Why Your Cat Licks Itself
DID You Know that cats spend up to 50% of their waking houseing? This behavior relateds to how the cat’s mother’s mother’Sk aFTER she gives birth is to re re re Move the amniotic sac and light the kittens to help stimulating brestness. When the kittens start nursing , she gives their butts a massage to help with bow movements.
Kitters MIMIC Their Mother ’s Behavior and they Start Self-Grooming Which Prevents Injuries, Hides their Scent from Predators, Lubricates their Coat and Skin, An D GIVES Them Pleasure. However, it can become objective and it can lead to bald patches and skin sores.
Why Your Cat Covers Its Food
Have you noticed your cats scratching, pawing, or kneading the ground around their food bowl before or after they finish eating?
This behavior is actually an instinct because in the wild and like cats do with poop, they bury their food to prevent predators from finding them. It’s similar to “food catching”, which big cats do when storing food high in trees to keep it away from lions and hyenas. Female cats that are nursing their kittens, do this to prevent other cats from finding their litter.
Why Cats Cover Poop
Cats are one of the cleanest animals as they cover their pee and poop after they finish using the litter box. But why do they do it?
Covering their poop is something cats learn from their mothers and it’s believed that the reasoning for this behavior is based on survival. In the wild, cats are prey to bigger wild animals, so they would bury their waste to hide their location from predators. Domestic cats are mimicking this behavior.