Hello--
I am new to this forum, so this is my first posting. I adopted a now five-month old female kitten one month ago. She is adjusting happily to her new environment and is a bundle of grey-furred energy and joy. She learns quickly and is very pleasant and playful.
Recently I noticed a change in her eating behavior. After she has finished eating, she will scrape her paws along the ground around her dish / food tray. It's just like the scraping and covering motion she performs in her litterbox after she's gone to the bathroom (like she's covering up her stool with litter). She eats fine and has a healthy appetite; she just always scrapes to "cover" the floor around her food dish when she's finished eating. I've never seen a kitty do this before. Should I be worried? I'm basically wondering what behavior is driving her to perform this scrape-and-cover litterbox motion outside of her litterbox. (She is fully litterbox trained, by the way).
Any advice welcome!
I am new to this forum, so this is my first posting. I adopted a now five-month old female kitten one month ago. She is adjusting happily to her new environment and is a bundle of grey-furred energy and joy. She learns quickly and is very pleasant and playful.
Recently I noticed a change in her eating behavior. After she has finished eating, she will scrape her paws along the ground around her dish / food tray. It's just like the scraping and covering motion she performs in her litterbox after she's gone to the bathroom (like she's covering up her stool with litter). She eats fine and has a healthy appetite; she just always scrapes to "cover" the floor around her food dish when she's finished eating. I've never seen a kitty do this before. Should I be worried? I'm basically wondering what behavior is driving her to perform this scrape-and-cover litterbox motion outside of her litterbox. (She is fully litterbox trained, by the way).
Any advice welcome!