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Why does my cat refuse food from her bowl, preferring the bag?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Wirehair | Female | spayed | 1 year and 10 months old | 9 lbs

Every time I get a new bag of food, I pour it into a round glass container I bought from ikea. I’ve been doing this for over a year. My cats eat friskies with the different flavors. For the past week, whenever I feed my cats with the food from the glass container, my cat won’t eat the food, she prefers whatever’s leftover in the bag still (not all of the food fits into the container. Why is she doing this? She’s 9lbs now, shots up 2 date, behavior is not abnormal except what I am concerned about

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Answered By Maria DVM

Veterinarian

Published on November 17th, 2018

I don't think it has anything to do with the glass container. I would just to make sure clean the container very well and make sure it is dry. Then try using it again. If she is still having this issue but is eating from the food in bag, I wouldn't be too concerned. To make sure there is nothing medical going on I do recommend a check up from your vet.

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