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Silly Cats!
I have four cats. Two are 5-year-old male littermates.
This morning I was preparing their breakfast (canned food - a flavor they love - warmed and in a bowl). They were both in the kitchen/dining room with me while I was doing this, so I put their food up on the dining room table for them, as I often do. They both sort of smelled, licked once, and jumped down! Now, keep in mind that they often are fed - and eat - their food on the table. But today they wanted to be weird. So I took both bowls and went to their favorite eating places: PC on the computer table and Mac on a table in the master bedroom. Once the food was there, they ate like there was no tomorrow! Anyone else have cats who won't eat unless the food dish is in their special place? 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson ************************************************* http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ |
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 19:29:58 GMT, Suzie-Q
wrote: I have four cats. Two are 5-year-old male littermates. This morning I was preparing their breakfast (canned food - a flavor they love - warmed and in a bowl). They were both in the kitchen/dining room with me while I was doing this, so I put their food up on the dining room table for them, as I often do. They both sort of smelled, licked once, and jumped down! Now, keep in mind that they often are fed - and eat - their food on the table. But today they wanted to be weird. So I took both bowls and went to their favorite eating places: PC on the computer table and Mac on a table in the master bedroom. Once the food was there, they ate like there was no tomorrow! Anyone else have cats who won't eat unless the food dish is in their special place? I have one that almost never eats anything *in* a bowl - be pulls it out onto the floor before eating. He has even tried doing that with milk, but gave up trying and at least takes liquids from the bowl. T.E.D. ) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. |
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 19:29:58 GMT, Suzie-Q
wrote: I have four cats. Two are 5-year-old male littermates. This morning I was preparing their breakfast (canned food - a flavor they love - warmed and in a bowl). They were both in the kitchen/dining room with me while I was doing this, so I put their food up on the dining room table for them, as I often do. They both sort of smelled, licked once, and jumped down! Now, keep in mind that they often are fed - and eat - their food on the table. But today they wanted to be weird. So I took both bowls and went to their favorite eating places: PC on the computer table and Mac on a table in the master bedroom. Once the food was there, they ate like there was no tomorrow! Anyone else have cats who won't eat unless the food dish is in their special place? I have one that almost never eats anything *in* a bowl - be pulls it out onto the floor before eating. He has even tried doing that with milk, but gave up trying and at least takes liquids from the bowl. T.E.D. ) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. |
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 19:29:58 GMT, Suzie-Q
wrote: I have four cats. Two are 5-year-old male littermates. This morning I was preparing their breakfast (canned food - a flavor they love - warmed and in a bowl). They were both in the kitchen/dining room with me while I was doing this, so I put their food up on the dining room table for them, as I often do. They both sort of smelled, licked once, and jumped down! Now, keep in mind that they often are fed - and eat - their food on the table. But today they wanted to be weird. So I took both bowls and went to their favorite eating places: PC on the computer table and Mac on a table in the master bedroom. Once the food was there, they ate like there was no tomorrow! Anyone else have cats who won't eat unless the food dish is in their special place? 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson *********************************************** ** http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ Princess used to play a game of leading me from room to room. When she finally decided where she wanted to eat she would touch her nose to the floor (put it here) . We both enjoyed the game. |
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 19:29:58 GMT, Suzie-Q
wrote: I have four cats. Two are 5-year-old male littermates. This morning I was preparing their breakfast (canned food - a flavor they love - warmed and in a bowl). They were both in the kitchen/dining room with me while I was doing this, so I put their food up on the dining room table for them, as I often do. They both sort of smelled, licked once, and jumped down! Now, keep in mind that they often are fed - and eat - their food on the table. But today they wanted to be weird. So I took both bowls and went to their favorite eating places: PC on the computer table and Mac on a table in the master bedroom. Once the food was there, they ate like there was no tomorrow! Anyone else have cats who won't eat unless the food dish is in their special place? 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson *********************************************** ** http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ Princess used to play a game of leading me from room to room. When she finally decided where she wanted to eat she would touch her nose to the floor (put it here) . We both enjoyed the game. |
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Yea, one of my cats prefers to eat any pieces of dry food that has been
knocked out of the bowl BEFORE eating out of the bowl, almost as if to help in cleaning up, the only way he can. The other cat is often seen going through the motions of covering his food up. The floor is vinyl, but aparently there is some imaginary dirt there, cause he is going through the motions of burying it. |
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Yea, one of my cats prefers to eat any pieces of dry food that has been
knocked out of the bowl BEFORE eating out of the bowl, almost as if to help in cleaning up, the only way he can. The other cat is often seen going through the motions of covering his food up. The floor is vinyl, but aparently there is some imaginary dirt there, cause he is going through the motions of burying it. |
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 21:27:24 GMT, "James Collins"
wrote: Yea, one of my cats prefers to eat any pieces of dry food that has been knocked out of the bowl BEFORE eating out of the bowl, almost as if to help in cleaning up, the only way he can. The other cat is often seen going through the motions of covering his food up. The floor is vinyl, but aparently there is some imaginary dirt there, cause he is going through the motions of burying it. I finally found three dry foods (two flavors on one brand and one of another) that none of my cats try to bury and is relished by all thirteen of my cats, the neighbor's cat that hunts over here, one feral cat, several possums, a coon, and the dog that keeps the coon and possums away (well, she is supposed to). T.E.D. - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) |
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 21:27:24 GMT, "James Collins"
wrote: Yea, one of my cats prefers to eat any pieces of dry food that has been knocked out of the bowl BEFORE eating out of the bowl, almost as if to help in cleaning up, the only way he can. The other cat is often seen going through the motions of covering his food up. The floor is vinyl, but aparently there is some imaginary dirt there, cause he is going through the motions of burying it. I finally found three dry foods (two flavors on one brand and one of another) that none of my cats try to bury and is relished by all thirteen of my cats, the neighbor's cat that hunts over here, one feral cat, several possums, a coon, and the dog that keeps the coon and possums away (well, she is supposed to). T.E.D. - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) |
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"James Collins" wrote in message
. com... Yea, one of my cats prefers to eat any pieces of dry food that has been knocked out of the bowl BEFORE eating out of the bowl, almost as if to help in cleaning up, the only way he can. The other cat is often seen going through the motions of covering his food up. The floor is vinyl, but aparently there is some imaginary dirt there, cause he is going through the motions of burying it. The burying motions is a natural instinct. It says somehing like "Ok, I've had enough for now, but I will bury the rest so I can come back and eat it later, when I need it." So it is not the same as when they bury their doings in the cat litter. In the first case, they "bury" the food to prevent it from being stolen by other animals, in the latter, they bury their doings to hide their smell from the dominant leader. This is a sign of submission. -- Hans (Norwegians like cats, too) |
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