Yes, I have some that do it for something 'good' they want to hide, and sometimes for something 'bad' like a hairball or peeing on the rug............... You just never know! My latest cat, Mama Kitty, the one who had lived with the ferals, had 2 or 3 litters, and had her stomach 'skinned'........ while living outside with a feral colony at my sister's (for those of you who remember). She covers things the most. So I do think it has to do with saving/hiding food lots of times.
She has taken over for DD (my positive, and next to last kitty brought in). Each of them (and mamma kitty still) will run to EVERY dish of food as I put it out, and slap away any other cat who tries to eat out of it. Then they will settle on one to eat from and leave the others alone. DD stopped doing this when Mamma kitty took over for her. Go figure. Mamma kitty will run from dish to dish even if no other cats
are hungry enough to come into the room. I'm sure our cats find it humorous if they know how much time we spend trying to figure out what they're thinking!
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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.MichelleIn 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
