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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2005Main Coon puts mice in his food
Okay, not real mice, but those fake mice that cost under $1 at the pet store. He puts them in his food and water bowls. Is he trying to tell us something? Like,"you see, it's not ME eating and drinking all this...it's the mice." These are the same mice he drops at the foot of the bed, as a prize, for me to step on at night. Does he not like to eat alone? On a side note, we now keep the cilantro outside. We decided to grow, outside also, some catnip for him. He is now a junkie for fresh catnip and chopped pickles. We like to give him those in the bathtub where his purring echoes. It gets pretty loud. > Okay, not real mice, but those fake mice that cost under $1 at the pet > store. He puts them in his food and water bowls. Is he trying to tell > us something? Like,"you see, it's not ME eating and drinking all > this...it's the mice." These are the same mice he drops at the foot of > the bed, as a prize, for me to step on at night. Does he not like to > eat alone? Man, this is weird. Maybe he wants to add a little mousie flavor? ;) > On a side note, we now keep the cilantro outside. We decided to grow, > outside also, some catnip for him. He is now a junkie for fresh catnip > and chopped pickles. We like to give him those in the bathtub where his > purring echoes. It gets pretty loud. Now this is just plain hilarious. Rephrased is best: "I feed my cat pickles and catnip in the bathtub!" I want to see this cat!! > Man, this is weird. Maybe he wants to add a little mousie flavor? > ;) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I want to see this cat!! WTF! is wrong with you! You the english teacher now? Ok Smart a.s! You left out the chopped, and loud echoing purrs. You a.s! > > Okay, not real mice, but those fake mice that cost under $1 at the pet > > store. He puts them in his food and water bowls. Is he trying to tell [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Man, this is weird. Maybe he wants to add a little mousie flavor? Do you mean mousy? :) > Okay, not real mice, but those fake mice that cost under $1 at the pet > store. He puts them in his food and water bowls. Is he trying to tell > us something? Like,"you see, it's not ME eating and drinking all > this...it's the mice." These are the same mice he drops at the foot of > the bed, as a prize, for me to step on at night. Does he not like to > eat alone? I have seen this before. I don't really know why cats do it, but I'm just guessing that he is seeing the mousies as his "kill" so he is putting them with his other food for safekeeping? > On a side note, we now keep the cilantro outside. We decided to grow, > outside also, some catnip for him. He is now a junkie for fresh catnip > and chopped pickles. We like to give him those in the bathtub where his > purring echoes. It gets pretty loud. That sounds adorable! -Kelly > Okay, not real mice, but those fake mice that cost under $1 at > the pet store. He puts them in his food and water bowls. Is he > trying to tell us something? Like,"you see, it's not ME eating > and drinking all this...it's the mice." These are the same mice > he drops at the foot of the bed, as a prize, for me to step on > at night. Does he not like to eat alone? My former feral Bonnie has a little family of "play-n-squeak" mice that she takes very good care of. They never get lost under the furniture or the refrigerator. I often find one of the 4 (the one with a broken squeaker) in the kitchen on the rug in front of the sink. Sometimes I find one of the working ones in the kitchen, but I *always* find the broken one there even when I put it back in the toybox. She has a distictive meow when she talks to them, too.  SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields > Okay, not real mice, but those fake mice that cost under $1 at the pet > store. He puts them in his food and water bowls. Is he trying to tell [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and chopped pickles. We like to give him those in the bathtub where his > purring echoes. It gets pretty loud. Don't let ol' brown finger tell you how to post, you write like you want. Ol' crooked finger is probably the biggest dumb a.s on her always spouting her mouth off and trying to bend everyone into a very tiny box. You write how you want to, without regard as to wether or not the english is proper. I understood you just fine. > Okay, not real mice, but those fake mice that cost under $1 at the pet > store. He puts them in his food and water bowls. Is he trying to tell [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and chopped pickles. We like to give him those in the bathtub where his > purring echoes. It gets pretty loud. My Grant (RB) used to "store" his toys in the food bowl (and sometimes water bowl!) I'd come home to 2 or 3 pompom balls in the dish. What would happen is he played with them and tossed them around. Then he would be carrying it in his mouth and I would actually see im do a double take at his food dish, like "Food dish. Wait! Food dish. Want a bit" and he would drop it in while he took a few bites. It was an adorable habit and something I miss terribly. (I would also find them in my shoes and sometimes reach in my purse at work.) I have to keep my bedroom door closed at night :-( because Sundance will NOT let me sleep. Once in a while when I open it in the morning, there are cat toys all in a row right along the threshhold! Sandy > Okay, not real mice, but those fake mice that cost under $1 at the pet > store. He puts them in his food and water bowls. Is he trying to tell [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and chopped pickles. We like to give him those in the bathtub where his > purring echoes. It gets pretty loud. > I have to keep my bedroom door closed at night :-( because Sundance will > NOT let me sleep. Once in a while when I open it in the morning, there are > cat toys all in a row right along the threshhold! Aww! Sandy, he loves you! He's bringing you breakfast! What a sweet boy. > Sandy > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > and chopped pickles. We like to give him those in the bathtub where his > > purring echoes. It gets pretty loud. > Okay, not real mice, but those fake mice that cost under $1 at the pet > store. He puts them in his food and water bowls. Is he trying to tell [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and chopped pickles. We like to give him those in the bathtub where his > purring echoes. It gets pretty loud. I've read that in the wild, lions/tigers will drag their kills to their water source if it's close. Wonder if that's what he's doing!! Sherry > > Okay, not real mice, but those fake mice that cost under $1 at the pet > > store. He puts them in his food and water bowls. Is he trying to tell [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I've read that in the wild, lions/tigers will drag their kills to their > water source if it's close. Wonder if that's what he's doing!! I don't know, but it sure is cute when a little 10-lb puddy tat does it! |
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