I'm a bit worried/confused as to what my Snickers is doing.
I posted a thread a while back looking for tips on how to reduce the weight of some of my babies safely (cause I've got a couple of fatties and another one on their way
). It was suggested to add in some canned food and then eventually switch their dry food to a better brand.
I've added the canned food and if some of you remember my other thread, I couldn't get Snickers to eat any of it. She comes running and meows and meows, but then won't touch it. She's actually this way with a lot of foods (cat treats, chicken, turkey, beef, anything else we try to give her). She comes running and meows, but then never touches any of them. Well, now she's started a tiny bit of strange behavior with her food. She sniffs it, then will scratch all around the dish. Like she's trying to cover it up. (just like they scratch in their litter box).
Now tonite she started doing that with her dry food too. Scratched all around it like she was covering it, then laid down next to the bowl, then started eating from the bowl while laying down.
So my immediate thought was, maybe she'd rather be eating it at her level (raised), so I raised the bowl. Again she did the scratching ritual, then laid down next to the thing I had put it on and sat there.
She then got up a few minutes later and went to another bowl and started eating. What the heck is she doing? Is she trying to claim that bowl as hers? If so, why is she claiming the canned food, but never eating it? Why claim the dry food but only eat a bit then go to another bowl?
I wish she could talk to me.
I posted a thread a while back looking for tips on how to reduce the weight of some of my babies safely (cause I've got a couple of fatties and another one on their way
I've added the canned food and if some of you remember my other thread, I couldn't get Snickers to eat any of it. She comes running and meows and meows, but then won't touch it. She's actually this way with a lot of foods (cat treats, chicken, turkey, beef, anything else we try to give her). She comes running and meows, but then never touches any of them. Well, now she's started a tiny bit of strange behavior with her food. She sniffs it, then will scratch all around the dish. Like she's trying to cover it up. (just like they scratch in their litter box).
Now tonite she started doing that with her dry food too. Scratched all around it like she was covering it, then laid down next to the bowl, then started eating from the bowl while laying down.
So my immediate thought was, maybe she'd rather be eating it at her level (raised), so I raised the bowl. Again she did the scratching ritual, then laid down next to the thing I had put it on and sat there.
She then got up a few minutes later and went to another bowl and started eating. What the heck is she doing? Is she trying to claim that bowl as hers? If so, why is she claiming the canned food, but never eating it? Why claim the dry food but only eat a bit then go to another bowl?
I wish she could talk to me.