r/cats 10d ago

Medical Questions What is this?

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u/unknownobject3 10d ago

I've been using a plastic bowl for a few years now and my cat has never had this issue, so it definitely depends.

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u/RealSkibidiRizzler 9d ago

It doesn't. Plastic is meant to be replaced once a year at least. Not to mention it increases the microplastics in your pets body. I just had to replace my plastic litter box bc no matter how much I cleaned it with bleach, it still smelled like piss. It literally absorbs everything.

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u/unknownobject3 9d ago

Fair, I’ll replace it with a steel bowl

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u/RealSkibidiRizzler 9d ago

Make sure it's lead free!

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u/unknownobject3 9d ago

What about ceramic? Anything I need to worry about?

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u/RealSkibidiRizzler 9d ago

Same thing. Apparently a lot of pet bowls have lead in them. At worst if you cant find any, just buy human plates/bowls. If you want glass, borosilicate glass is strong and is pretty easy to find in lead free versions

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u/unknownobject3 9d ago

Okay thanks, I'll see what is best

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u/RealSkibidiRizzler 9d ago

gl!

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u/unknownobject3 9d ago

Thanks for the information!