Why do cats 'bury' their food?

After raising cats for a long time, you will find a phenomenon:

Not only will the cat bury the poop, it may also start "scraping" on the food.

Such as delicious snail powder, durian.

When they smell these foods, the conditioned reflex begins to bury.

So many shit shoveling officers began to doubt life when faced with such actions by cats. Wouldn't it think that I was eating shit?

-1 The smell of the food is too strong

Cats have a very keen sense of smell, which is more than 200,000 to 270,000 times that of humans.

Before they were domesticated by humans, in order to survive in the wild and not be targeted by prey, they would have the habit of hiding their scents.

In addition, the smell of some foods is too strong, such as snail powder, which is unacceptable to people, let alone cats.

The smell is very pungent to them and disturbs the cat, so the cat will want to cover up the smell.

-2 The food is so delicious

Sometimes we will find that cats also behave this way when they are eating.

In fact, the cat is telling you: the meal given today is good, and I like it very much.

In the past, when they lived in the wild, they always lived a life of eating one meal but not the next, so they would have the habit of hiding the remaining food.

So when they think the food is too delicious, they will want to hide the food and save it for next time.

-3 Not feeling well

When something goes wrong with your cat's health, it affects their appetite.

So you may see such a scene: the dry cat, who is usually very active in eating, has little interest in food, not only that, but also keeps picking and pulling on the edge of the food bowl.

In fact, this move is also to remind you that the cat is sick.

Take the cat to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible to find out the cause, so as not to delay the treatment time.

-4 Dissatisfied with the placement of rice bowls

Don't look at such a small cat, in fact, they have a lot of ideas.

A slight movement of the position of their rice bowl will arouse their dissatisfaction.

If you find that when the cat's bowl is moved, the cat will bury the feces for a long time, it means that the cat is very dissatisfied with your arrangement.

-5 dislike for food

One of the reasons mentioned above is that cats like food very much and will bury them.

Some people may ask, why do you hate food again? In fact, the two are not in conflict. This phenomenon usually occurs after the cat has been replaced with food.

When you find that the cat has only eaten two mouthfuls of new food, you make a move to bury the shit to prove that they don't like it.

In fact, many of the actions of cats have specific meanings in them.

When the shoveling officer finds that the cat has changed, he must take it to heart and analyze it carefully, and maybe he will find the cat's physical disease.

Also, has your cat ever done this?

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