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yep, I meant wal-mart..sorry..slip of the tounge 
~ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Where is Wally World? Oh is that Wal-Mart? You had me thinking that the > amusement park in Vacation was a real place! LOL >I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them > chili >bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really >handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you >could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that >motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
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LMAO!!! It is!!!! We have a Wally World amusement park in my city. It is actually called WALLY WORLD. It is a water-theme park. Lots of waterslides and pools. It also has go-carts and mini-golf. :o) Too cute. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Where is Wally World? Oh is that Wal-Mart? You had me thinking that the > amusement park in Vacation was a real place! LOL >I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them > chili >bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really >handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you >could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that >motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
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I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them chili bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi all! > We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the > two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two > bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. > Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic > bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In > my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two > different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom > soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to > the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of > fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece > yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy > enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high > enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be > sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a > consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. > Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. > — > lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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Where is Wally World? Oh is that Wal-Mart? You had me thinking that the amusement park in Vacation was a real place! LOL – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them chili >bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really >handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you >could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that >motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
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Actually, go to someplace like Target, Wal-Mart or K-Mart. Go to the kitchen section and look for the cheap dish sets. My personal favorites are some ceramic bowls from K-Mart. They are plain smooth ceramic, with all types of dishes available, in sets or singly, and come in blue, white, black, or green. The smallest bowls sell for 99 cents each. I can wash them in the dishwasher, and buy lots of them so that I always have clean bowls. — ** Diane with Kenda, Thai Foon, Two Tone & Jackie Chan ** "We are the Cats. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >Hmm.. I would steer clear of leaded glass, myself. I know that you aren’t >actually supposed to keep wine in those beautiful lead-crystal decanters, >because the lead leaches into the liquid. So I really wouldn’t use them for >water dishes, although it might not be too bad for food dishes. >Rebecca >Remove "not" when replying by email
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>As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody.
Hmm.. I would steer clear of leaded glass, myself. I know that you aren’t actually supposed to keep wine in those beautiful lead-crystal decanters, because the lead leaches into the liquid. So I really wouldn’t use them for water dishes, although it might not be too bad for food dishes. Rebecca Remove "not" when replying by email
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I used to do ceramics and the ashtrays, vases and things I made were not safe to put food in. You have to make sure the glaze and paint on the bowls are food safe. — Barb In a cat’s eyes, all things belong to cats. – English Proverb —
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Those are some interesting ideas! I bet garage sales and junk shops would > have lots of really cool old ash trays and bowls and such that could > function really well as kitty food bowls. I think my only concern though > would be with how they are fired/made. > Does anyone know how to check or tell if a bowl is safe to serve food from? > I know some ceramic paints can leach lead and chemicals into food & water. > Like everyone always says don’t eat off of any of the pottery you buy in > Mexico! > What I ended up doing (in addition to buying a couple of really cute bowl > just because I had to) was buying kitty bowls in the dishes section at > WalMart. I found a couple of really neat, really high sided heavy stoneware > soup bowl that were under $5 a piece! They make great cat food bowls, and I > know they are safe to feed food out of! > — > Liz and the Brat Pack: > Miss Kitty, Pooh Bear, Tigger, April, Suki, Mia-Tu, Loki, Akasha, Fuki, > Tiberius, Hai-Lee, Sundae, Guiness, & Pandora!!! > Visit my NEW WEB SITE!!! (Thanks Larry! > http://www.ABBEYRESCUE.org >Hi all! >We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the >two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two >bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. >Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic >bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In >my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two >different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom >soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to >the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >– >lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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Another idea. Go to a store that sells reclaimed or pawned merchandise and look for some of the good heavy dishes that we used to use some eighty years ago. (No, I am not kidding!) I got two large, heavy cereal bowls when Katie Marie came to my house and we still use them fifteen years later. They cost $1 each! They are sturdy, easily washed and *not* plastic which did not exist back then <G>. Hazel
