Speaking of animals and food oddities, my dog used to carry his food one mouthful at a time out to the living room so he could eat around us. He'd drop it on the floor and then leisurely eat it and go back for more.
The cat never sees you eat and is concerned. The dog carries his food out to you for roughly the same reason, he wants you to know he is eating and you should not worry about him. It's a social thing many animals do.
My ex wife got really pissed when I would take a bite and thoughtfully place it in front of her on the floor.
Honestly, her fault for marrying a non sapient creature.
my guinea pig herdleader likes when everyone gets to eat a treat.
she didn't really get why the cat liked meatpaste, but she'd yell until I put out a treat for the cat. I often grab a little something to eat while I sit next to the pen with them while they eat their veggies. it makes them feel like I am part of their little herd. i get all the positive reinforcement grooming and nuzzling affection.
she's just a little too greedy to give me her food, though.
In fairness, humans do this too. Ever share a meal where someone has already eaten? People find it extremely off-putting. It's to the point where pacing your eating to someone else will make them like you more
Pretty girl! Taking good care of her human, too. You're lucky to have such a good friend. 🐈 ❤️
Cats in the wild tend to share food with their friends. They must think we're some rude ass motherfuckers when we push them away from our own dinner.
To be fair, we also think they're rude motherfuckers with how much they insist on dropping stuff from tables and using our computers and laptops as beds
Maybe they are trying to tell us the internet is giving us severe brainrot.
Ours gets bits of cold cuts on breakfast. She sits in her sitting basket on the table and starts waving if she's not getting enough cold cuts.
My cat eats a few bites of food then finds a string, swallows it down a good bit, then pulls the string back up from her throat and takes a few more bites of food. This continues for her whole meal.
There's nothing more disgusting than stepping on her food string. It's cold and wet. So gross.
Dude what the fuck
Yeah.
That is bizarre! Do you think she might have weird stomach acid production? Like, maybe she uses the string to evacuate some sort of gross stomach fluid? I am going to lose sleep over this
Interesting idea! When she doesn't have string, she just chews a toy to death. But I'm not sure if that's evidence against or for your idea
One of my cats love fishing used tea leaves out from mugs. She doesn't eat them, she just paws the leaves out from the cups and then leaves them on the counter. We have no idea why she does it but she absolutely insists on doing it. No other cat does this.
Fortune telling
That cat knows the future
My cat sometimes drives her little scooter to my workplace when i forget my lunch.
Your roomba either has great battery life, or you WFH.
our dog does the exact same thing! she'd rather eat by her humans than where her food actually is xD
My dog also carries around mouthfuls of food. She'll spit it out and then eat it one piece at a time. She's better at chewing up her food than I am. You can hand her a grain of rice and she will chew it up before swallowing it
When dogs do that relocation of food is because they don't feel safe eating at the bowl. Usually because it is in a corner or the shape of the bowl blocks their peripheral view. They are skittish of where they eat, since it is instinctively a vulnerable act. Same reason they might get zoomies after pooping, you want to be as far away as possible as the smell gives away your position, predator stuff. Relocate the bowl to a location with a wider view of the room, not giving their back to open spaces. And choose a wide but shallow bowl that lets them see what is in their surroundings as they eat.
Dunno, that might be true in general, but he'd only do it when we were in the living room.
My dog also did the same thing, but it was to the front hall.
My dog does the same thing! I didn't know that was a semi-common thing
I'm not super convinced it's to eat around us with my boy, because he'll do it in the middle of the night too. But he has to do it where there's carpet. He'll only eat if there's carpet he can spit his food onto. Rugs under his food bowl don't count lol
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