Re: Lucy-- refusing raw food now

[Marylyn]

Another take on this:  I deal with a lot of ferals/throw aways/ cats who have had to live on their own.  Most of them, even small kittens, try to hide the food they don't want to eat then, when they want it, they can come back and get it.  I have a feral in the garage that does this, even with food she loves.  My indoor cat, Dixie Louise, a throwaway, does this.    All of them are very intent when they are covering the food, using anything they can or nothing to protect the food.  I have seen them use their toys and bedding covers.     It may be a repressed instinct.  Like dogs burying bones.   Remember how much effort they put into covering in their litter boxes.                                                               If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures                                                  from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who                                                  will deal likewise with their fellow man.                                                                   St. Francis ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 7:20 PM Subject: Re: Lucy-- refusing raw food now You should see the way that Ginger scratches and paws next to any food she does not feel like eating, as if to say it is so repulsive she can not bear seeing it and would I PLEASE dispose of it and give her something edible.  Ginger stayed at my mom's for a month when we were moving (I had brought her down to NJ from MA with me when my horse in NJ was dying because Ginger was too sick to leave at home, and then she got better at my mom's and stayed there for a month while we moved down to NJ).  My mom fed her in a bathroom with a rug (to keep her separate from my mom's negative cat).  My mom eventually took up the rug because every time Ginger did not like what my mom offered she pulled up pieces of the rug and covered the food with it!  My mom said she finally stopped offering something new every time Ginger did that and just left the food, and would sneak back a few hours later and see most of it was eaten.    Michelle   In a message dated 1/23/2006 8:07:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm sure it is. lol.  And I'm sure my cats' portions don't come out to a cup each.  I'm just saying that I think Lucy is eating enough for right now, and I hope Michelle is just being overly worried for no reason while Lucy is snickering behind her back waiting to get the food she wants.   t