brianj12 wrote:
Yes, definitely, mine do this too. People have similar "grass is always greener..." impulses too, so I find it more amusing than surprising. And you're right, it presents a big problem when one cat has to eat a special food (for taking a medicine or recovering from something or whatnot).
What I find interesting is that the "eating hierarchy" is often not what you'd expect. In fact for my three it seems to be the exact opposite of what I'd expect. Gaga is the biggest, toughest, burly-est cat who can easily take down the other two when they play/wrestle/chase. But she is the least assertive about selecting her food (even though she's the most food motivated strangely) so the other two routinely wedge themselves between her and her food, making her switch, with no blowback. And then the other bengal, Serafina, the picky eater, is 2nd. She can make Gaga switch but not Neytiri. Even though she can be kind of tough on Neytiri in other circumstances depending on her mood, she recognizes some sort of "eating pecking order" which she doesn't challenge. And then "top cat" is Neytiri who is the smallest, youngest, least athletic cat who always ends up getting the worst of it in wrestling and chasing games, she seems to have her "pick", and can then separate either of the other from their food dishes and make them "switch"... weird!
That's amazing! It must be interesting to watch sometimes=) XD I also found surprising that the bengal kitten has the upper hand in their eating arrangements even though he's younger,smaller and quite a recent addition to my older Scottish Fold.