Cat scratching around food bowl...

Originally Posted by wdavidow

First off I wanted to introduce myself, since this is my first post on here. Hi everyone! My name is Will, I have two cats (Tiggs and Pogo).

So, lately one of my cats, Pogo, any time he eats, has been scratching around where the food bowl before he eats is sitting. I recently put down a plastic mat underneath their water and food so it would be a bit more tidy, and easier to clean.. I think that's the reason I'm noticing Pogo doing this more. The behavior is sort of like when they're in the litter box, and you know they've definitely covered everything up, but they stay there scratching for 15 minutes anyway. So this is sort of like that, only he's just scratching around the food bowl before digging in to eat.

I wouldn't really call this a problem... I'm just sort of curious as to what this behavior means.

Anyone have any ideas?

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Originally Posted by Rosiemac

It's a common practice

Believe it or not it's when their burying their food even though their not if you know what i mean?

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Originally Posted by Rosiemac

It's a common practice

Believe it or not it's when their burying their food even though their not if you know what i mean?

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