3 Cat Food Bowl Placement Locations Make Your Cat Eat Happier
Cats' food bowl positions can affect their appetite? That's true, cats pay attention not only to what they eat but also to where they eat.
If you place a new cat's food bowl in an open area with many people watching, the cat will be cautious about eating and have a poor appetite. Older cats don't like high food bowls, but this is the favorite of mature male cats. Female cats are more cautious about food bowls on windowsills or door sills. These cats prefer food bowls on the wall corner.
Areas with obstructed views, cats like the most
You can start trying at the corner of the wall. Place the same cat food in two bowls. One is in the original place, and the other is at the wall corner.
If there is a protruding wall structure, cats will like it here. Eating here, cats can reduce their attention to the surroundings. This can reduce the cat's stress. Properly utilizing these places with obstructed views can help your cat eat happily.
Similarly, cabinets beside, gaps behind doors, shelves beside, can also be used as obstruction.
Cats' favorite one: the combination of paper boxes and food bowls
You can DIY a cat's feeding paradise. First, make a resting space for the cat with a large paper box, then place the food bowl in front of the paper box. To facilitate the cat's movement, leave a passage at the other end of the paper box, with a width slightly wider than the cat.
If you give the cat a large enough paper box, you don't need to prepare a separate entrance/exit. However, the food bowl in front of the paper box should generally be short and flat, to facilitate the cat's eating. Some cats will lie on the paper box, rest for a while, then wake up and eat, and then continue to sleep.
This food bowl placement is suitable for older cats. Older cats will like to stay here for a long time, but a too small paper box will increase the cat's frustration. You need to prepare a paper box with a width at least three times the cat's width, so that the cat can easily enter and exit.
When you prepare the paper box and food bowl, try to choose the wall side, not the center of the living room, which is an open area. You can leave a passage with a width similar to the cat's width between the paper box and the wall, which the cat will like to walk around.
Food bowl under the table: Cat's curiosity awakens
If you can't find a suitable place, the space under the table will always be one of your choices. But the height of the space under the table needs to be paid attention to, generally between 3 to 5 times the cat's height. If it is too low, some cats will not be able to eat smoothly. When there is a group of kittens, this will also be a good choice. You need to prepare a larger flat plate, and then find a table with a large space under the table. At this time, you don't need to completely stick the table to the wall, you need to leave space.
These kittens will come together and eat here. When the cat grows up, this place will still be one of the cat's favorite eating places. At this time, you can put cat treats or cat supplements here. This is a good place for the cat to eat.
This space under the table is very suitable for placing the cat's main food during the kitten stage. But if you are often busy here, this place is not suitable for using it. You can put the cat food bowl in the angle between the table and the wall. This can make it easy for the cat to eat with you. For very close kittens, this will be a good choice.
Putting a small cloth under the cat food bowl can make the cat eat happily. Because the cat's smell is easier to stay on the cloth. This makes it easier for the cat to mark here and turn this place into a cat's exclusive eating place.
When the cat is eating, you can quietly observe the cat from the cat's side. If you approach quietly from the cat's back, some cats will immediately stop eating and turn to stare at you.
Some cats have additional preferences: The cat must eat with the owner's accompaniment. At this time, you can place a small food bowl on the table that you often use. But don't put the cat's main food here, you can often put cat treats here. This will make your cat very happy. In addition, placing different sizes of cat food bowls in different places can increase the cat's interest in eating.
