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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2004Is my cat obessive-compulsive?
My Bombay mix, Buddha (yes, he's the one with the cat acne) seems to paw/scratch at the litter in his box obsessively. It almost seems like he's trying to clean his paws off! This happens a few times a week, usually at night, and it goes on for at least 2-5 minutes at a time. I was wondering if anyone had any insight as to why he does this? Is he a neat freak or is this "normal" for cats? (PS, My other cat, an American Tabby, does not exhibit this behavior.) Thanks in advance for your collective wisdom! BudGan25 <BudGan25@yahooSPAM.com> wrote in news:cmqn5q $qpc@library1.airnews.net: > My Bombay mix, Buddha (yes, he's the one with the cat acne) seems to > paw/scratch at the litter in his box obsessively. It almost seems [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > this? Is he a neat freak or is this "normal" for cats? (PS, My other > cat, an American Tabby, does not exhibit this behavior.) Some cats just seem to love a litterscratchfest! Rosalie will do this too. I don't remember my old cats doing it nearly as much. Sometimes in the middle of the night I will feel like saying "enough already!" but she's so sensitive I think it might scare her away from using the box completely, so I just let her have her fun. --Catherine & Rosalie the calicohead > BudGan25 <BudGan25@yahooSPAM.com> wrote in news:cmqn5q > $qpc@library1.airnews.net: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > sensitive I think it might scare her away from using the box completely, so > I just let her have her fun. Hell, after having one cat who eliminated outside the box, every time I hear mine scratching I say "GOOD GIRL!" Cheeks tends to overdo it, I hear her claws catching the plastic tray! > My Bombay mix, Buddha (yes, he's the one with the cat acne) seems to > paw/scratch at the litter in his box obsessively. It almost seems [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > this? Is he a neat freak or is this "normal" for cats? (PS, My other > cat, an American Tabby, does not exhibit this behavior.) Some cats do this. I have no idea why. Maybe it's just fun. Jeffrey is a major digger. The girls don't do it overmuch. On a semi-related note, Jeffrey is also the only one who attempts to bury the food with air. *LOL*  Signature-- ~kaeli~ Cthulhu saves our souls and redeems them for valuable coupons later. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace >> My Bombay mix, Buddha (yes, he's the one with the cat acne) seems to >> paw/scratch at the litter in his box obsessively. It almost seems [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >On a semi-related note, Jeffrey is also the only one who attempts to bury the >food with air. *LOL* oh yes. Shaina goes on burying her poop for a very long time. she also claws on the sides of the litter box and thus shreds the plastic liner. i would come over and take her paw and make digging motions with it in the sand, but she doesn't like that. she is such a smart animal, yet she doesn't seem to grasp that walls are not the same a sand! sometimes, when i clean her litter box, she comes over and starts digging and burring what i take out because i guess i am not doing a very good job. she also tries to bury her food and it looks too funny! she smells to see if it's still there and goes, dutifully digging for about 3 min. again, can't grasp that floor and furniture to cover poop. i feel so bad for her that i suggested we pour sand in a box and put her bowls there, so that she can bury her food. it wasn't met with great enthusiasm from my boyfriend and our roommates. -L (...) > Some cats do this. I have no idea why. Maybe it's just fun. Naah not fun, it's a failing natural behaviour. Quite possibly the box is too small, or the litter may even be not to the cat's liking. The behaviour's so built-in that the feedback from the paws (wood, not soil!) seems to matter naught. One o' mine does the failed covering all the time. The other very rarely does, except for the occasions when he piles all the litter into a 6-foot tall pyramid and is still not satisfied. He then starts to chip away at the walls and floor, hoping that a 12-foot construction including house parts will be sufficient to hide the turds: 'Yeah! Nothing to see here. No turds at all! Just a freakin' 38-foot sand dune!' Steve. > > My Bombay mix, Buddha (yes, he's the one with the cat acne) seems to > > paw/scratch at the litter in his box obsessively. It almost seems [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > On a semi-related note, Jeffrey is also the only one who attempts to bury the > food with air. *LOL* We have two that do this. I think they somehow think they can hide the food from the others. Once threw up once and another came over and "air burried it" > -- >> > My Bombay mix, Buddha (yes, he's the one with the cat acne) seems to >> > paw/scratch at the litter in his box obsessively. It almost seems [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >> -- I would think that would hurt their little mutilated paws. They must be fast healers. > >> > My Bombay mix, Buddha (yes, he's the one with the cat acne) seems to > >> > paw/scratch at the litter in his box obsessively. It almost seems [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I would think that would hurt their little mutilated paws. They must be fast > healers. They are VERY fast healers. Indeed, all three are now completely healed and 100%. However the prognosis for you is pretty bleak. I fear both of your conditions, extreme bitchiness and pathological tunnel vision, are terminal. You should get your affairs in order. > > On a semi-related note, Jeffrey is also the only one who attempts to bury the > > food with air. *LOL* > > We have two that do this. I think they somehow think they can hide the > food from the others. Once threw up once and another came over and > "air burried it" I wonder if it has any relation to the fact that Jeffrey is also the pig of the bunch... Do the ones who bury it in your household also try to hog it? I have to stand there and let the girls eat when I feed the wet at night or Jeffrey wolfs his and tries to steal theirs. He's not starving - they get dry during the day and he could certainly live off the land for awhile. My fattest cat and he tries to bury the food. I dunno. *grins* Signature-- ~kaeli~ Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace > > > On a semi-related note, Jeffrey is also the only one who attempts to bury the > > > food with air. *LOL* [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > -- Same here. Our Alpha Cat, Rocks, will eat his fill then pretend to bury it, even though the two girls are waiting patiently for him to finish. If he tolerates them eating with him, he won't do this, but sometimes he'll growl them away and do it when he finishes. Ironically, if one of the girls happens upon the food and no one is around, they'll pretend to bury it, then eat. >> > My Bombay mix, Buddha (yes, he's the one with the cat acne) seems to >> > paw/scratch at the litter in his box obsessively. It almost seems [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >food from the others. Once threw up once and another came over and >"air burried it" you mean made burying motions in the air!!?! -L Our little Dewey kitty does this also!! At least 5 minutes. And he doesn't even use the litter box beforehand. We think it is one of his chores to tidy up the litter box after each of his step-brothers (he's low cat on the totem pole) > My Bombay mix, Buddha (yes, he's the one with the cat acne) seems to > paw/scratch at the litter in his box obsessively. It almost seems [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks in advance for your collective wisdom! Oh boy, Tigger does it for ten minutes every morning about 4am. It is EXTREMELY loud, he seems to manage to force the litter box to bang something terrible. I lie in bed a curse quietly to myself, trying to get back to sleep. Around 10 - 15 minutes after he stops, Tango starts his hyper "pounce all over the bed and attack anything that moves session" and my hands always end up in a sorry state... Needless to say, I am always wide awake two / three hours before my alram clock :) SignatureRegards, Gary. --------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Tigger's site and read his story. Browse photos of all our cats - Tigger, Tootsie and Tango. http://www.cutecats.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------- > My Bombay mix, Buddha (yes, he's the one with the cat acne) seems to > paw/scratch at the litter in his box obsessively. It almost seems like [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks in advance for your collective wisdom! |
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