This is to funny... We do not leave cat food out at night. We find it draws to many strays and other critters, like skunks and rats or mice. Cats have food all day, they don't need at night... We do leave the water. Deb In a message dated 2/20/2013 7:57:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx writes: One night last month I heard some "clunking" out on our back porch....was after the dogs had come in for the night. Opened the door quick and turned the light on and an opossum was dragging my outside cat dish around trying to take it into a less open spot I am guessing. So I changed the feeding dish and put out an old cookie sheet instead. The cats seem to like it better since they don't have to butt heads to eat and the opossum must be nervous of it because when it moves around it makes a lot of noise. Maybe a purple bowl was just too much of a treasure for a critter! LOL Molly In a message dated 2/20/2013 9:28:49 A.M. Central Standard Time, wynsum@xxxxxxx writes: We had a large cat food bowl on the porch for our three porchcats for over 10 years. It was a very large purple plastic bowl When we went to feed, the bowl was gone. We searched over 1/2 acre of field and up to the woods and could not find it Something carried it off. The cats are fine, but something stole the bowl - and it was porbably almost empty as we only put out enough to feed the cats 2 times a day (0nce uin the morning and once at night) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================