food obsession

[aTailOf2Kitties]

Toby is a year-and-a-half to two years old. Right now he knows the food is in the lower cabinet and occasionally tries to open it. He'll put his paws on the top of the door and pull but he's blocking the door with the rest of his body. Someday he'll figure out to open it from the side. The food is in an old Tidy Cats bin with a tight lid to keep out the bugs. That might stump him for a little bit if he figures out the cabinet door. At that point I guess we'll just rubber-band or tie the two cabinet knobs together

He's a clever little devil, that's for sure. You can almost hear the gears turning when he's trying to figure something out. When I had Havoc in a big cage after his leg surgery his food bowl was in the middle of the cage and out of direct reach from the outside. Toby kept contemplating the situation until he figured out he could reach the edge of the towel the bowl was sitting on. Then he would just grab the towel and inch the whole thing closer to the edge of the cage until he could get a paw in the food bowl and scoop a couple kibbles out. I kept blocking the sides of the cage with boxes until it looked like Fort Knox in there. Then I just started putting the bowl directly on the cage floor (at that point I was letting Havoc out of the cage a few times a day, and he ate while he was out running around. I just kept the food bowl in there during the day when I was gone)

[Pinot's Mom]

Yeah, Toby's a few months behind Pinot, who is just two, so he might calm down a bit. Pinot gave up once we put the food in a sealed plastic pail. She still gets VERY EXCITED about food, but at least she's not digging in the cabinet any more!

Patience, it'll probably resolve itself!

[aTailOf2Kitties]

yesterday I caught him gnawing on my soft sided lunchbox and there wasn't even any food in it

[Medusa]

Wow, maybe your vet should check him out?

[pomtzu]

He's a clever little devil, that's for sure. You can almost hear the gears turning when he's trying to figure something out. When I had Havoc in a big cage after his leg surgery his food bowl was in the middle of the cage and out of direct reach from the outside. Toby kept contemplating the situation until he figured out he could reach the edge of the towel the bowl was sitting on. Then he would just grab the towel and inch the whole thing closer to the edge of the cage until he could get a paw in the food bowl and scoop a couple kibbles out. I kept blocking the sides of the cage with boxes until it looked like Fort Knox in there.

I'm sitting here just chuckling to myself over that one. Where's the video cam when you need it?