Does anyone else's cat do this/Do you know what it means?
Posted by Pat B!
on 7/25/2009, 10:00 am|
Almost every time Glory goes to drink water, she first "paws" over the surface as if she's brushing aside some sort of covering. Considering that it's a dish of clean, fresh water, there's nothing for her to be pawing aside! I figure it's got to be some sort of inherited instinctual behavior, but darned if I can think what useful application that kind of a behavior might have had in the wild!
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Responses:
- I've always thought it was depth perception - Lisa 7/28/2009, 3:59 pm
- Giles does this. Maybe trained to do it to make sure water is clear? msg - sweeney 7/28/2009, 8:18 am
- Razzeratz like to tap at the bowl, sometimes knocking water out of it...msg - Auntie Debbie 7/26/2009, 6:01 am
- some of us dig all around it - Bendy Kitty 7/25/2009, 7:46 pm
- My April is a level water checker. msg - MikeK 7/25/2009, 7:38 pm
- I have a couple of cats that do that. it looks like they - bellabella 7/25/2009, 2:58 pm
- I have one cat that drinks from her paw...msg - Ann 7/25/2009, 2:48 pm
- I have cats who paw water, too. (msg) - Judith 7/25/2009, 2:42 pm
- Could she be seeing her reflection? nm - Viv 7/25/2009, 2:05 pm
- They don't want to get water up their nose - Norah 7/25/2009, 1:27 pm
- You should see what my Maine Coons do...msg - Nitro's Mom 7/25/2009, 11:02 am
- I've had cats do this...msg - Owen'sMom 7/25/2009, 10:16 am
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