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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / October 2007LEAD CONCERN-CERAMIC CAT DISHES/BOWLS FROM TARGET
Just wondering...I recently bought a cat feeding set from Target (ceramic water and food) dish. They sit in this nice convenient metal rack, which makes changing very easy. I've heard about there being lead in some ceramics and/or glazes. What's making me more concerned, is that the product is made in China. Not to bash the Chinese and their manufacturing processes, but it is a well-known fact that they sometimes cut corners and their q.c. practices are questionable at best. The cat isn't showing any signs of a problem...have been using it for about 2 months. Am I just being paranoid here? Any and all responses are welcome...thanks in advance for your assistance. On Oct 1, 12:16 pm, jgreenfiel...@yahoo.com wrote: > Just wondering...I recently bought a cat feeding set from Target > (ceramic water and food) dish. They sit in this nice convenient metal [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Any and all responses are welcome...thanks in advance for your > assistance. Personally, I never use dishes made for pets for precisely the reason for your question. I just don't trust that there won't be lead in them. If it were me, I would probably toss the set you got at Target and use ones for humans. > On Oct 1, 12:16 pm, jgreenfiel...@yahoo.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > them. If it were me, I would probably toss the set you got at Target > and use ones for humans. I feel the same way. Something just tells me that quality control for anything manufactured for pet use is not going to be as stringent as for human dishes. Besides, it's easy to find lovely glass or stoneware bowls that are suitable in size and weight to use for cat bowls. Cats like shallow, wide bowls best, and I usually pick mine up at thrift stores. "Fruit bowls" work well. I avoid the vintage pottery-type bowls out of lead concerns. Sherry Sherry I did buy some beautiful pet bowls for my cats and maybe they just weren't the right shape but the cats would not eat out of them. They yanked their food out onto the floor and ate it there! The bowls went back and I got my money back. Barb I use Melmac small flat plates (butter dishes) to feed the canned food. The deep dishes could touch the whiskers which might lead to them pulling the food out to eat on the floor. Even with the flat plates, Tiger sometimes pulls some of the food out. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') jgreenfiel...@yahoo.com wrote: > Just wondering...I recently bought a cat feeding set from Target > (ceramic water and food) dish. They sit in this nice convenient metal [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Any and all responses are welcome...thanks in advance for your > assistance. There are lead testing kits available at stores such as Home Depot for about $10. I don't know how accurate they are. I've not tried them yet but some people in another forum/newsgroup have used them and highly recommend them. Here's a link to them - http://prolabinc.com/products.asp?kit=leadsurface I agree, it's a problem. My pet shop has these cute Starbarks water bowls that look like my own Starbucks mug but I turned it over and scraped at the price tag and it's made in China. Didn't buy it but I turned over my own Starbucks mug and it's also made in China! For that matter, so are all my everyday dishware! Barb > I agree, it's a problem. My pet shop has these cute Starbarks water bowls > that look like my own Starbucks mug but I turned it over and scraped at the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Barb Uh oh, I need to check out my dishes too. I think almost everything these days is made in China. They certainly need better regulations when it comes to importing from there. On Oct 1, 12:16 pm, jgreenfiel...@yahoo.com wrote: > Just wondering...I recently bought a cat feeding set from Target > (ceramic water and food) dish. They sit in this nice convenient metal [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Any and all responses are welcome...thanks in advance for your > assistance. Thank you all for your input...Joe :-)
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