Messy eater!

I have had several cats throughout my life, and some are messy eaters, while others are neat. I have one cat (a female) who likes to take a nugget of dry food out of her bowl and hunt it before she eats it, batting it around all over the floor. Sometimes she will do this with the whole bowl until all of the food is eaten--or knocked under the refrigerator! And yet she is a very neat eater otherwise and never makes a mess with canned food. Another cat likes to splash his paws in the water bowl and then lick the water off his paws--you can imagine what kind of mess this makes! And my favorite cat of all, who passed away last year, was the messiest eater I have even seen--he would get food EVERYWHERE around his bowl. But he was still a great cat, nonetheless. I have found no solution except a dustpan and a brush....or a towl, to clean up the puddles. Hopefully someone will post a solution that we both can use!

I can say my three cats are pretty neat, my one has trouble chewing dry food. So he will pick it up eat a piece but then piece fall. But he always eats it up off the floor. What type of dish do you use? I use to have a plate style one and found it would be all over the place. But I got ones with high sides and havent had a problem since.

My partners cats, they had 4 were all messy eats and Edward was the greediest, he would finish his feed then start on the others, Hera would take the food out of her bowl and carry it away from the bowls to eat, thus making even more mess! We did put a mat down but it didn't make much of a difference to be honest, they were set in their little ways. We even had a neighbour say that Edward would actually go into their house and start eating their kitties food and making a mess as a did! Not sure who were were most annoyed with Edward for being greedy or them for encouraging him and letting him in! Table manners were definitely not their forte, any of them!

Our three cats share one large bowl and will go nibble dry kibble when they see fit. If one of them drops a piece of kibble outside the bowl, I think that one of the others will generally come through and clean it up before we humans ever notice it. So, over all, the trio is fairly neat. Now, let's not talk about the amount of litter they kick out of the box...

Hi my lady friend has cats one a messy eater, the other cat is a nut. this what she does with her dry food, she take bit out with her paw the bat her food on the kitchen floor then chase it,then she eat it , but some time she lose it,and the cat going nut looking for that 1 piece of food when her whole bowel is full of dry food. any sloution my friend try to do does not work. the cat do as they please. they are very cute. ok have a good day.

Well most cats are messy eaters. i would just say try to feed them outside house in backyard maybe. Not sure though. Well if you have pets you have to deal with such a problem. Well i suggest you try to contact other pet breeders as it might help you more than here. Hope this helps. Good luck to ya!