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    Digging for water?

    Is it normal for maine coons to dig around their water bowl before drinking? Mufasa spends quite a while 'digging' before attempting to drink.

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    Both our kittens do it and the one does it with his food bowl after he has eaten. He also "digs" in the air above the bowl for some reason. our breeder told us lot of her kitten coonies do this. Our older cat does not do this at all, so perhaps they will grow out of it?

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    Digging for water

    Its a coonie thing & our 13yr old still does it so don't hold your breath if you are hoping it is something they will grow out of,they paw above,around,under & then the fun part,in....

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    Ours do it as well. I once read somewhere it has to do with their forebears' past as outdoor cats... clearing leaves off of the water surface. The theory sure sounds romantic, but personally I am a bit skeptical.

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    Only Freyja does it - once or twice Wicca's copied her, but Freyja does it ALL the time. Food, water, cat milk, vitamin drinks - I'm sure she does it more now Wicca's here. Like Antonia, I'd read it was something their ancestors did, only the thing I read was about burying their food to save it for later. I find the two cats favourite toys in the cat milk constantly, so I assume they're hiding those too... Freyja will spend minutes pawing at the cupboards in an effort to cover the cat milk up. Even had to change the food mats under their bowls as the one we had was quite floppy and it kept getting turned upside down to cover Freyja's bowls up. Perhaps Wicca doesn't try and bury anything as she's generally wolfed down her grub like a one-man-plague-of-locusts and there's rarely much left once she's finished troughing!
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    Louie does that to now that he's to big to sit in the bowl
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    Quote Originally Posted by Louie-Louie View Post
    Louie does that to now that he's to big to sit in the bowl
    Not surprised he's too big to fit in the bowl... his tail alone would required a bowl the size of a large kitchen sink!
    Karen, Freyja & Wicca




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    Yip, both sylvester and Dudley do it. Sylvester even does it in his hooded litter tray, digs all around 'the lid of it and makes a great old noise at 4am with his fussing!





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    Yes, same here too. Harry will almost scrape the water out of the bowl, almost empty it and then after adjusting himself (by moving all around the bowl) eventually start to drink the water. Poppy my dsh is much more dignified and prefers to drink straight from the running tap

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    Phew! I'm glad it's normal. I think Mufasa must have been reading this as he has now started digging around his food too - maybe I should start a thread asking if maine coons can read

 

 
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