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submitted 9 months ago by favrion@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

My cat Delilah likes to dig her paws in an empty, large, green plastic salad bowl in the kitchen. She goes hard with it too. Why does she do this? Is it the texture? Is it the light green color throwing her vision?

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[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 70 points 9 months ago

There was a recent study that shows that cats are fucking crazy and they do some crazy ass shit. I think it was in a Zoological journal or something.

[-] notnotmike@programming.dev 24 points 9 months ago

Who are you who is so wise in the ways of science

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 10 points 9 months ago

Arthur! King of the Britons!

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Arthur! We need money, there's this bank in Blackwater....

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

Actually, let's not go to Taihiti. 'Tis a silly place.

[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

i think we need a video of it.

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 30 points 9 months ago

A cat doing something? I need a video. A cat not doing anything? I need a photo.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 22 points 9 months ago

Do you want a video of my cat doing nothing but staring and blinking?

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago
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[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago
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[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Much obliged.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago
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[-] favrion@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I would oblige, but my kitten shattered it. 🤷‍♂️

[-] TheActualDevil@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

I think a lot of people here are pretty spot on with the "cats are just weird, IDK." But more than that, there are a couple things that I think it might be. A lot of cat quirks are just instincts for outdoor activities that don't translate indoors but they still have the pull to do it. IT sounds like she's "digging," which is a thing wild cats would do for a couple reasons.

Sometimes they will dig a hole to poop in, then cover it up, but since she's not then immediately taking a shit in your salad bowl, that's probably not it.

It could be a hunting action. Cats dig for bugs often.

But the most likely, I think, is for fun. Cats are pretty intelligent creatures who's minds require stimulation, which means they just find a thing to fidget with sometimes and get stuck on it, like a small child making toys out of random junk. If she doesn't have enough scratching posts, she could be getting that scratching itch out. Or could do with some more toys. Or, again what I find most likely, she did it once and found that bowl to just be a lot of fun. Maybe it's the texture or she likes the way her paws slip on it differently than other surfaces. Cats are curious, so it being a different surface may have drawn her attention and now it's a fun toy for her.

TLDR: cats are just weird, IDK. 🤷

[-] Slowy@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

It could also make a fun sound

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

why does [my cat] do this

Sometimes I think they just like fucking with us.

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago

Cat gonna cat

[-] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

To get to the other side.

[-] stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

Your cat is vegan and trying to disembowel the bowl

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

When I finally pass the glassware I swallowed, I disembowl my bowels

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Do you have a horizontal scratching post? They like to scratch both ways - horizontal and vertical sometimes. Mine loves scratching like that in the bottom of cardboard boxes. I hadn't replaced his horizontal scratching post in a month or so after throwing it out, when I got him a new one, he immediately went to it, and scratched it for like 3 minutes straight.

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