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Old April 11th 05, 04:23 AM
Doe John
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Don't know if this happens with anyone else's cat. With the wet food,
my cat will usually try to cover the dish with anything on the ground
such as , plastic wrap, junk mail, and empty carton, etc. Recently,
she has aslo done that with the dry food. This evening, she covered
both dishes with saran wrap that used to be on the ground next to the
garbage can. Once, she completely covered the dish with an empty
orange juice carton!!!!

She covers th dishes with a digging motion with one paw. Ididn't know
housecats buried their food. My cat spent her kitenhood in the city
streets, so I wonder if that was a habit of hers to protect a limited
food supply. She gets fed plenty now!!!
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Old April 11th 05, 04:31 AM
Smokie Darling (Annie)
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Doe John wrote:
Don't know if this happens with anyone else's cat. With the wet food,
my cat will usually try to cover the dish with anything on the ground
such as , plastic wrap, junk mail, and empty carton, etc. Recently,
she has aslo done that with the dry food. This evening, she covered
both dishes with saran wrap that used to be on the ground next to the
garbage can. Once, she completely covered the dish with an empty
orange juice carton!!!!

She covers th dishes with a digging motion with one paw. Ididn't know
housecats buried their food. My cat spent her kitenhood in the city
streets, so I wonder if that was a habit of hers to protect a limited
food supply. She gets fed plenty now!!!


Well, all my cats do that, and two have never been outside. I think
it's an instinctual thing. Of course, that's a new theory (as of right
now), since I used to think it was because of having more than one cat,
so...

Smokie Darling (Annie)

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Old April 11th 05, 04:36 AM
Hopitus
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You're a good cat father to your stray furry master.
I've heard of worse and wierder food habits than hers.


"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote in message
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Doe John wrote:
Don't know if this happens with anyone else's cat. With the wet food,
my cat will usually try to cover the dish with anything on the ground
such as , plastic wrap, junk mail, and empty carton, etc. Recently,
she has aslo done that with the dry food. This evening, she covered
both dishes with saran wrap that used to be on the ground next to the
garbage can. Once, she completely covered the dish with an empty
orange juice carton!!!!

She covers th dishes with a digging motion with one paw. Ididn't know
housecats buried their food. My cat spent her kitenhood in the city
streets, so I wonder if that was a habit of hers to protect a limited
food supply. She gets fed plenty now!!!


Well, all my cats do that, and two have never been outside. I think
it's an instinctual thing. Of course, that's a new theory (as of right
now), since I used to think it was because of having more than one cat,
so...

Smokie Darling (Annie)



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Old April 11th 05, 05:37 AM
Dan M
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Doe John wrote:

Don't know if this happens with anyone else's cat. With the wet food,
my cat will usually try to cover the dish with anything on the ground
such as , plastic wrap, junk mail, and empty carton, etc. Recently,
she has aslo done that with the dry food. This evening, she covered
both dishes with saran wrap that used to be on the ground next to the
garbage can. Once, she completely covered the dish with an empty
orange juice carton!!!!

She covers th dishes with a digging motion with one paw. Ididn't know
housecats buried their food. My cat spent her kitenhood in the city
streets, so I wonder if that was a habit of hers to protect a limited
food supply. She gets fed plenty now!!!


Harri Roadcat does this too, but only with good stuff that she doesn't
want to eat all at one sitting. She doesn't do this with her dry food,
but when I put down wet food or the times I give her a little bit of
milk, she'll enjoy just a little bit of it then will try to scrape a bag
or something over the rest. I usually help her out a bit by putting the
dish inside a plastic grocery bag.
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Old April 11th 05, 06:21 AM
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Dan M wrote:
Doe John wrote:

Don't know if this happens with anyone else's cat. With the wet food,
my cat will usually try to cover the dish with anything on the ground

Harri Roadcat does this too, but only with good stuff


Indeed, Persia does this with the "good stuff" (gooshy food) when she
doesn't eat all of it at once. I have her dish on an old table mat by the
kitchen and she covers the dish with one corner of it.

Jill


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Old April 11th 05, 02:28 PM
Mary
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"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote in message
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Doe John wrote:
Don't know if this happens with anyone else's cat. With the wet food,
my cat will usually try to cover the dish with anything on the ground
such as , plastic wrap, junk mail, and empty carton, etc. Recently,
she has aslo done that with the dry food. This evening, she covered
both dishes with saran wrap that used to be on the ground next to the
garbage can. Once, she completely covered the dish with an empty
orange juice carton!!!!

She covers th dishes with a digging motion with one paw. Ididn't know
housecats buried their food. My cat spent her kitenhood in the city
streets, so I wonder if that was a habit of hers to protect a limited
food supply. She gets fed plenty now!!!


Well, all my cats do that, and two have never been outside. I think
it's an instinctual thing. Of course, that's a new theory (as of right
now), since I used to think it was because of having more than one cat,
so...

