Our cats haven't always lived in the lap of luxury. Why does my cat turn around in circles before sitting down? So it really could be that your kitty has worked out it has too much on its plate for one sitting, and is trying to save it for later, just like its wild cousins do!Ģ. However, food caching has been observed in the European wildcat, which is a relatively close relative of our domestic cats. In the wild, it is usually only cats who make kills much larger than themselves that engage in this behaviour - such as leopards and lynxes. Some people have speculated about whether cats are also trying to 'cache' or hide their food to save some of it for later. The burying behaviour is designed to stop any leftover food attracting dangerous predators who might prey on smaller cats. It turns out that burying food is a completely natural feline behaviour that our cats have inherited from their wild ancestors, who would have been small, desert dwelling felines. She’s even been known to steal socks from the laundry basket and carefully arrange them over her food bowl! But what is driving these strange kitty behaviours? Like many cats, our cat has done this ever since she was a kitten - frantically pawing at the ground around her food in a vain attempt to cover it up with some imaginary earth. But is there an internal logic to their unusual antics? Here are the surprising explanations behind some of their most bizarre behaviours. We all know our cats are charismatic little oddballs - it's what makes them so loveable. However, I don't want to go down the medical route and, in any case, I think that cat owners are referring to a non-medical cause which for me points to mild irritation being the cause.Has your cat ever really weirded you out, or had you in fits of laughter with its strange habits?

Flea treatments are essentially poisonous to cats as they contain insecticides. Maybe a cat reacts badly to one of the spot-on flea treatments and as it affects her nervous system, she involuntary shakes one of her hind legs. On a medical note, insecticides in flea treatments can cause paw flicking apparently. So, I am describing a feline behaviour trait. She'd walk away and shake one of her back legs. My former female cat did it when she had had enough of the food that I had given her. I don't know but it is entirely possible. I wonder whether back twitching and leg shaking have similar mental origins. It's a body language which means, 'I have had enough of that' and she walks away from what is irritating her. It means something wider than that actually. Hind leg shaking indicates irritation too in my opinion. It's similar to back twitching which signified irritation. This is the kind of action that I am referring to. Moreover, the action of shaking a back leg is one of short sharp flicking movements as if she is throwing something off her paw such as water. Having got that out of the way my experience tells me that when a cat shakes her back legs, or more accurately shakes one of her back legs while walking, she'll do it very briefly and it is a deliberate act. I am not qualified to provide advice of feline health matters so it's up to your veterinarian to clear up any possible health issues but I mention a couple of possibilities below. It could be a nervous system health problem for instance. I don't want to be facetious but I think this topic concerns a behavioural trait signifying mild irritation and not a health issue The description does not say for how long the cat shakes her back legs or how vigorously. However, before I say why my cat did it you'll have to think of health issues because 'cat shaking back legs' can mean a lot of things. 'Cat shaking back legs when walking' is a cat behaviour trait which I have seen in one of my cats (now deceased).

My cat stands on his back legs