This the first time he's done this. He usually has one bowl for wet food, one for dry. We added a new kitten 5 months ago, and they get on famously - she has the same wet/dry food bowls as he does, side by side. But we're wondering why he keeps pawing his dry food out now till it spills to the sides on the floor. Is it because of her bowl next to his?
2006-09-21 22:09:37 · 13 answers · asked by cscjm 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
you can try to put the bowls farther apart. are the bowls big enough some cats don't like to eat out of bowls that their whiskers can touch the sides.
2006-09-21 23:55:44 · answer #1 · answered by macleod709 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say yes it is. If u introduce a new cat the old feels his food is threatened and will "snatch" the food from the bowl with his paw. It has happened to some of my cats in the past. They would even hide around the corner and just stick their paw out to grab. Try moving the bowls apart a little,, or feeding them at slighty different times
Good luck
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2006-09-21 22:13:53 · answer #2 · answered by Serry's mum 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Ann is 8 years old and has always done this. She has to actually pick her food up with her paw then eat it! Needless to say that she is a messy eater!
Why she does this is a mystery to me, unless it's because she was a bottle baby (she literally lived in my pocket for 3 months before she would eat cat food.) Since I pick my food up to eat and she thinks that I'm her Mom so she eats the same way that I do?
2006-09-22 02:35:10 · answer #3 · answered by hollyhock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats do this. Mine do. I think maybe it tastes better off the floor. One of my cats used to pick up pieces of dry food in her paw and eat them one at a time. It's just a habit he's developed.
2006-09-22 01:43:32 · answer #4 · answered by Nightlight 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cat does that when her bowl gets almost empty, but she will not eat the dry food 0nce it hits the mat. She doesn't like wet food.
2015-01-09 05:50:59 · answer #5 · answered by Jackie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much all the answers here are useless...I guess these people don't know much about cats. It is an instinctive burying behaviour from when cats used to be wild. The cat is "burying" his food to "hide" it from the new cat. It is a natural survival technique that still lingers in our domesticated cats.
2006-09-22 02:50:10 · answer #6 · answered by Redawg J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely a territorial thing. If you watch she won't eat out of his bowl but he might be eating out of hers when you are not looking. This way she is assured her food is hers even if he (being a male) will not eat her food and she makes sure there will not be a fight over her food. (that she might lose) even though they get along. Male verses female and dominate one will win. She sounds submissive to a point.
2006-09-21 22:23:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good instincts!
He knows dry food is crap, and bad for him!
Read here to learn why, and possibly save your cats from chronic renal failure as they get older:
http://www.catinfo.org
2006-09-22 03:57:36 · answer #8 · answered by Mick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my cat does this as well. he also will lean on the water dish and paw into the water and lick his paws sometimes...cats can be silly!
2006-09-22 03:50:52 · answer #9 · answered by Jenn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe the bowl is too high
it should be low because it isnt comfortable for him to eat
2006-09-22 01:57:18 · answer #10 · answered by sandy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