There s nothing wrong with your cat.
Why do cats scratch the floor before drinking water.
Whenever a cat drinks water from a bowl it paws scratches or kneads the area as if it is trying to bury something.
My cat nacho sometimes scratches the floor before drinking water from his water cup i have seen this behavoir in other cats also does.
At the very least you should change the water in her bowl twice a day.
It took me years to understand why my cat gracie does that.
Cats possess all sorts of unusual behaviors and it is bewildering to find an explanation of everything a cat does throughout the day.
She makes a mess.
This is not an unusual behavior.
Gracie has always scratched and clawed on and around the bowl before she drinks.
In fact your pet is demonstrating an instinct shared even by the big cats and it is a very positive sign that it is feeling at home in your house.
A common mistake cat owners make is that when their cat swipes their paw on the floor around their food dish they think that they are covering up the food like they would their poop in a litter box.
When she was a kitten i had to keep the water and food bowls separated because if the.
Instead this is still him trying to be sneaky and not let predators know where he is.
Apr 4 2008 1 kunalen tcs member thread starter.
Many cat owners assume this is a clear sign that the cat isn t interested in the food.
One such occurrence that confuses nearly all the cat owners is scratching the floor just before or after drinking water.
Cat scratching the floor before drinking water.
A cat sits and screams at her water bowl for several minutes before taking a drink and the behavior has been going on for four years.
In the wild cats don t come back to a meal they ve stored for several days.
Sometimes i would go through 3 or 4 cans of cat food being scratched at before the cat would eat someth.
Start date apr 4 2008.
If you cat engages in this oddly cute behavior consider getting her one of those recirculating water fountains now commercially available for cats.
Cats who splish their water before drinking may in fact be attempting to achieve a similar effect.
This assumption is inaccurate.
As was mentioned below they usually scratch around their food bowl either after eating or before if they don t like what you are feeding them.
Why does my cat yowl at the water dish before drinking.