cat takes food out of bowl and makes a mess....

[terestrife]

One of my cats has the habit of taking pieces of her food out of the bowl, putting it on the table and eating from there. Makes a mess and leaves tiny bits of food i need to constantly clean up. Ive tried deep bowls, low bowls. Bowls on a stand, bowls on the table. A flat plate on the table, a flat plate on a stand. She doesnt care, she takes her food from the plate and dumps it on the table.

Any ideas?

 

[stephanietx]

Place a piece of fabric or a placemat under the bowl.

 

[terestrife]

 

[stephanietx]

You might have to resign yourself to her quirky eating habit and just make a point of cleaning up after she eats each time. 

 

[terestrife]

 
You might have to resign yourself to her quirky eating habit and just make a point of cleaning up after she eats each time. 

i figured as much. lol its been 4 years, i guess i can live with her habits.

 

[sassychic]

My cat does something similar. I see him scooping it out with his paw and tossing it on the floor to eat it. I vacuum daily anyway so have an extra large mat for him.

 

[betsygee]

 

 
You might have to resign yourself to her quirky eating habit and just make a point of cleaning up after she eats each time. 

i figured as much. lol its been 4 years, i guess i can live with her habits.

I have a cat that does that, too.  I just sweep up around her area, every day.  

 

[mingking]

So does she already eat on the table? 

Anyway, just seems like a quirky habit. I saw my cat doing that at the shelter with his dry food. He'd take a piece and then throw it in the air and eat it off the ground. But since I feed him wet food now, he doesn't do it anymore. I think it might have just been him being bored or something. 

 

[Sarthur2]

Several of my cats take a hunk of wet food, put it on the floor, then eat it. I am constantly cleaning the placemat!

They also love to scoop out dry food pieces, toss them, then pounce on them and eat them.

Since they are cats, and I love them, I just deal with it .