My cats showed the same annoying habit. I sometimes use an automatic feeder but the little cherubs figured out early on that if they play soccer with the feeder across the kitchen floor, the top will pop open. This solution works like a charm:
1) Find one average sized red masonry brick for each bowl you want to make knock-over-proof. Also find one strip of industrial strength velcro per bowl, at least 2" wide and as long as will fit both the brick and the bottom of the bowl. These supplies can be found rather inexpensively at any Home Depot type store.
2) Apply the velcro to the brick and the bottom of the food bowl. The best way is stick the velcro together, then peel off the back of the fabric strip and stick it to the brick, peel off the other back of the plastic hook strip and line up the bowl, then stick the bowl down. Leave them to let the adhesives set for a while before trying to separate the two surfaces; eventually you'll be able to rip the two velcro strips apart (though it takes some effort) without dislodging the adhesives. Make sure the plastic hook strip is on the bowl and the fabric strip is on the brick so you can still wash/dry the bowls easily.
3) Delight in your ultimate superiority as the cat fails to knock over the bowl... ever again.
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Date: 2009-10-13 07:02 pm (UTC)1) Find one average sized red masonry brick for each bowl you want to make knock-over-proof. Also find one strip of industrial strength velcro per bowl, at least 2" wide and as long as will fit both the brick and the bottom of the bowl. These supplies can be found rather inexpensively at any Home Depot type store.
2) Apply the velcro to the brick and the bottom of the food bowl. The best way is stick the velcro together, then peel off the back of the fabric strip and stick it to the brick, peel off the other back of the plastic hook strip and line up the bowl, then stick the bowl down. Leave them to let the adhesives set for a while before trying to separate the two surfaces; eventually you'll be able to rip the two velcro strips apart (though it takes some effort) without dislodging the adhesives. Make sure the plastic hook strip is on the bowl and the fabric strip is on the brick so you can still wash/dry the bowls easily.
3) Delight in your ultimate superiority as the cat fails to knock over the bowl... ever again.