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I took a class in ceramics. I failed the class incidentally, so I’m probably not the best one to post this. ( I have *0* artistic talent…poli sci major here) to the best of my knowledge though, there is no way to tell if the ceramic was fired in a lead-based or non lead-based glaze. I think it’s safest if you’re going to be feeding kitty something from the dish to use glass:) I recently started using old jello cups for the cats, and they like them:) Janene Mother of Bailey, Dylan and Dante’ Wuffies.Net – http://www.wuffies.net – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Those are some interesting ideas! I bet garage sales and junk shops would > have lots of really cool old ash trays and bowls and such that could > function really well as kitty food bowls. I think my only concern though > would be with how they are fired/made. > Does anyone know how to check or tell if a bowl is safe to serve food from? > I know some ceramic paints can leach lead and chemicals into food & water. > Like everyone always says don’t eat off of any of the pottery you buy in > Mexico! > What I ended up doing (in addition to buying a couple of really cute bowl > just because I had to) was buying kitty bowls in the dishes section at > WalMart. I found a couple of really neat, really high sided heavy stoneware > soup bowl that were under $5 a piece! They make great cat food bowls, and I > know they are safe to feed food out of! > — > Liz and the Brat Pack: > Miss Kitty, Pooh Bear, Tigger, April, Suki, Mia-Tu, Loki, Akasha, Fuki, > Tiberius, Hai-Lee, Sundae, Guiness, & Pandora!!! > Visit my NEW WEB SITE!!! (Thanks Larry! > http://www.ABBEYRESCUE.org >Hi all! >We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the >two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two >bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. >Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic >bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In >my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two >different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom >soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to >the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >– >lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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Hi all! We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. — lmg _ (_/_) _ / _ ,_ _
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Those are some interesting ideas! I bet garage sales and junk shops would have lots of really cool old ash trays and bowls and such that could function really well as kitty food bowls. I think my only concern though would be with how they are fired/made. Does anyone know how to check or tell if a bowl is safe to serve food from? I know some ceramic paints can leach lead and chemicals into food & water. Like everyone always says don’t eat off of any of the pottery you buy in Mexico! What I ended up doing (in addition to buying a couple of really cute bowl just because I had to) was buying kitty bowls in the dishes section at WalMart. I found a couple of really neat, really high sided heavy stoneware soup bowl that were under $5 a piece! They make great cat food bowls, and I know they are safe to feed food out of! — Liz and the Brat Pack: Miss Kitty, Pooh Bear, Tigger, April, Suki, Mia-Tu, Loki, Akasha, Fuki, Tiberius, Hai-Lee, Sundae, Guiness, & Pandora!!! Visit my NEW WEB SITE!!! (Thanks Larry! http://www.ABBEYRESCUE.org – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Hi all! >We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the >two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two >bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. >Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic >bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In >my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two >different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom >soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to >the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >– >lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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yep, I meant wal-mart..sorry..slip of the tounge ~ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Where is Wally World? Oh is that Wal-Mart? You had me thinking that the > amusement park in Vacation was a real place! LOL >I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them > chili >bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really >handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you >could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that >motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
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LMAO!!! It is!!!! We have a Wally World amusement park in my city. It is actually called WALLY WORLD. It is a water-theme park. Lots of waterslides and pools. It also has go-carts and mini-golf. :o) Too cute. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Where is Wally World? Oh is that Wal-Mart? You had me thinking that the > amusement park in Vacation was a real place! LOL >I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them > chili >bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really >handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you >could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that >motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
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I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them chili bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi all! > We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the > two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two > bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. > Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic > bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In > my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two > different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom > soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to > the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of > fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece > yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy > enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high > enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be > sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a > consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. > Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. > — > lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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Where is Wally World? Oh is that Wal-Mart? You had me thinking that the amusement park in Vacation was a real place! LOL – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them chili >bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really >handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you >could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that >motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
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Actually, go to someplace like Target, Wal-Mart or K-Mart. Go to the kitchen section and look for the cheap dish sets. My personal favorites are some ceramic bowls from K-Mart. They are plain smooth ceramic, with all types of dishes available, in sets or singly, and come in blue, white, black, or green. The smallest bowls sell for 99 cents each. I can wash them in the dishwasher, and buy lots of them so that I always have clean bowls. — ** Diane with Kenda, Thai Foon, Two Tone & Jackie Chan ** "We are the Cats. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >Hmm.. I would steer clear of leaded glass, myself. I know that you aren’t >actually supposed to keep wine in those beautiful lead-crystal decanters, >because the lead leaches into the liquid. So I really wouldn’t use them for >water dishes, although it might not be too bad for food dishes. >Rebecca >Remove "not" when replying by email
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>As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody.
