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Hello and thankyou for reading I hope you can help me, My lil boy alvin is 10 weeks old when i put his food down sometimes he will meow as if hungry but once plate down he'll scratch the floor just at side of the food plate.... anyone have any ideas what this means? I've tried putting anther flavour down that i know he likes but he then does exactly same and scratches floor again? I'm really confused as he looks at me like i should know what this means???
Hya,
There are 2 feasable trains of thought on this one as far as i'm aware.
The first is that he's trying to "bury" his food from other cats, and the second is that he's using the scent glands in his paws to stake a claim on the food.
I've found newly weaned kittens do this a lot, probably because there are the siblings around who also want the food.
I guess the real answer is nobody knows for sure, but these two explanations seem very good to me :)
Hope this helps.
Mick
10 weeks is also very young and maybe he needs some help with the food?
he's deffinatly alright with his age and eating esp when its tuna lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Hermine
Ithink MickB may be right your theory on claiming his stake on his food fits perfectly now i think bout it, we have 2 other kittens each from different litters we've rescued and they never go near the section on the plate that is alvins were he scratched even thou they all share same plate.
thanks :)
Perhaps you could try splitting the food so that each kitten has his or her own plate. Alvin may not want to share with the others just yet.