Why Silicone Is Becoming Popular in Pet Products

If you have been sourcing silicone products for more than a year, you have probably run into this situation. You receive samples that look perfect, then the mass production order arrives with issues that were not there before. Why Silicone Is Becoming Popular in Pet Products is often where things go wrong.

Color fading is a common complaint with cheap pet products. We use masterbatch coloring rather than surface printing, so the color goes all the way through. A bowl that started bright orange will still be bright orange after two years of daily use and washing.

Dogs will chew on anything. That is the first rule of pet product design. Slow feeder bowls need to be heavy enough that a 60-pound Labrador cannot flip them across the kitchen floor. We added a non-slip base and increased wall thickness specifically because of feedback from pet store owners.

Pet mats serve two purposes: keeping food off the floor and keeping the bowl in place. The lip height matters. Too low and water runs off onto the floor. Too high and it becomes a tripping hazard for small dogs. We settled on 0.6 inches after testing with 20 different breeds.

If you are working through these decisions for your own product line, we are happy to talk it through. Lemeng Silicone has been manufacturing custom silicone products for over 20 years, and we have seen pretty much every scenario. Drop us a line and we will give you an honest assessment, even if you end up working with someone else.