How about dogs? My Maltese doing exactly the same thing. :D

Is this also why my cat drinks from the far side of the bowl?

My cat only eats out of wide bowls for this reason!

She has wet food too, not all dry :)

Meanwhile my cats will literally lick the bowl after all the food is gone

Huh. That explains some things. I thought my cat was just picky.

I... actually always thought that my cat didn't like stale food, and that the stuff on the bottom of the bowl had just been breathed on with hot, wet cat breath enough times that he thought it was disgusting.

I'm going to try a wider bowl and see how that goes.

Tell that to my cat who's preferred drinking vessel is a small cup she's gotta stick her face into

Same with some dogs, especially those with long snout hair, even if they also have whiskers.

Sorry, but this is pseudo-science bullcrap akin to healing crystals. Whisker fatigue is just some BS a mom group on Facebook came up with to sell products. It has zero scientific backing and frankly I would appreciate not spreading false information like this here. Leave that garbage on reddit

I did need to know this! Maybe I'll buy my cat a flatter bowl to eat off.

This is called whisker fatigue. Try to pick food bowls designed to alleviate this. You'll want a design that's wide and shallow. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08L97TF8S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00 I ordered these last year and my baby boy will happily finish his food to the very bottom of the bowl. If your cat's eating from their usual bowl just fine, then you don't need to go out of your way to get them special bowls or anything. Every kitty is different and has different needs!

Threads like this are great!

Not for infromative purposes, but as a reminder how whipped and nonsensical cat owners can be.

I never noticed until I got my own cats though. Used to be a dog person, through and through. Still am, but now I also love my cats.

Now like dogs, they are individuals so there are adjustments needed but let me just list all that I do with my cats that works amazing for them...

• ad libitum food, 2 cats, 4 bowls. 2 always full with dry food, 2 always full with water. (Now there's actually also two massive dog water bowls they have additional access to)
• Night time crates; when we go to bed, they go to bed. No fuss, they are crate trained just like our 3 dogs.
• Never outside without a harness/leash. These are pets, and unlike dogs which are easily contained with chains or fences cats are not. Its unethical and plain wrong to let your cat out to kill birds and encroach on others property. Barn cats are another tough topic, I won't touch on cause that's a situation. But irrelevant anyways since these are house cats.

These 2 cats are healthy af, not overweight and well they eat and drink well.

I'll add, I grew up with ad libitum dog feeding too. That said my 3 dogs currently are on a 2 meals a day regiment. This is purely due to the fact we have some overly food motivated breeds who will fight and we need to have them seperate when food is involved in any capacity (their food and food in general)

This rant just to say, cat owners very often come off as the type that try to sell chunks of gypsum and amethyst to heal your woes.