Cat tries to bury food(on floor)
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with gravy) she will sniff it and then make like she is burying it by
scratching on the floor next to it like in a litter box. - she doesnt eat
it. My wife says that is her way of telling us this smells like sh^%. Is
that it or something else?
carl
Matthew
There is several books called understanding your cat you may want to buy
them
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Bill Graham
think your wife is right...:&)
Bill Graham
Ha! - That was my guess when I began reading your post too....- I think your
wife is right....:^)
Barb P. (in Ohio)
to eat it..and they just walk away..or as in the case of Hobbes, he goes to
another side of the bowl and eats from that side...go figure....
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Curmudgeon
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I've seen that behavior with many of my cats, and it's usually followed
by disdainfully walking away from the dish and refusing (at least for a
while) to eat any of that food. I don't know whether it's the smell or
the sight of the particular food that offends them but it clearly means
that it doesn't meet their epicurean standards, thank you very much.
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Cheers!
Mudge
"And if California slides into the ocean like the mystics and
statistics say it will, I predict this hotel will be standing
until I pay my bill."
Stan Brown
Your wife is right -- the at is expressing disapproval of the menu.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
Bryce
I recall a GF that used to pull the edge of the tablecloth over her plate
at the restaurant. Thought she was just trying to hide the veggies not
eaten. Who knows.
Upscale
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> another side of the bowl and eats from that side...go figure....
That sounds like my Deetoo. Often she will be yowling for more kibble when
there's lots in the bowl, it just happens to be bare at the front of it. All
I need do is tilt her kibble bowl so it all piles up at the front of the
bowl and then she's happy as a clam and will eat it immediately.
Stan Brown
We have to remember that, much as we love 'em, they have brains the
size of a Cheerio.
Barb P. (in Ohio)
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> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:34:22 -0500 from Upscale <ups...@teksavvy.com>:
>>
>> "Barb P. (in Ohio)" <Mys...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> > another side of the bowl and eats from that side...go figure....
>>
>> That sounds like my Deetoo. Often she will be yowling for more kibble
>> when
>> there's lots in the bowl, it just happens to be bare at the front of it.
>> All
>> I need do is tilt her kibble bowl so it all piles up at the front of the
>> bowl and then she's happy as a clam and will eat it immediately.
>
> We have to remember that, much as we love 'em, they have brains the
> size of a Cheerio.
>
Spider
This is very typical cat behaviour. You may have seen it performed by big
cats on documentaries. It happens when a cat has a prey item and has either
partially fed on it, or has recently fed, and doesn't want to eat more at
that time. The cat will scrape up any local detritus and use it to cover
the meal, so that it can return to it later. This same action is the one
you see in your cat, and largely for the same reasons. Mainly it is used to
(briefly) store food, as is the case in wild cats. However, some of our
moggies prefer to eat slightly gamey food (never off), and I'm sure this
'concealing' method is used to larder the food until it's wanted.
(Incidentally, this is one reason why one should never give in to an
apparently faddy cat: sometimes they're just waiting for the right moment to
devour it).
We've all had/seen cats that don't want a particular distasteful meal,
haven't we? They just turn round and walk away like snooty little baggages!
They certainly don't waste time concealing it.
The scraping behaviour is so like litter behaviour because both attempt to
cover something up. That is the only similarity. Let puss deal with it's
meal in its own way. It's perfectly normal.
Spider
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Spider
> That was great information!
Thanks. Glad you're pleased.
Spider
Barb P. (in Ohio)
Hobbes...Some days he won't even give his food a chance..he takes one whiff
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Spider
> Good information, but, I don't think it always applies. At least, not with
> Hobbes...Some days he won't even give his food a chance..he takes one
> whiff and ...get this outta my sight!
Well, we all have off days! I bet when Hobbes refuses his food, he doesn't
attempt to conceal it first, which is my point. It can be worrying when a
cat refuses to eat, even for a short time. My two cats have a full time
biscuit option as well as three wet meals a day (that's in winter; in
summer, they will only eat two wet meals), so I'm fairly relaxed if they
refuse a meal. Panther could win Olympic Gold for biscuit-eating, so I
don't worry too much if she refuses a meal. Cheetah, however, will always
remind me if I'm late with her wet dinner, so she's a greater cause for
concern if she won't eat it. She tends to eat half her wet meal .. then
biscuits .. then finish her wet meal. Panther is one of those cats who
prefer slightly gamey food, so she comes back to her meal later.
I used to have a gorgeous cat, Tiggypuss, who loved sour milk. I would put
down fresh (semi-skimmed) milk and he would lap at it briefly. Then he
would go away and hunt or snooze, and come back to it when it was sour
enough to be stiff like yoghurt. Just when I was convinced it was too
disgusting for words and went to remove it, he would rush in, chirruping
with excitement and scoff the lot while purring his head off! I'm quite
convinced that the first licking was intended to introduce bacteria to his
milk; he seemed to have learned that this was the way to innoculate his milk
so that it became the yummy culture he so desired! He lived to be 22 years
old, so it obviously didn't do him any harm. He was a very keen 'concealer'
of left food, often scraping for minutes around his dish. True to form (and
true to concealment behaviour), he always returned to finish any leftover
food.
Spider
Barb P. (in Ohio)
Spider
> Some times he does conceal it first.
This still strongly suggests to me that he intends to return to it. Do you
leave it down for him, or remove it?
Spider
Barb P. (in Ohio)
cats who are not so picky :)news:6u3ji0F...@mid.individual.net...
Spider
>I leave it down, but, I don't know how long it would last as I have 7 other
>cats who are not so picky :)
Understood :~))! Well, if he did intend to return to it, he would be
disappointed, wouldn't he? Poor puss. :~(
Barb P. (in Ohio)
have. Mama weighs in at 8. The others are all well and beyond the 11 lb
mark.news:6u6mdpF...@mid.individual.net...
Spider
> Well, he wouldn't starve, although he's the 2nd smallest (10 lbs) of the 8
> I have. Mama weighs in at 8. The others are all well and beyond the 11 lb
> mark.
No, cats don't usually starve, do they? :~) Something to do with being
opportunists, I dare say. My Panther is about 12lbs; I know Cheetah is
usually less, but it's time I weighed her again so I can proportion
medication accordingly. She's certainly put on some weight over the winter.
Bill Graham
>
> "Barb P. (in Ohio)" <Mys...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>I leave it down, but, I don't know how long it would last as I have 7
>>other cats who are not so picky :)
>
>
>
> Understood :~))! Well, if he did intend to return to it, he would be
> disappointed, wouldn't he? Poor puss. :~(
>
Like the squirrels, they forget where they have buried their next meal. They
also wait until one finishes his food, and then they go in and lap up the
rest.....We have one ex-feral cat who "sneaks" in and eats the other cat's
leftovers. He is so used to living by stealing other animal's food that he
continues to do it even though we are glad to give him his own dish......