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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2004"pawing" after eating
Another question... Each time Delilah (7 m old) finishes eating, she paws her placemat like she is covering litter. Having seen this, the little one - Stella, has started doing the same. Could this be because they were strays and covered up their mice or whatever it was they ate? They both eat very well... three times a day for wet food and a bowl of dry for the night time. -- rach "Hipsters - UNITE!" One of my cats started doing it, and the other began soon after. They'll even go as far as carry things from various parts of the room to bury the food with. They've been known to bring underwear from the bathroom floor and lay them over the bowls. I think it's just instinct to try to hide uneaten food, whether they feel threatened or not. Jon > Another question... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > "Hipsters - UNITE!" >From: "Jon C" news@jonnythan.com >They've been known to bring underwear from the bathroom floor >and lay them over the bowls. LOL! too funny. My cats do this too (not the underwear but pawing the floor). They've done it since they were kittens. I think it goes back to cats being predators and they would cover their scent by burying the remains of their food. 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 circa 15 Jan 2004 13:07:39 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, PawsForThought (darnit7@aol.comnolitter) said, > >They've been known to bring underwear from the bathroom floor > >and lay them over the bowls. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > predators and they would cover their scent by burying the remains of their > food. My female cat drags socks and nylons around, making that guttural "mamacat" sound. She licks my feet, too. I think she has a very misplaced maternal instinct. ;-) Laura  SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. Interesting question. One of my 12 cats does that, too. But the rest don't! Dave > Another question... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > "Hipsters - UNITE!" Glad to see someone has more cats than I do (we have 5):)!!!! Gail > Interesting question. One of my 12 cats does that, too. But the rest > don't! [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > "Hipsters - UNITE!" I read somewhere that in the wild cats cover 'left overs' for later and the pawing is a throw back to that. My Sheena and a couple of foster kittens growl when they eat to keep the others away. SignatureJoe http://www.jwpitt.com/cats.htm Cat Rescue http://www.animalrescuefoundation.com God created the cat so man could have the pleasure of petting the tiger > Another question... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > "Hipsters - UNITE!" circa Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:46:35 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, .oO rach Oo. (reachin@anewrefutationoftimeandspace.com) said, > Another question... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > "Hipsters - UNITE!" It's pretty common, regardless of whether the cat was a stray. I've had cats who do it and others who didn't. I think it's cute. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. |
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