Cat Tricks

[sleigh]

We have a dripping faucet in the bathtub, which we never fix since both cats like to drink from it. But Ana, our female cat, has a curious habit whenever she takes a drink. She'll go up to the faucet, and she'll paw at the side of the tub directly underneath the faucet, as if she has to 'start' the drips flowing (mind you, the faucet's already dripping...). Then, after several swipes of the paw, she'll start to drink. It's a ritual, a habit, an instinct: there's no cause and effect here because when she comes up to it, the water's already dripping. But she does it every time...

Wonder where that came from?

Comments

[affinity8.livejournal.com]

My cats drink from a water goblet I keep full for them. The boy cat has to nudge it and slap it around a little with his paw, sometimes nearly spilling it, before he deigns to drink it. I don't know where that comes from either.

[maiac.livejournal.com]

It's more satisfying when he has to hunt it down and kill it, instead of just having it handed to him.