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Scraping floor next to water bowl.
One of our two 9-month old kitties will quite often scrape the floor next to the water bowl. This is almost a digging action, scraping away from the bowl. My best guess is that this is some kind of instinctual action, like digging for buried water, but I haven't heard of this kind of behavior in all of the cat books that I have read. Has anyone else seen this kind of thing? -- fred |
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wrote on 12/14/03 11:13 PM: One of our two 9-month old kitties will quite often scrape the floor next to the water bowl. This is almost a digging action, scraping away from the bowl. My best guess is that this is some kind of instinctual action, like digging for buried water, but I haven't heard of this kind of behavior in all of the cat books that I have read. Has anyone else seen this kind of thing? -- fred Some do it, some don't. No one *really* knows why. Karen |
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One of my cats often does the same thing, as if he is covering his food up.
The floor is vinyl, but he pretends there is dirt there. I've noticed that it is often when he isn't hungry, but wants to come back later. "Karen" wrote in message .. . in article , at wrote on 12/14/03 11:13 PM: One of our two 9-month old kitties will quite often scrape the floor next to the water bowl. This is almost a digging action, scraping away from the bowl. My best guess is that this is some kind of instinctual action, like digging for buried water, but I haven't heard of this kind of behavior in all of the cat books that I have read. Has anyone else seen this kind of thing? -- fred Some do it, some don't. No one *really* knows why. Karen |
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One of my cats often does the same thing, as if he is covering his food up.
The floor is vinyl, but he pretends there is dirt there. I've noticed that it is often when he isn't hungry, but wants to come back later. "Karen" wrote in message .. . in article , at wrote on 12/14/03 11:13 PM: One of our two 9-month old kitties will quite often scrape the floor next to the water bowl. This is almost a digging action, scraping away from the bowl. My best guess is that this is some kind of instinctual action, like digging for buried water, but I haven't heard of this kind of behavior in all of the cat books that I have read. Has anyone else seen this kind of thing? -- fred Some do it, some don't. No one *really* knows why. Karen |
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From: "James Collins"
One of my cats often does the same thing, as if he is covering his food up. The floor is vinyl, but he pretends there is dirt there. I've noticed that it is often when he isn't hungry, but wants to come back later. Both of my cats do this too. But they will do even when their food is gone. My understanding is that they will "bury" their food/scent so other predators cannot track them. Some days I think my cats are digging to China Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: "James Collins"
One of my cats often does the same thing, as if he is covering his food up. The floor is vinyl, but he pretends there is dirt there. I've noticed that it is often when he isn't hungry, but wants to come back later. Both of my cats do this too. But they will do even when their food is gone. My understanding is that they will "bury" their food/scent so other predators cannot track them. Some days I think my cats are digging to China Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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I haven't seen this behavior for a while but it always went along with the
cats telling me they didn't like their food. They wouldn't eat and made the burying motion. Then I would have to give them something else to eat. Now they just sit there if they don't like something and they get the message across that way. -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
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I haven't seen this behavior for a while but it always went along with the
cats telling me they didn't like their food. They wouldn't eat and made the burying motion. Then I would have to give them something else to eat. Now they just sit there if they don't like something and they get the message across that way. -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
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Large cats in the wild bury their food to protect it from other
predators - just like they bury their spoor to avoid other predators. |
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