Daughters and hygiene

Do you use antibacterial liquid?

Job done.

I’m inclined to think your DD has a valid point. Should we really be washing the food bowls of any creature, especially those renowned for licking their own backsides, anywhere near our own domestic washing up facilities?
If you kept chickens ExDancer, would you wash their water and food bowls in your domestic sink? Likewise if you kept rabbits, budgies, pigs……..I could go on but I’ll leave it there.

I can't see what harm it would do. I wouldn't put a pet bowl in with other dishes, but if it is using the last of the water then what's the worst that can happen?

When I was growing up and hot water was limited to what was in the tank, every bit was used to full potential and it was only poured away when either all the dishes were washed or it was really unuseable. By modern standards it might not have been 'hygienic', but we all lived to tell the tale.

I use the sink in the utility room to wash our dog's bowls with washing up liquid, and kitchen roll to wash them and dry them.
I wouldn't use anything we use on our own food items 😕

Bit yuk is my verdict! Do you have a utility room sink?

We wash the cat's dishes after our own and give them a quick rinse in hot water. I then empty the bowl and give that a rinse in hot water. I think that's fine.

If you use the same dishcloth, I would soak it in a bit of bleach afterwards, but I do that every couple of days anyway, with no pets in the house.

Perhaps in the sink if you only have one, but not in the washing up bowl, using kitchen roll not your dishcloth?

You can scrub the sink better if it is stainless steel, although I always scrub the washing up bowl too.

Don't overthink this, I use the last of the water if it's not greasy, kitchen roll to wash and dry then a quick spray with antibacterial liquid after rinsing. I would love to have a utility room for all the animal stuff but that remains a dream.

When I still had cats we used to put our stuff in the dishwasher, wash the cat bowls in the sink, in a bowl kept for that purpose only and dry them with kitchen roll. We then used to clean the bowl and sink.(We had an old style Belfast sink)

I believe that if you wash stuff in a dishwasher at 65 degrees, or above, it is safe to put pet dishes in with everything else but I have never tried it.

I put cat dishes in dishwasher. Probably safer than handwashing as temperature higher and detergent harsher.

I think our DC can be our most severe critics.
They forget that you brought them up and they survived along with family pets.

I was astonished when first visiting DS and future DiL in their first home together to be asked to take off our perfectly clean shoes at the door.
The white carpets and lack of ornament left me speechless. Was this the same person?
When he had left for university I filled 9 binbags of rubbish from his bedroom.

If it makes you feel better, wash the animal dishes separately and use the dishwasher if you have one.

Do you have upset stomachs? If it as a rare occurrence I would think you are safe.

We only have the one sink, so when I've finished washing all of our dishes, I use the same water to wash the dog bowls and fork, but in the sink itself, not the washing-up bowl. I then dry them using kitchen towel, not the dish towel, and clean the sink afterwards with an antibacterial spray. It's a system which has always worked well for us.

We have a utility room so use that sink. It is also used for vases, plant pots and other 'dirty' stuff.

We used to fill the cat's bowl and then leave the plastic spoon outside the bowl but in the sink . We had a friend of my daughter's staying with us who was a chef. I found her one day stirring a pot of some lovely dish with the cat's spoon probably not properly washed. I said nothing .

We have always washed the cats dishes in the dishwasher at the same time as everything else. No drying required so no need to use tea towels or washing up sponges etc.

We’ve never had a problem no tummy upsets ever . The dishwasher temperature is hot enough to kill anything

Never used separate cutlery for our dog and cat food and always washed their bowls in the same washing up bowl and never had any problems ExDancer.

I'm with the Grans who wash the pet dishes in the last of the washing up water in the washing-up bowl, but using a separate sponge. I also put them in the dishwasher. Been doing this for years, never been ill and can't see anything wrong with it.

We wash the cat bowls in the dishwasher. We’re still to tell the ‘tail’.

My daughter has a thing about use by dates. Admittedly elder son threw away a jar of mustard powder which was three years out of date when he was last here…

I hate using dishes which my animals have used .
They always have their own and washed separately.
I'm going out on Saturday and I know that my friend will put a plate on the floor for her dog in the cafe .
On one occasion we found one of her cats had dragged a roast chicken onto the floor and was devouring it .
I'll cut that bit off and it will be okay ,she said blowing on on the remains.
Her family often have upset stomachs .

I don't know what animals can have in their saliva that might penetrate the glaze on crockery. I wouldn't share a plate with a pet (as in both eat off it at the same time), but if it's been washed in hot soapy water (machine or by hand) I'm sure it's absolutely fine.

We’ve had dogs all our lives, bowls either washed in very hot water alone, or, more likely rinsed then into dishwasher, with our things, on high temperature.

So long as hands are washed regularly and floors mopped and counters cleaned I think that’s good enough.

Those worried unduly about hygiene probably don’t have pets.

Our preoccupation with anti-bac this that and the other has caused a huge rise in allergies.

We have a utility room with a sink , so dog bowls get washed up there and left to air dry .