Smokie Darling (Annie)


It is instinctive. When I had one cat, she did it. Now only Cheeky does,
of my current two. It is so insulting when one slaves over a hot
can opener to have them try to cover it like it is poo!


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Old April 11th 05, 04:16 PM
Bob M
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Doe John wrote:

Don't know if this happens with anyone else's cat. With the wet food,
my cat will usually try to cover the dish with anything on the ground
such as , plastic wrap, junk mail, and empty carton, etc. Recently,
she has aslo done that with the dry food. This evening, she covered
both dishes with saran wrap that used to be on the ground next to the
garbage can. Once, she completely covered the dish with an empty
orange juice carton!!!!

She covers th dishes with a digging motion with one paw. Ididn't know
housecats buried their food. My cat spent her kitenhood in the city
streets, so I wonder if that was a habit of hers to protect a limited
food supply. She gets fed plenty now!!!


Well I got duds. My two don't do this. Can I get a refund?
I believe it's instinct to protect what's left of their food so others
don't smell it.

Bob
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Old April 11th 05, 04:18 PM
CatNipped
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"Doe John" wrote in message
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Don't know if this happens with anyone else's cat. With the wet food,
my cat will usually try to cover the dish with anything on the ground
such as , plastic wrap, junk mail, and empty carton, etc. Recently,
she has aslo done that with the dry food. This evening, she covered
both dishes with saran wrap that used to be on the ground next to the
garbage can. Once, she completely covered the dish with an empty
orange juice carton!!!!

She covers th dishes with a digging motion with one paw. Ididn't know
housecats buried their food. My cat spent her kitenhood in the city
streets, so I wonder if that was a habit of hers to protect a limited
food supply. She gets fed plenty now!!!


Mine do that, but I thought it was just a snide comment on the quality of
the food! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped


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Old April 11th 05, 05:35 PM
Shirley B.
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Hi, Rexie's done that since he was about five months. The vet says it's
because he has so much feral in him. She'd never seen so much in a Siamese
before, but he does it all the time.

What gets me, is that altho he doesn't eat 'hoomin' food (except for peas),
he'll cover anything we happen to leave. If he jumps up to the counter when
I'm eating, (don't freak, it doesn't bother me) he won't do it to my plate,
but if I stand up like I'm leaving, he will. If I have my soda near my puter
and he jumps up, he does it around the soda (I'm watchful when he does it
around liquids). It's almost as if he doesn't consider it HIS food, but
knows it's some kind of food. He also does it to his water dish at times.

Also, his bowl sits on a placemat and I'll find the placemat kind of folded
up over the bowl!

Crazy!

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"Doe John" wrote in message
...
Don't know if this happens with anyone else's cat. With the wet food,
my cat will usually try to cover the dish with anything on the ground
such as , plastic wrap, junk mail, and empty carton, etc. Recently,
she has aslo done that with the dry food. This evening, she covered
both dishes with saran wrap that used to be on the ground next to the
garbage can. Once, she completely covered the dish with an empty
orange juice carton!!!!

She covers th dishes with a digging motion with one paw. Ididn't know
housecats buried their food. My cat spent her kitenhood in the city
streets, so I wonder if that was a habit of hers to protect a limited
food supply. She gets fed plenty now!!!



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Old April 11th 05, 05:52 PM
CatNipped
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"Shirley B." wrote in message
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Hi, Rexie's done that since he was about five months. The vet says it's
because he has so much feral in him. She'd never seen so much in a Siamese
before, but he does it all the time.

What gets me, is that altho he doesn't eat 'hoomin' food (except for
peas), he'll cover anything we happen to leave. If he jumps up to the
counter when I'm eating, (don't freak, it doesn't bother me) he won't do
it to my plate, but if I stand up like I'm leaving, he will. If I have my
soda near my puter and he jumps up, he does it around the soda (I'm
watchful when he does it around liquids). It's almost as if he doesn't
consider it HIS food, but knows it's some kind of food. He also does it
to his water dish at times.

Also, his bowl sits on a placemat and I'll find the placemat kind of
folded up over the bowl!

Crazy!


I think it is instinctual in cats to bury *anything* that has an odor that
might attract other predators or scavengers to their territory.

Hugs,

CatNipped

--
Shirley B.
Reply to:
PIX OF REXIE:
http://cards.webshots.com/cp-9765879...55873683SwWQZJ
AND OUR HOMEPAGE: http://jumi-shirley-butler.com



"Doe John" wrote in message
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Don't know if this happens with anyone else's cat. With the wet food,
my cat will usually try to cover the dish with anything on the ground
such as , plastic wrap, junk mail, and empty carton, etc. Recently,
she has aslo done that with the dry food. This evening, she covered
both dishes with saran wrap that used to be on the ground next to the
garbage can. Once, she completely covered the dish with an empty
orange juice carton!!!!

She covers th dishes with a digging motion with one paw. Ididn't know
housecats buried their food. My cat spent her kitenhood in the city
streets, so I wonder if that was a habit of hers to protect a limited
food supply. She gets fed plenty now!!!





 




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