after eating, he scratches the floor next to his food, after a few minutes he begins to scratch the door , then back over to the food and finally scracthes the dustbin always in the same order and this routine lasts for around 6-7 mins
2007-02-10 10:37:11 · 13 answers · asked by vicki m 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Cats can get into a routine very easily and you will have many stories now of all the odd things peoples cats get up to. Maybe this cat is telling you something. Why not hide the bin, open the door, and change the food and where the cat is fed. See what happens then. If the scratching continues then its just a habit he has.
2007-02-10 10:42:53 · answer #1 · answered by boomedly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cat used to do the same thing, and it had nothing to do with whether or not he liked the food. He would even do that after drinking water. I read somewhere that scratching the floor after eating was a remnant of a practice that cats had a long time ago, when they had to bury their food if they didn't finish so their leftover food wouldn't be eaten by another animal. I don't know if that's true, but I found it interesting.
2007-02-10 10:58:54 · answer #2 · answered by Liza 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~wue/Behaviour.html
Why does a cat sometimes scratch the floor as though he is trying to bury his food dish?
It may be a holdover of the wild trait of burying food for later. Or, it may be that he is trying to tell you that the food is not to his liking.
http://home.att.net/~kathfreeman/faqs.html
Q: Why does my kitten paw the floor next to his dish after eating?
A: The pawing and digging is an instinctive behavior. In the wild, cats often bury their food remains (as well as their feces) as a protective measure so their enemies can't track them.
It seems he wants you to throw it out the door and into the garbage. Sounds like a humorous kitty.
2007-02-10 11:20:07 · answer #3 · answered by Stephanie F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of my five indoor kitties, one scratches the floor, one finds something (a stray sock, an old fabric softener sheet,etc.) and covers up one side of the double-sided food bowl, and one has a FIT if the food bowl gets moved. Those 3 have OCD. The other 2 don't have food issues. Oh, wait!! One another does...he is bulimic!! I forgot about that. lol
2007-02-10 14:24:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not uncommon for a cat. I had one once that had a habit of pawing the floor, food mat, and the dish, tipping it over every day when she was done eating. I think most cats seem like they have OCD in some way.
2007-02-10 11:48:06 · answer #5 · answered by HobbesMom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does he keep washing his paws and checking that the cat flap is shut? No? Then he doesn't have OCD.
What he's doing is instinctive - if he was in the wild, he would catch his prey, eat his fill and bury the rest. He's just "burying" what he hasn't eaten! It looks daft, but rest assured, he's not psychotic. xxxxx
2007-02-11 02:39:37 · answer #6 · answered by catwoman6942 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kittens oftens scratch around their food when they don't care for the taste. Try a different flavor or brand of food
2007-02-10 10:40:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some times i think yes because my cat is a clean freak and hi do the same thing at the same times but hes is the cuties cat like your sjust love him is the best medicine
2007-02-11 01:53:55 · answer #8 · answered by lovepets 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And this is why we love cats so much because of their cute little obsessions!!! All cats have a touch of OCD, have you moved the furniture since you got him - they dont like change.
2007-02-10 10:45:23 · answer #9 · answered by Lady Claire - Hates Bigotry 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
who knows
2007-02-14 09:52:48 · answer #10 · answered by nancy o 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