Hmm.. I would steer clear of leaded glass, myself. I know that you aren’t actually supposed to keep wine in those beautiful lead-crystal decanters, because the lead leaches into the liquid. So I really wouldn’t use them for water dishes, although it might not be too bad for food dishes. Rebecca Remove "not" when replying by email
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I used to do ceramics and the ashtrays, vases and things I made were not safe to put food in. You have to make sure the glaze and paint on the bowls are food safe. — Barb In a cat’s eyes, all things belong to cats. – English Proverb —
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Those are some interesting ideas! I bet garage sales and junk shops would > have lots of really cool old ash trays and bowls and such that could > function really well as kitty food bowls. I think my only concern though > would be with how they are fired/made. > Does anyone know how to check or tell if a bowl is safe to serve food from? > I know some ceramic paints can leach lead and chemicals into food & water. > Like everyone always says don’t eat off of any of the pottery you buy in > Mexico! > What I ended up doing (in addition to buying a couple of really cute bowl > just because I had to) was buying kitty bowls in the dishes section at > WalMart. I found a couple of really neat, really high sided heavy stoneware > soup bowl that were under $5 a piece! They make great cat food bowls, and I > know they are safe to feed food out of! > — > Liz and the Brat Pack: > Miss Kitty, Pooh Bear, Tigger, April, Suki, Mia-Tu, Loki, Akasha, Fuki, > Tiberius, Hai-Lee, Sundae, Guiness, & Pandora!!! > Visit my NEW WEB SITE!!! (Thanks Larry! > http://www.ABBEYRESCUE.org >Hi all! >We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the >two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two >bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. >Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic >bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In >my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two >different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom >soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to >the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >– >lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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Another idea. Go to a store that sells reclaimed or pawned merchandise and look for some of the good heavy dishes that we used to use some eighty years ago. (No, I am not kidding!) I got two large, heavy cereal bowls when Katie Marie came to my house and we still use them fifteen years later. They cost $1 each! They are sturdy, easily washed and *not* plastic which did not exist back then <G>. Hazel
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I took a class in ceramics. I failed the class incidentally, so I’m probably not the best one to post this. ( I have *0* artistic talent…poli sci major here) to the best of my knowledge though, there is no way to tell if the ceramic was fired in a lead-based or non lead-based glaze. I think it’s safest if you’re going to be feeding kitty something from the dish to use glass:) I recently started using old jello cups for the cats, and they like them:) Janene Mother of Bailey, Dylan and Dante’ Wuffies.Net – http://www.wuffies.net – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Those are some interesting ideas! I bet garage sales and junk shops would > have lots of really cool old ash trays and bowls and such that could > function really well as kitty food bowls. I think my only concern though > would be with how they are fired/made. > Does anyone know how to check or tell if a bowl is safe to serve food from? > I know some ceramic paints can leach lead and chemicals into food & water. > Like everyone always says don’t eat off of any of the pottery you buy in > Mexico! > What I ended up doing (in addition to buying a couple of really cute bowl > just because I had to) was buying kitty bowls in the dishes section at > WalMart. I found a couple of really neat, really high sided heavy stoneware > soup bowl that were under $5 a piece! They make great cat food bowls, and I > know they are safe to feed food out of! > — > Liz and the Brat Pack: > Miss Kitty, Pooh Bear, Tigger, April, Suki, Mia-Tu, Loki, Akasha, Fuki, > Tiberius, Hai-Lee, Sundae, Guiness, & Pandora!!! > Visit my NEW WEB SITE!!! (Thanks Larry! > http://www.ABBEYRESCUE.org >Hi all! >We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the >two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two >bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. >Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic >bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In >my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two >different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom >soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to >the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >– >lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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Hi all! We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. — lmg _ (_/_) _ / _ ,_ _
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Those are some interesting ideas! I bet garage sales and junk shops would have lots of really cool old ash trays and bowls and such that could function really well as kitty food bowls. I think my only concern though would be with how they are fired/made. Does anyone know how to check or tell if a bowl is safe to serve food from? I know some ceramic paints can leach lead and chemicals into food & water. Like everyone always says don’t eat off of any of the pottery you buy in Mexico! What I ended up doing (in addition to buying a couple of really cute bowl just because I had to) was buying kitty bowls in the dishes section at WalMart. I found a couple of really neat, really high sided heavy stoneware soup bowl that were under $5 a piece! They make great cat food bowls, and I know they are safe to feed food out of! — Liz and the Brat Pack: Miss Kitty, Pooh Bear, Tigger, April, Suki, Mia-Tu, Loki, Akasha, Fuki, Tiberius, Hai-Lee, Sundae, Guiness, & Pandora!!! Visit