Would it be disgusting to put cat bowl in the dishwasher...

[Sallyfreckles]

...with all our plates? I am a dishwasher newbie and don't know the rules!

Thanks!

I do it with our cats' bowls. But there will be some who come on here shrieking noooooo what about the germs.

TBH, I'm more pissed off about the fleas our cats have acquired than the germs on their foodbowls going into my hot dishwasher.

erm? no? Why would it be?

My friend puts her pelvic floor muscle exerciser in the dishwasher after use (I definitely wouldn't do that!)

I don't see why it would be.

I would. However it seems to be a rather divisive topic on here. But then I suspect many posters have a much higher standard of cleanliness than I do...

Um, yes I don't see why not. I put the dogs bowls in mine...

Just as an aside, what is a pelvic floor muscles exerciser?? It is a gadget that you, er, put inside you??

I put them in the dishwasher. None of us has suffered any ill effects yet

Yes the dishwasher sterilises stuff doesn't it?

You'd wash them in the same washing up bowl wouldn't you?

As long as they're dishwasher safe no issue at all.

Cat food is no worse than, say, milk that's gone rancid in a cereal bowl, or the chopping board or knife you used to cut raw chicken, and you wouldn't think twice about putting those kind of things in there.

I don't, but I can't really justify why not. Just think animal things should stay away from people things. I wash them up in the utility room with clothes and wellies rather than the same place as we eat. DH thinks am batty.....

if you had stroked the cat, would you wash your hands in a special basin?

(grin) at Piglet - no, you're absolutely right I wouldn't, I realise it's daft but I'm sticking to it!

Of course! its not, i do it all the time

murphys as I understand it its like one of those wrist exerciser thingies but you insert it and then squeeze from the inside.

piglet john the voice of reason (as usual!)

Yes I do

I don't have a dishwasher anymore but when I did I always used to put the cat bowl in there. Dishwasher use very hot water so it all gets properly clean. If you're handwashing it, you definitely shouldn't use the same sponge as for the rest of the washing up. Bleurk.

I do.

I hand wash the cat things in the utility room sink with a separate sponge.

Sometimes I put the toothbrushes in the dishwasher if a bit grotty, but never the loo brush - urgh

I sometimes do.

DD needs bowel washouts and I heard of a "lady" who put her rectal washout tube in dishwasher bauk!!!

The dishwasher should sterilise it. So I put cat bowls in dishwasher but would not wash them in human dishes.

I think putting them in the dishwasher is the best way to stop the spread of germs.

Of course you can wash them with human dishes.... Everything gets sterilised on a hot wash.

I don't think the water from the taps is hot enough to sterilise.

I put our dog's bowl in ours.