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Cat Forum / General Topics / March 2006Prefers to eat when I'm by it's food bowl - why ?
My cat prefers to eat when I'm nearby the bowl doing stuff in the kitchen. Is it just the fact that he attaches me going in the kitchen with food ? He always has food in the bowl - he ignores it most of the time I'm at home and just seems to eat it when I'm in the kitchen. When I'm out or asleep he eats though. Daytona He associates safety with you If this bothers you try moving his bowl to a quieter room with less traffic > My cat prefers to eat when I'm nearby the bowl doing stuff in the > kitchen. Is it just the fact that he attaches me going in the kitchen [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Daytona > He associates safety with you > > If this bothers you try moving his bowl to a quieter room with less traffic I would add to my previous post I have to stay with all my cats while they eat. Some are on prescription food that others can't have even though they want it. My 7 mnth old kitten wants the DM oldest cat is on even though the kitten food probbly tastes a thousand times better than the DM. Also the oldest tries to snitch the kitten's food...... > My cat prefers to eat when I'm nearby the bowl doing stuff in the > kitchen. Is it just the fact that he attaches me going in the kitchen > with food ? He always has food in the bowl - he ignores it most of the > time I'm at home and just seems to eat it when I'm in the kitchen. > When I'm out or asleep he eats though. I've had many a cat who prefers company while they eat. But then I hate to eat alone too. Different cats 'prefer' different thihgs, I have cat who has to have her tail pulled (gently) before she will eat. another who will not eat under the table - a few inces at the side OK, but not under it. I also had a dog I had to watch eating - must be something about me that makes all my pets strange :) http://www.black-cat-gfx.co.uk/ "A cat is only technically an animal, being divine" - Robert Lynd > Different cats 'prefer' different thihgs, I have cat who has to have > her tail pulled (gently) before she will eat. I've had cats do this too. It's like they want you to pet them/give them some attention to indictate that they are worthy before they will eat. >Different cats 'prefer' different thihgs, I have cat who has to have >her tail pulled (gently) before she will eat. lol! I think there's some psychology going on, but since you've removed the crosspost to rec.pets.cats.health+behav (why ?), I'll ask on another post. Daytona ... but since you've >removed the crosspost to rec.pets.cats.health+behav (why ?), > >Daytona Mmmmmm... Didn't know I had a no x-post thing going, must be a default thing with my server or Agent, But I never removed anything and if I did, I didn't inhale. ;) Never heard of that group, will have to run and see if I've got it... Thanks http://www.black-cat-gfx.co.uk/ "A cat is only technically an animal, being divine" - Robert Lynd > Mmmmmm... Didn't know I had a no x-post thing going, must be a >default thing with my server or Agent, But I never removed anything >and if I did, I didn't inhale. ;) Fair enough :-) My Agent Ver. 1 brings up a pop-up asking you whether to reply to all, or the group you are currently in. It asks what you want to do in future - all, current or show the pop-up again. Surprisingly, there's no menu option that I can see to change the default. Crosspost detection is under Group properties. Daytona >Fair enough :-) > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Daytona I had a look and it wasn't in my list :( On a Newsgroup update there it was :) ----- Now I'm subscribed http://www.black-cat-gfx.co.uk/ "A cat is only technically an animal, being divine" - Robert Lynd Daytona <me@privacy.net> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > My cat prefers to eat when I'm nearby the bowl doing stuff in the > kitchen. Is it just the fact that he attaches me going in the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Daytona Kami's like that. When I give her breakfast and leave, she doesn't eat it and goes to snooze. But if I hang out with her she eats, so now I just stay in the kitchen for 5 minutes or so to make sure she gets a good start.  SignatureMargarita Salt "...practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good... motives are often more important than actions." -- Eleanore Roosevelt > My cat prefers to eat when I'm nearby the bowl doing stuff in the > kitchen. Is it just the fact that he attaches me going in the kitchen [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Daytona Stinky does the same thing. Sometimes she just wants company, and she'll come and get me in my office and lead me back to her food bowl. When she sees that I'm going to stay, she eats. -- Liz Elizabeth Blake <poodlebone@spamless.earthlink.net> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: >> My cat prefers to eat when I'm nearby the bowl doing stuff in the >> kitchen. Is it just the fact that he attaches me going in the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > -- > Liz Cats are peculiar. I guess because Kami NEVER leaves me alone when I eat, she shouldn't be alone when she eats. SignatureMargarita Salt "...practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good... motives are often more important than actions." -- Eleanore Roosevelt >> My cat prefers to eat when I'm nearby the bowl doing stuff in the >> kitchen. Is it just the fact that he attaches me going in the kitchen [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >come and get me in my office and lead me back to her food bowl. When she >sees that I'm going to stay, she eats. Perhaps because they no longer need to hunt to get food, they don't feel right about it being given to them without effort - they feel they need to perform some activity before they are worthy of their food ? Kind of activity-food-sleep-activity-food-sleep....... It's just in the 21st century the activity has become a token, divorced from reality. Daytona Jay Jay prefers company. I'm don't know his previous history, other than he was showing up at a house for meals. He likes to eat a lot of small meals with me there. He also likes to have a lot of food in the bowl. When it gets down to 10 kibbles or so, he looks sad and waits for me to add more. He also likes to have company when he drinks. He's my social eater :) > My cat prefers to eat whenI'm in the kitchen. > When I'm out or asleep he eats though. > > Daytona cats are alot like old men creatures of habit i run hot tap water over the back of cans before opening... so! everytime I run the water here comes my kitten... i can put food down..return to wash my hands..and here she comes... lol > My cat prefers to eat when I'm nearby the bowl doing stuff in the > kitchen. Is it just the fact that he attaches me going in the kitchen [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Daytona Hi Daytona, I've got the same thing here. I've got three cats. 1 is diabetic, alrready for 6 years, but doing great. But he needs to eat at regular times together with his injection. That means 0700 and 1900 hours. He always goes to his own spot, he knows when it is time. But he eats faraway the best when i'm busy in the kichten. Meaning, if i've got nothing to wash up or so, i just leave the tap running and hovering around a bit so that he eats well. Ans when i stop the tap, he stops eating, saying: right I'm finished ! haven't got a cleu, but it work for me and Brandy mel. The other 2 don't give a hoot. Bye for now, Wendy |
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