Why does my mucky kitty keep doing this?

[Dilbertian]

Maybe I should put his food on a baking tray!

Is that dry food? Can you try putting out less and a bowl with a sharper corner at the bottom.....rather than a slope. So harder to push out.

Mine takes a big chunk of wet food and puts it on the floor to eat! Disgusting.

Ours are very messy and also often remove a chunk of wet foot to eat off the floor. We put their bowls down on newspaper so the mess can be removed easily.

It may be that the bowl is too small, OP. Cats don't like the feeling of their whiskers touching the sides of a bowl.

It's wet food. And he doesn't always do it. He's more likely to do it if he's stressed, so I generally leave him alone to eat. But he still makes more or less of a mess.

Cats don't like the feeling of their whiskers touching the sides of a bowl
Don't think Sybil"s mum told her that

He takes chunks of food out of the bowl, but also eats food in the bowl.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats I love that your other cat is totally judging Sybil 😁

Sybil! Your mum done did you rong.

Sybil! Your mum done did you rong.

Mum clearly did a better job with Basil teaching him to be a right judgy git!

And apologies OP - I fear I have derailed your thread.

Mine have a boot mat under their bowls. It contains the mess really well.

@Grumpyoldpersonwithcats

And apologies OP - I fear I have derailed your thread.

Never! @Grumpyoldpersonwithcats - your posts are always delightful.

My cat does the same, even with his wet food. If I give him chicken or tuna, he drags the pieces out, onto the rug, to eat it. I've tried various bowls, including the ergonomic things - he resued to eat from that one - so I just pick up any food he gets on the floor now

Try a large plate.

he refused to eat from that.

Mine takes a mouthful of dry food, puts it on the floor and eats what she wants off there. Always makes a mess!

@Mumdiva99

Is that dry food? Can you try putting out less and a bowl with a sharper corner at the bottom.....rather than a slope. So harder to push out.

Mine takes a big chunk of wet food and puts it on the floor to eat! Disgusting.

Nine does this too, drags food all over the kitchen and obviously shakes it too as it's all up the kitchen cupboard in front of the bowl.

Anyone remember the Arthurs Cat Food advert where the pure white cat scooped the food with his paw and ate it like that .?
Very good for the advert but (I read somewhere) its not good as it means the bowl/whisker ratio is wrong .

Ours do have the ergonomics shaped bowls and FemaleCat likes to scoop a food lump to paw eat .. if she's being watched

I feed mine on a plate because she throws food all over.

Mine don’t give a stuff about whiskers-plate ratio they are such gluttons they push each other out the way swap bowls (even if it’s the exact food), eat out the same bowl. They gave zero manners.

Mine do this. I had their bowls on a mat but it got so gross it's easier to feed them on the worktop (I have dogs who would eat their food if I put it in the floor) and wipe it up after. One does take chunks and eats it off the work surface too - no idea why as the bowls are fairly shallow. I just figure I'll be wiping up the bits forever.

Cats don't like the feeling of their whiskers touching the sides of a bowl.

Ha ha, yeah right! Star loves shoving her head into the bottom of the yoghurt pot. Behold the headless cat.

Ha ! love that Long

Cats are very much You ,might be a feline expert but I have the experience of being a Cat

Our Vet says "They are heavy"
Our Cats hear "They are heavenly"
Thanks muchly matey , its a gift

I'm going to try putting MrFattyCat's food in a yogurt bucket! If only for the comedy value