dishes in those materials that would look interesting and be safer than plastic.

What's going on with all the pet related posts these days?

Pet Month!

That's a lot of cat food.

sorry -- and i'm not sure how useful it is to write this here because who knows if they'll ever read it -- but do you think you AT guys could hire someone who looks over the entire blog and makes sure no repeating topics get posted? i've seen so many identical photos and topics coming from different AT bloggers, and if it's not part of their job to read everyone else's entries and edit their own accordingly, maybe someone else should.

i mean, i love most of what i see here, but even this pet owner doesn't need to see several different posts suggesting that i use regular dinnerware for my pets or make a cat bed out of cardboard. some things only need to be said once.

It hadn't occured to me to use a melamine tray under my dog water dish instead of a mat--I think I'll try it!

i heart pet month. keep it up at. and if you are going to open up an at:pets and need bloggers.. where can i apply?

signed,
crazy cat/dog lady

plastic is not good for pets

oh, my cat eats his wet food out of vintage pyrex mini-bowls and their water is out of a vintage pyrex casserole dish. better than them being at the back of my cabinet! :)

I second lemonpie's comment. Though I doubt it'll ever be addressed.

On a more positive note, I'm loving reading about everybody pet related stories. It makes me want to make the leap to get one soon. My only hesitation is questioning whether to get a cat or a dog.

I third Lemonpie. AT is great, but the repeating topics and recycled posts make me less enthusiastic about reading it.

This is the first time I noticed the repeated topic in the same city posted within an hour. They look at different dishes though. I have been looking for the perfect sized clear glass dishes for a while. I'm not looking very hard, obviously, because it could just drive me crazy. I just keep thinking of this ideal bowl. The ones I find seem too deep or too thin or are more than I wanted to pay. I am afraid of something chipping if it's a fragile sort of piece, i.e. thin, light, easy to tip over.

Anyway, moving on. I thought melamine was bad for animals. I could be too fanatic about things that might rub off the dish and become part of the food (teflon is another good example), but my cat told me she prefers to eat and drink off glass or ceramic. I think food and beverage tastes better in those materials myself, and I don't even eat the same thing every day. I don't think it's too much of an effort to cater to these simple preferences. Keeping within the aesthetic goals I've set for my kitchen is a little tougher. They don't just make the thing I think of as a cat-appropriate dish.

that looks a little like a big bowl of corn.

love the zebra print!

What a cute idea. You could do the same thing with flea market china finds. My little brat eats from vintage yellow Fiesta bowls.

i've always "served" my kitty his meals in a set of 'real' dishware. it's nice!

i used to do so with a china set but he kept knocking the water cup too hard and causing spills. guess it was too dainty for him. :-)

I read somewhere that melamine leaks toxins. I use Japanese soup bowl. cheap and looks good, as if your pet cars? find in Japantown.