my NEW WEB SITE!!! (Thanks Larry! http://www.ABBEYRESCUE.org – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Hi all! >We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the >two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two >bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. >Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic >bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In >my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two >different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom >soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to >the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >– >lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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yep, I meant wal-mart..sorry..slip of the tounge ~ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Where is Wally World? Oh is that Wal-Mart? You had me thinking that the > amusement park in Vacation was a real place! LOL >I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them > chili >bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really >handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you >could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that >motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
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LMAO!!! It is!!!! We have a Wally World amusement park in my city. It is actually called WALLY WORLD. It is a water-theme park. Lots of waterslides and pools. It also has go-carts and mini-golf. :o) Too cute. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Where is Wally World? Oh is that Wal-Mart? You had me thinking that the > amusement park in Vacation was a real place! LOL >I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them > chili >bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really >handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you >could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that >motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
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I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them chili bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi all! > We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the > two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two > bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. > Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic > bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In > my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two > different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom > soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to > the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of > fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece > yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy > enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high > enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be > sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a > consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. > Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. > — > lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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Where is Wally World? Oh is that Wal-Mart? You had me thinking that the amusement park in Vacation was a real place! LOL – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I found some awesome bowls at the local Wally World…they called them chili >bowls…they are white and have little handles on them….not really >handles, just a round, flat 1" circle attached to the rim…very cute…you >could even paint the outside with a cute design, but, I haven’t gotten that >motivated yet!! best regards, Connie
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Actually, go to someplace like Target, Wal-Mart or K-Mart. Go to the kitchen section and look for the cheap dish sets. My personal favorites are some ceramic bowls from K-Mart. They are plain smooth ceramic, with all types of dishes available, in sets or singly, and come in blue, white, black, or green. The smallest bowls sell for 99 cents each. I can wash them in the dishwasher, and buy lots of them so that I always have clean bowls. — ** Diane with Kenda, Thai Foon, Two Tone & Jackie Chan ** "We are the Cats. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >Hmm.. I would steer clear of leaded glass, myself. I know that you aren’t >actually supposed to keep wine in those beautiful lead-crystal decanters, >because the lead leaches into the liquid. So I really wouldn’t use them for >water dishes, although it might not be too bad for food dishes. >Rebecca >Remove "not" when replying by email
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>As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody.
Hmm.. I would steer clear of leaded glass, myself. I know that you aren’t actually supposed to keep wine in those beautiful lead-crystal decanters, because the lead leaches into the liquid. So I really wouldn’t use them for water dishes, although it might not be too bad for food dishes. Rebecca Remove "not" when replying by email
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I used to do ceramics and the ashtrays, vases and things I made were not safe to put food in. You have to make sure the glaze and paint on the bowls are food safe. — Barb In a cat’s eyes, all things belong to cats. – English Proverb —
