Crystal said, and when they hit the sides of a bowl during a meal, “that repeated stress isn’t giving the cat<br />any additional information.” He added, “We don’t want them to have associations of stress while eating.”<br />Hepper’s Nom Nom bowls have rounded corners, so that food doesn’t get trapped in a tight place, Mr.<br />Whisker fatigue is a real thing, said Andrew Roost, a general partner at Pet Fusion,<br />a family-run pet products company that sells feeding dishes for cats and dogs.<br />Ms. Gardner, the owner of Moon (a black domestic shorthair), said she experimented with many bowls —<br />including a soup bowl from Walmart — to determine which ones Moon and Rupert (a calico) liked best<br />“I think it’s just one of those things where people say, ‘Oh, cats are just finicky eaters,’<br />and everyone thinks it’s a joke,” said Ms. Gardner, a 51-year-old fiction writer and blogger in Langhorne, Pa. “After reading some articles about this, I was like, maybe this isn’t a joke after all.”<br />What Is Feline Whisker Fatigue?<br />Some companies have begun to advertise their food bowls as “whisker friendly.” One of them is Hepper, which makes whisker-conscious<br />Nom Nom bowls ($39.99, or $71.99 for two), which are one inch deep and four-inches by five-inches wide.<br />‘Whisker Fatigue’ May Be to Blame -<br />By JENNIFER A. KINGSONJUNE 5, 2017<br />Moon was having eating issues, familiar ones to many cat owners: He batted food out of his bowl before he would eat it.
