like hunting trips

Michelle writes:

“It sounds like she already has you tagged as the food source. I remember reading somewhere that domesticated cats are like perpetual kittens, they act like juvenile cats in a lion pride would, which is wait for the moms to go hunting and bring back the food. So domestic cats regard their human as the moms that go ‘hunting’, which in your case means ‘opening a cupboard and a can of catfood’ and are very attuned to any noises or behaviours that might be linked to this ‘hunting’. I am sure you will find this out. I can confirm that it is true that she will soon be flying around the house wrecking all your furnishings.”

Interesting. I also feel better to think that my long absences might be interpreted as “necessary absences while hunting.”

One weird thing Tamanya does after eating is that she sort of does a weird hop-step walk and seems to be biting her own feet. All I can think of is that little pieces of food might be stuck in her feet and she’s trying to remove them. She tends to stand in the food while eating it, so this would be one possible explanation.