Thread: Looking for goodies recommendation..

Originally Posted by harrymc

I do find that Harry seems not to chew the kibble anyway. Do you think that's normal ? he has a large ceramic bowl but never eats from the middle he leans over the top and bites the bowl as he's eating, if you see what I mean.

Drinking water has also been a problem for him, he always does the usual thing when I change the water and that's to scrape it with his paw until most of it is on the floor then almost pecks at it. He really finds it difficult to lap. Any suggestions on this would be appreciated too.

Maybe you can try using a more shallow and much wider plate instead of a bowl so that Harry will not bite on the side of the bowl.

This may sound extreme for some pet owners, but I use 12 types (for the moment) of kibbles for my boys. I simply want them to be exposed to as many types as possible so that they will not get stuck on one or a few particular brands. I have a few food bowls laid out;

First bowl contains a mixture of several kitten kibbles [similar sized kibbles]:
1) RC Kitten
2) Hill's Science Diet Kitten
3) Purina Pro Plan Kitten
4) Wellness CORE [Protein Focused Grain Free]

Second bowl [large sized kibble]:
5) RC Maine Coon 31

Third bowl with:
6) Origen Fish
7) Origen Poultry
8) Addiction Salmon Bleu (Grain Free)

Fourth bowl with:
9) RC Hair & Skin
10) RC Pure Feline - Active
11) RC Pure Feline - Beauty
12) RC Exigent - Savour

*Aside from RC Maine Coon which they will chew (I can hear them crunching the kibbles), the other kibbles are gobbled and swallowed without chewing.

I use a Reverse Osmosis water filter for their drinking water. Aside from a water bowl, my boys love it when I use a plastic disposable 10 cc syringe to feed them several times a day.

Merlin loves to topple the water bowl especially whenever I refill the water in the bowl. Tried to use blu-tack to stick under the bowl to the floor but without much success.

Originally Posted by Louie-Louie

crazycoons not sure but the kibble Louie's isnt hard its not wet either just softish he loves it

My RC Maine Coon kibbles are hard... tried throwing a kibble or two against the wall and they bounce back hard too!