One of the first problems I have had with the cats was that Butch, the larger cat, is larger for a reason: He eats a voracious amount. I had bought some cute little cat dishes, one for each of them, with a skid-free free bottom. Unfortunately, he thought both bowls were for him. He would eat whole mouthfuls from his dish... until I put down a full dish for Unique. Then he'd run over, stick his big head in the bowl, pushing her out. If she went to his bowl, he followed her there. Meanwhile, most of the food spilled out on the floor in the porch. Those cat dishes were skid-free, but not turnover-free. Besides, they don't hold enough food for Butch.
Here you see the skid-free bottom:
I have a set of five dishes I bought at Costco. They hold a pint and have straight up sides, as well as some weight to them. They all came with plastic lids, and I use them a lot for leftovers. I decided to see if they would work for the cats.
That dish works great. However, there's no use giving the cats two of them, because they think they have to eat in the same bowl. However, Unique can now hold her own when they eat, and she gives as good as she gets. I put another of my bowls there for their water. I may at some point have to give them each their own bowl, who knows. I certainly didn't know when I bought those pretty bowls that I'd wind up giving them to cats.
