On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:55:11 -0500, "Catnipped"
wrote:

"jr via CatKB.com" wrote in message
.. .
I have noticed that the cat will often sniff her food and that starts
pawing the ground around her bowl (similiar to litter box covering). I
had
previously thought that this was there way to say, 'no way' to the food
but
she just comes back later and eats it. Is she just trying to cover the
food for when she returns later?

Cat are predators with a very keen sense of smell. They bury their
droppings and their left-over food; they scrupulously clean themselves and
their kittens; and they go off away from their family to die.

They do all this so that those smells do not attract scavengers that would
take their food or kill their kits (or other weak members of their family).

Not only are cats beautiful and alive, they are also intensely moral
beings.

Hugs,

CatNipped

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