How do I get my cat to stop knocking his food and water over?

Question

I give him fresh water everyday, but he still knocks both of them over.

Answer 1

When I saw this question, I laughed out loud. I have a cat that does the same thing, but just with the water. He LOVES to play in the water. If I put water in an ordinary bowl, it is empty within seconds. Literally! I tried buying a big huge non-tip DOG bowl thinking this would solve the problem, but nothing I've tried solved the problem until I got a Drinkwell water fountain. It's REALLY heavy. He tries to drag it around but he just can't. LOL.

However, he sure loves that running water! Both to drink & occasionally to bat at. :-)

They have similar feeders for food - wonder if that would solve your problem there? :-)

Good luck!

Answer 2

You can buy a food and water dish in a stand that the cat will find extremely problematic to knock over. That's what we did for my grandma. Eventually, the cat gave up.

Answer 3

You need the stuff in containers he can't knock over. When we had this problem, I put the water in a 8X8 glass cake pan, and the food in a heavy bowl.

Answer 4

If you give it tap water then try bottled. Try different brands of food and feeding in different spots. My cat also does the " bury the food thing" but if I leave the food out long enough he eats it all ! Also, talk to your cat and play with him, he may just be bored.

Answer 5

he doesn't like the food your giving him, try another brand of cat food. Also it may be hurting his teeth and knocks water into the dish to make dry food soft.

Answer 6

THANK GOD! I thought my cat was insane- he knocks them over and carrys the water dish around in his mouth. I'm ready to take him to a cat psychologist. Let me know if you find something that works.

Answer 7

My crazy dog did the same thing. I finally got her a set of food/water bowls that are too heavy for her to move.

Answer 8

get a bowl for your water and food that has a continuous feeding bottle on top and they can not move it the only thing my cat does is he likes to wash his feet in it and look for the food on the bottom of the bowl.

Answer 9

My cat was doing this and I went and found him a big bowl that was heavy that he couldn't knock over so easy.

Answer 10

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