People with pets / myLot

June 22, 2026 9:13pm CST

Hello there all you mylot people with pets like cats and dogs and bunnies etc Simple question Do you Wash your pets food dishes Alongside your own plates and cups and cutlery etc I think we did when we had cats Do you?

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13 responses

Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14839)

• Ireland

13h

@ineeddentures My wife watched incredulously while a friend but her dog’s dish in the dishwasher along with all her human dirty dishes and declined offers of cups of coffee in that house thereafter. I suppose though the aversion might be misplaced.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148888)

• Roseburg, Oregon

11h

I wash and rise all the cat bowls with my dishes. They are all clean when done.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117367)

• El Paso, Texas

Sorta, I don't use soap for the most part as I've noticed that Roscoe won't eat from his bowl if I do, I suppose he smells something he doesn't like, who knows.

JB_girl

@sol_cee (38753)

• Philippines

11h

I have to admit, washing pet dishes together with our own plates feels a little strange to me.

I know some people do it, but I think I’d prefer keeping them separate. Pets are family, but their bowls are still their bowls

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Gayle Harrelson

@2ndchances24 (12291)

• Cloverdale, Indiana

13h

I use disposable dish's for Sheba my cat that saves me from having to wash them & she gets a clean dish everyday.

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Jehanne

@Jehanne (2116)

• Philippines

26m

No. It is being wash separately.

Anna

@LadyDuck (503236)

• Italy

I washed my cat food dishes but absolutely NOT with our own plates. I washed in the garage sink.

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (136331)

• Marion, Ohio

Not as often but they do get washed

Fleur

@Fleura (35279)

• United Kingdom

11h

Simple answer: No.

Jessica

@JESSY3236 (22316)

• United States

When I was living in the trailer, I had two cats (although one became missing). I had a dishwasher, but I would hand wash the cat bowls. Now I live with 4 cats in my uncle's old house. He didn't have a dishwasher. So I do wash the cat bowls first and then the other dishes.

Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21540)

• London, England

I do wash separately, but if I had a dishwasher, they'd all go in together

LooeyVille

@LooeyVille (73)

• United States

We wash food and water bowls at least once a week, sometimes more.

Ayu2026

@Ayu2026 (483)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

We used to have two cats who were sisters. Sadly, one of them passed away from kidney stones last year, leaving us with just one cat. We always clean her bowl after she eats. First, we wipe the dirty bowl with a paper towel to scrape off any leftover food, and then we rinse it in the sink.