Stop poisoning your pet by using plastic bowls!
There are a wide number and types of pet bowls on the market today. The most popular and commonly used material is PLASTIC. But, did you know that these types of bowls can be the most dangerous and riskiest bowls to feed your pet with? Let's look into some of the reasons why...
Durability For young and teething pups out there, a feeding bowl occasionally becomes another chew toy to be destroyed and eaten. All it takes is a few minutes without your supervision and these pieces of plastic can cause internal bleeding or intestinal blockage and likely a huge vet bill.
bacterial biofilm As pet owners, we’ve all seen and felt that nasty slime that forms in our pets’ food and water dishes. This slime is called bacterial biofilm. Biofilm appears in many colors, including red, green, pink, yellow, purple, orange, brown, colorless or black. It also creates a putrefied smell that’s incredibly offensive to pets. plastic bowls are prone to developing bacterial biofilm that leads to inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, urinary tract infections and chronic kidney for your furry friend (especially in cats).
BPA is a synthetic estrogen commonly used to harden polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resin; however, extensive studies has shown that, even at low amounts to which people are routinely exposed, it can cause serious and sometimes irreversible damage to health. According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), “in laboratory tests, trace BPA exposure has been shown to disrupt the endocrine system and trigger a wide variety of disorders, including chromosomal and reproductive system abnormalities, impaired brain and neurological functions, cancer, cardiovascular system damage, adult-onset diabetes, early puberty, obesity, and resistance to chemotherapy.” With this type of effect on humans, just imagine what BPA could be doing to our pets—most of whom are much smaller!
It is unfortunate because there are several food-safe plastics, such as those used in human plastics identified by their recycling codes. Sadly, the pet industry is slow to add this information to their products. As a result, we are often left not knowing which plastic pet bowl is safe and which ones are unsafe until it is recalled or completely removed from the market.
Sure, there are some safe plastic pet bowls out there; but how are you suppose to know which ones really are?
CERAMIC DOG BOWL
Ceramic pet bowls can be a good choice if you do some homework, choose carefully, and take care of them. The biggest concern is to ensure that the glazes used to coat the dog bowls does not contain lead or other harmful chemicals. And you don’t want your pet bend their neck to eat food, so a reasonable lift would be better for their neck bone and leg joints, and help digestion in the esophagus.