How important do you think it is to have an appropriate food bowl and water bowl for your cat’s liking? Some people will claim that it doesn’t matter and that your cat should eat or drink out of anything. Perhaps this is true, but if your cat is domesticated and lives indoors most of his time, then he may view his feeding area a lot different than a cat would who feeds off of the scraps in the streets.

The water bowl and the food dish that you use to serve up your cats meals should be acceptable to him or else your cat may decide not to feed there. Also, it is important that the bowls you use do not scratch easily. There are some low cost feeding bowls that can dent easily if a cat scratches it hard enough and these little gashes can attract bacteria and food particles, which might make your cat sick.

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