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Those are some interesting ideas! I bet garage sales and junk shops would > have lots of really cool old ash trays and bowls and such that could > function really well as kitty food bowls. I think my only concern though > would be with how they are fired/made. > Does anyone know how to check or tell if a bowl is safe to serve food from? > I know some ceramic paints can leach lead and chemicals into food & water. > Like everyone always says don’t eat off of any of the pottery you buy in > Mexico! > What I ended up doing (in addition to buying a couple of really cute bowl > just because I had to) was buying kitty bowls in the dishes section at > WalMart. I found a couple of really neat, really high sided heavy stoneware > soup bowl that were under $5 a piece! They make great cat food bowls, and I > know they are safe to feed food out of! > — > Liz and the Brat Pack: > Miss Kitty, Pooh Bear, Tigger, April, Suki, Mia-Tu, Loki, Akasha, Fuki, > Tiberius, Hai-Lee, Sundae, Guiness, & Pandora!!! > Visit my NEW WEB SITE!!! (Thanks Larry! > http://www.ABBEYRESCUE.org >Hi all! >We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the >two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two >bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. >Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic >bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In >my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two >different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom >soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to >the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >– >lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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Another idea. Go to a store that sells reclaimed or pawned merchandise and look for some of the good heavy dishes that we used to use some eighty years ago. (No, I am not kidding!) I got two large, heavy cereal bowls when Katie Marie came to my house and we still use them fifteen years later. They cost $1 each! They are sturdy, easily washed and *not* plastic which did not exist back then <G>. Hazel
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I took a class in ceramics. I failed the class incidentally, so I’m probably not the best one to post this. ( I have *0* artistic talent…poli sci major here) to the best of my knowledge though, there is no way to tell if the ceramic was fired in a lead-based or non lead-based glaze. I think it’s safest if you’re going to be feeding kitty something from the dish to use glass:) I recently started using old jello cups for the cats, and they like them:) Janene Mother of Bailey, Dylan and Dante’ Wuffies.Net – http://www.wuffies.net – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Those are some interesting ideas! I bet garage sales and junk shops would > have lots of really cool old ash trays and bowls and such that could > function really well as kitty food bowls. I think my only concern though > would be with how they are fired/made. > Does anyone know how to check or tell if a bowl is safe to serve food from? > I know some ceramic paints can leach lead and chemicals into food & water. > Like everyone always says don’t eat off of any of the pottery you buy in > Mexico! > What I ended up doing (in addition to buying a couple of really cute bowl > just because I had to) was buying kitty bowls in the dishes section at > WalMart. I found a couple of really neat, really high sided heavy stoneware > soup bowl that were under $5 a piece! They make great cat food bowls, and I > know they are safe to feed food out of! > — > Liz and the Brat Pack: > Miss Kitty, Pooh Bear, Tigger, April, Suki, Mia-Tu, Loki, Akasha, Fuki, > Tiberius, Hai-Lee, Sundae, Guiness, & Pandora!!! > Visit my NEW WEB SITE!!! (Thanks Larry! > http://www.ABBEYRESCUE.org >Hi all! >We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the >two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two >bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. >Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic >bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In >my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two >different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom >soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to >the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >– >lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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Hi all! We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. — lmg _ (_/_) _ / _ ,_ _
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Those are some interesting ideas! I bet garage sales and junk shops would have lots of really cool old ash trays and bowls and such that could function really well as kitty food bowls. I think my only concern though would be with how they are fired/made. Does anyone know how to check or tell if a bowl is safe to serve food from? I know some ceramic paints can leach lead and chemicals into food & water. Like everyone always says don’t eat off of any of the pottery you buy in Mexico! What I ended up doing (in addition to buying a couple of really cute bowl just because I had to) was buying kitty bowls in the dishes section at WalMart. I found a couple of really neat, really high sided heavy stoneware soup bowl that were under $5 a piece! They make great cat food bowls, and I know they are safe to feed food out of! — Liz and the Brat Pack: Miss Kitty, Pooh Bear, Tigger, April, Suki, Mia-Tu, Loki, Akasha, Fuki, Tiberius, Hai-Lee, Sundae, Guiness, & Pandora!!! Visit my NEW WEB SITE!!! (Thanks Larry! http://www.ABBEYRESCUE.org – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Hi all! >We’ve started to feed both cats dry and canned. In order to keep the >two types separate, so the dry stuff doesn’t get all mushy, we need two >bowls. Since the cats eat in separate rooms, that means four bowls. >Kitty acne has been a problem in the past, and I’ve read that plastic >bowls might be part of the problem, so I decided not to use plastic. In >my quest for low-cost, non-plastic food bowls, I have started using two >different items that one might not think of: glass or ceramic bathroom >soap dishes and ash trays. Both are quite inexpensive, as compared to >the heavy ceramic pet bowls that the pet stores sell. As a matter of >fact, we bought two new heavy, leaded glass ashtrays for a buck apiece >yesterday. Of course, you do have to look at design, i.e., is it heavy >enough, will it sit still while kitty is eating, are the sides high >enough to keep the dry food from rolling out, etc. Also, you must be >sure that there are no sharp edges or cracks, but that is a >consideration with the pet shop type bowls, too. >Just thought I’d pass this along! Have a great day, everybody. >– >lmg _ > (_/_) > _ / _ ,_ _
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