"Steven D. Lee on tue 28 jan 03
I usually give my second and third pieces to my mom as she says she
will find a use for them. I was visiting her ranch one day when I
noticed that one of the large bowl forms she was using for feeding
the miniture donkeys. She said that their new one would not eat from
plastic bowls, but ate right away from the stoneware bowl.
After she said this I tried an experiment with the cats on the
ranch. I filled three bowls with food, one plastic, one glass and
one of my seconds stoneware bowl. Low and behold, all three cats
went for the stoneware bowl.
Now am I going crazy or do animals have a preference for stoneware
over plastic or other materials out of which to eat.
Now, I could be wrong about this and this may just be a fluke, but if
anyone else has had the same experience, I may start thinking about
making feeding bowls for animals as one of my line of wares.
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Steven D. Lee
SD Pottery - The Little Texas Pottery
http://www.sdpottery.com
millenial_age@yahoo.com
14341 FM 112
Thrall, TX 76578
512-898-5195
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Valice Raffi on tue 28 jan 03
>Now am I going crazy or do animals have a preference for stoneware
>over plastic or other materials out of which to eat.
I dunno, but my cats have preferred handmade bowls too. However, they
don't seem to like the cobalt Fiestaware bowl (maybe because it's chipped?)
Valice
in Sacramento
just back from taking the kitten on a car ride to the store
Maggie Woodhead on wed 29 jan 03
Hello and Kia Ora,
I have a friend who has two large dogs, one of them
a
German Shepherd. Several weeks ago the German Shepherd developed a sore in the
corner of her mouth which did not heal up so she took it to the Vet. He told
her that it was caused by the plastic bowl from which she was feeding the dog
and to obtain one of another non plastic material. The stainless steel ones
were rather expensive so I offered to make her 'dog bowls' for the two of them
in stoneware, my normal clay. The sore has healed and both dogs happy with
their feeders, no more problems. Perhaps????
Yours from New Zealand, Land of the Hobbits ----Best Wishes Maggie----
maggiew@clear.net.nz
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