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    I was in Walmart today and got my cat a new feeder bowl. Looks just like this except its black with speckles on it.


    He won't even go near it. I put food in it and a fresh bottle of water and he is freaked out by it.

    I don't know why - what's up with my cat?
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    My cats were super freaked out by my modem when I got it installed a few days ago. I think it was the blinking lights and just the fact that it was unfamiliar.

    I think he will probably get over it in a day or two.
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    in general cats dont like new things right away. He'll get used to it.

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    Default Re: Cat afraid of new bowl

    put a clothover the bottle, maybe it will be less scary




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    Ok, I'll watch him for the next 24 hours and until before I leave. If he is not eating I'll just switch back to the old one. I just want him to have fresh water all the time.

    He was clawing anything to get away from the dreaded food/water bowl. He stands at the beginning of the kitchen and looks at it.
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    Aww poor baby. Cats have such funny quirks.
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    LMAO, that's so cute. I have one of those filter water bowls for my cat that quietly circulates the water so it's never stagnant. Maybe that will work better?
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    Its a zombie bowl!

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    Cats crack me up.

    My girl cat LOVES new things. Oh wait, I only have a girl cat now. At least, physically.

    Tigersmilk, I think your cat eventually will love the new bowl. It's different looking but the water thing is awesome. I'm going to have to get mine one.

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    My oldest cat keeps batting at the modem or whatever and then jumping away when the lights blink.
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    I had to giggle a little because your cat reminds of one of my dogs, Hank... He's 90lbs and scared of everything! He barked and raised his fur at a balloon! My other dog just looks at him like, "duh, it's a balloon!"

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    Cats hate change.. when I got the cat genie, my cats FREAKED - I had to shut the door when it ran. Now they go in there to watch the bowl turn. Baby kitty will get over it. Just don't make a big deal about it and kitty wont either.

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    I would give him fresh water in another bowl but not food. He'll have to suck it up if he wants to eat. My cat is on an autofeeder too and when I don't feel like feeding him I tell him he's fat. I dunoo. We're a strange little family. He's little overweight but I just say it cuz I think its funny.

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    I'm brand new at cats but my guess is that old man cat is like, "Why you gotta change things on me?" Maybe place his old water bowl next to the new one to get him used to it at first?
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    Heh, that food bowl even scares ME! lol. As the others said, he'll get used to it though. Just give it time.
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    I hope kitteh gets used to it. My kitteh wouldn't drink from one of those nice Brookstone waterfall-ish water bowls.

    She was trying to get into my toilet rather than drink from that!

    But I had one of the ones you showed in the pic when I was with my ex and we had three cats total and all three of the furry fuckers drank out of it.

    I got one of these for my remaining cat (one died of asthma years ago, my ex got the other) and she won't drink from that either. Just a plain 'ol bowl.

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    Oh, one more thing... does it glug? I got something like that from Walmart that my kitten took to immediately, but it doesn't make any noise.
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    My 2 adult cats have change, tey even get freaked out if we move the furniture around. Your kitty wil get used to it, it'll just take a while.



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    Does it reflect at all? The "movement" might freak them out.

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