Burying food?!

[nickandkristi]

As we all know, Savannah kitties certainly have very different personalities . Within the past few months Nick and I have watched Lyra develop a quirky little act of "burying" her food after she is done eating!!

Has anyone seen this or does anyone else's baby Savannah scratch the area around their food bowl? Is funny watching her, but not going to be humorous to our carpet if she keeps it up!! That silly kitten

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

It's normal cat behavior to do that, no all do but it is instinctual behavior for cats

Definitely it looks silly! Maybe you need to put the dish on a placemat to protect the carpet around the bowl?

 

[Pam Flachs]

I have a few who "bury" their food, too. I'm not sure if they are saving it for later, and are trying to cover it up to keep it from other cats; or are trying to tell me it's unfit for consumption, lol.

Can you put a tray under Lyra's dish to prevent her from clawing the carpeting? Boot trays work well, and I have found some cute trays at dollar stores and thrift stores for that purpose A tray will also save the carpeting from food remnants....

 

[nickandkristi]

LOL- makes us laugh when she does it . Yes, definitely going to have to get a little tray to put her food dish on. And, yes, great idea to minimize her messy eating . Sometimes I wonder if she gets any of the food in her mouth!!

Thanks for the response . Glad to know Lyra isn't the only crazy kitten out there!!

 

[Kristin]

Zeddie buries her food if she hasn't eaten it all (...which is never now, she is such a pig)

 

[Cathouse1]

Loki does every time there is some left. Guess he plans to come back and finish it. It may depend on whether you have more than one cat.

 

[nickandkristi]

We just have our little Lyra . And she should know "Mommy and Daddy" aren't gonna touch her kitty food!! LOL

That is another question I have- what is everyone feeding their Savannahs? We had Lyra eating Wilderness Kitten by Blue Buffalo then she started vomiting everyday. We put her on just baby food for a few days to help her tummy. When we tried to get her to go back to Blue, she stuck her nose up at it- and pretty much everything else- except Whiskas wet turkey and giblets. We want her on a high protein, grain free food, but can't seem to get her to switch back. How bad is this Whiskas wet food for Lyra? Any recommendations on healthy kitty foods?

 

[Melody Waara]

Our F5 Deci covers her food when she's done. Her food is located in a tiled room, but she goes to the extreme of climbing up a cabinet to grab a towel to drag over and cover her food with. They're silly babies indeed!

 

[Mrs.CC]

We've seen Triton do that a few times, although, Shady and Cleo haven't. Shady likes to scoop her kibble into the water bowl, instead.

 

[Niels]

Themba does it too, he even tries to bury the water out of the water fountain