Understanding Whisker Fatigue and Efficient Treatments for It!

What’s Whisker Fatigue:

Whisker fatigue is a situation that will have an effect on some cats when their delicate whiskers are available contact with the perimeters of their meals bowl.

“In primary phrases, whisker fatigue is solely over-stimulation of the sensory system of the whiskers. What occurs when the whiskers are touched an excessive amount of, even whether it is primary brushing in opposition to meals and water dishes, is the cat’s mind will get an onslaught of sensory messages transmitted to their mind.” Dr Keyes from Cat Vet Tucson. A full article on this situation could be discovered right here.

This may increasingly trigger them discomfort, stress and irritability throughout mealtime. To forestall this situation, it’s possible you’ll supply wider bowls, flat saucers and even paper plates as an alternative of deep bowls. By offering your cat with the suitable bowl, it’s possible you’ll assist them really feel calm and comfy throughout their meals.

It’s one thing we had by no means actually considered till we observed that considered one of our cats would ignore her usually favorite meals! However what are the precise indicators to look out for?

The indicators of whisker fatigue in cats could embody avoiding the meals bowl, pawing on the meals, and even meowing excessively throughout mealtime. Some cats can also depart meals behind within the bowl or seem overly anxious throughout feeding time.

• Refusal to eat or drink from their standard dishes
• Pacing in entrance of the meals bowls and meowing like one thing is unsuitable
• Pawing at meals and water to attempt to pull it from the bowl
• Performing extra aggressively round meals or treats when it’s given to them out of the dish

Making changes to their feeding bowls, in addition to their feeding setting, could assist to alleviate these signs and make mealtime extra pleasant in your feline good friend. and that’s why we invested into the Necoichi extra-wide bowls!

It’s not stunning that this bowl from Japanese firm Necoichi received the first place within the World Pet Expo awards. Not simply does it deal with the whisker fatigue drawback but it surely additionally addresses the difficulty of cats liking to eat from the center of the bowl! Due to its designed curve the meals naturally gravitates in the direction of the middle avoiding the oh so frequent concern of a cat complaining that the bowl is empty whereas it’s nonetheless half full! 😉

Additional to this, the bowls are product of ceramic which avoids the frequent concern we noticed with vast bowls product of bamboo composite or plastic. With the bamboo composite or plastic irrespective of how arduous we cleaned them they result in the issue eater cat creating feline zits as a result of micro organism residing within the materials of the bowls we used previous to the ceramic bowls.

And lastly, the raised design simply makes it simpler for cats to eat in addition to cut back the danger of vomiting in cats which can be susceptible to the latter!

“The usage of an elevated bowl permits gravity to help in transferring meals from the mouth to the abdomen. Cats with different consuming or swallowing issues can also profit from an elevated meals bowl.” Quote By Catherine Barnette DVM

The additional-wide raised bowls now are available 7 fabulous designs from Necoichi and we’re very fortunate to have been capable of supply these for our on-line store alongside the remainder of the spectacular Necoichi vary. And till the tip of August you will get 12% off with the code Sakura (Low cost could be utilized in your basket / cart on the suitable hand backside aspect or as a clickable hyperlink on the highest of the checkout web page) in our on-line store.

The designs presently out there for this bowl are Basic, Sakura , Trendy Sakura, Fuji, Botanical Backyard, Vibrant Dots and Nala cat which options a picture of the manufacturers’ mascot Nala!

In fact, the model additionally has extra inexpensive normal sized and enormous bowls in addition to water bowls for people who don’t essentially require the extra-wide bowl to keep away from whisker fatigue! This actually does rely on the scale of your cat and all of their bowls are whisker pleasant designed. Our three-legged cat Nubia is very happy about this because it makes it simpler for her to drink and eat always.

The total vary could be seen right here.

And when you’ve got issues with spillage regardless of the particular lip design to minimise this within the first place… why not add a Necoichi eating tray!

Thanks,

Marc