Customer Reviews

Our kitty seems to have whisker fatigue with a traditional bowl shape, and he appears to like eating from this shape. But this needs to be a bigger diameter to really work. It’s too easy for him to push food over the edge.

I am not sure whether I want to keep this bowl or not. It's the perfect shape, and is quality stainless steel, but the place to pick it up has a sharp edge that I'm wondering if I wouldn't cut my fingers when changing out the food. I have never had to return anything to Chewy, and not sure how.

We purchased a few of these at one time and decided to recycle all shortly after. No better than a standard pet food bowl, and more work to clean. (Totally overpriced for the materials used and design, as well.)

As far as using the dish.. the cats do very well with it. They are able to lick up almost all of their food. The reason for four stars, is because the silicone mat on the bottom comes off and leaves a somewhat sharp metal bottom of the dish itself. The silicone mat does not attach to the dish with any type of lip or fastening. It’s a good dish but I wish the silicone mat had a type of fastening or other method to keep the dish from being able to move right off of it.

Believe the reviews when you read that the black mat on bottom of dish is not attached and very annoying. Dish is easily cleaned. Nice size. Cats enjoy eating from dish. Black mat is needed to protect floor or tabletop but in no way is attached to dish. I will use this dish but never purchase another.

This is a nice enough bowl but I had a very hard time getting it from the counter to the feeding location without spilling some food. I have an old boy with a perineal hernia so I have to water his food down quite a bit. When using this bowl, only about half the food would be left by the time I put it down for him. So I only recommend this bowl for feeding kibbles or something not too watery. Also, the rubber bottom is not attached to the bowl. The bowl sits on it. I wasn't too thrilled with that so I gave it 3 stars.

This was quite expensive but my 20 year old cat was having a lot of trouble eating her wet food. She cannot eat dry food and despite turning the bowl around for her she was never able to get more than half the can. Since she's been eating out of this bowl she gets 90% of the food into herself so it was well worth the money. Cats as old as mind tend to lose weight because it's so hard to eat but this bowl has changed that for her.

I wanted to do the right thing by my girls, so I got them two of these very nice (and expensive!) bowls so they could eat out of stainless steel without whisker fatigue. Unfortunately, *I* am now fatigued because one of my girls likes to shove her face fully into the food when she eats, and because this bowl is (purposefully) shallow and without any sort of ridge, edge, or lip, she ends up sending half the kibble over onto the floor in a wave. I had hoped that gravity would tend to keep the kibble in the middle of the bowl, but it doesn’t work that way — the kibble just stays where it is until my cat goes for another piece and sends even more over the edge. It’s like one of those coin pusher I wanted to do the right thing by my girls, so I got them two of these very nice (and expensive!) bowls so they could eat out of stainless steel without whisker fatigue. Unfortunately, *I* am now fatigued because one of my girls likes to shove her face fully into the food when she eats, and because this bowl is (purposefully) shallow and without any sort of ridge, edge, or lip, she ends up sending half the kibble over onto the floor in a wave. I had hoped that gravity would tend to keep the kibble in the middle of the bowl, but it doesn’t work that way — the kibble just stays where it is until my cat goes for another piece and sends even more over the edge. It’s like one of those coin pusher carnival games. I think the better option for my household is just going to be a wide shallow dish — with an edge. Also, when I bought them, and as of this writing, the FAQ said: Q: Can I use the bowl for water too? A: While Dr. Catsby’s bowl is designed for food consumption, it works well for water too. The bowl holds 12 ounces (1.5 cups). I disagree. It does not work well for water. As a solid object with a depression in the top, yes, it is technically capable of holding water. But good luck picking it up and putting it down without spilling the water everywhere, especially with a cat at your feet who hopes you’re giving them more food. The manufacturer apparently now has a deeper/larger capacity model specifically marketed as being for water, which Chewy does not currently carry and I have not tried, but I saw user reviews with similar complaints about that model, so I’ll skip it. I’ll be returning these. … more

The cats love the bowls and they are easier to clean. Food does not fall on the floor and the cats lick them clean. I used to buy Jackson Galaxy's Nova bowls but they discontinued them. I like these even better.

I like that it has just enough weight, a gentle slope up allowing no problem with my cats whiskers.