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According to a number of threads on TCS many cats have the habit of taking the food from their bowl or plate and putting it on the floor before eating it. Maxine was one of these. I initially switched from a bowl to a plate (the whiskers theory) but that didn't make any difference. She also had this habit of leaning across the plate to eat from the far side, thus always dragging her chest hairs through the food. Not a big deal, but nevertheless, annoying.
I had always put her plate against a wall as that was the logical place to keep it out of the way. Recently, and I'm not really certain why, I started placing her plate away from the wall, where she had room to walk completely around it. Voila! No more dragging the food onto the floor, and now eating from the edges in.
Can't necessarily make sense of it, but I now have two less things to clean - the floor and her chest hairs.
I had always put her plate against a wall as that was the logical place to keep it out of the way. Recently, and I'm not really certain why, I started placing her plate away from the wall, where she had room to walk completely around it. Voila! No more dragging the food onto the floor, and now eating from the edges in.
Can't necessarily make sense of it, but I now have two less things to clean - the floor and her chest hairs.