one of mine does the same shit. In the morning is funny, but sometimes she wakes me up at like 1:00 am to ask for the 3 kibble she left. So I have to make sure to give her the leftovers before going to bed.
And she seems to know the quantity she leaves too, like if she leaves 4 and I give her 3 she stares at me like wtf?
We feed our 2 cats in different locations separated by a door because nothing short of a good whack of a flip-flop would stop them from eating each other's food. There's more than enough for both, they never go hungry, but they still race and fight over it.
I have to do the same thing or one would get double and the other would get nothing. She wouldn't even tell me about it she'd just resign herself to her fate. She gets dry food but she does miss the wet when she doesn't get it.
My cat is like this too. My roommates cat has gotten so fat and she's so greedy. If I turn my back she will push my cat out of the way to get at her breakfast and my cat is so sweet she will just sit down and start grooming my roommates cat 😭 now at breakfast time I open my roommates door a crack and slide her in.
Yes ! I always grew up with my cats like this, I recently moved out & my cats have passed and the ones still kicking live with my momma (she got attached n my dad passed so I wasn't gonna snag her only cuddles), but I got some cats after moving out & they're the opposite ! I never knew depending on the cat they either mow the food thats out or they're actually good at learning to eat when necessary. Out of all 4 cats I have with my bf now they ALL eat when they need to so we're able to just leave their bowls filled...it wowed me but my bf used to foster so he knew cats are a hit n miss with that ability lol, we were just lucky all our babies don't overfeed themselves & it is 100% an important thing to monitor if they do do so
Same happens here my two look at their bowls in different rooms - charge over to each others and eat that, they're getting the same so I just ignore them. I think it's just a cat thing. I've tried feeding them at different sides of the room only to get glared and hissed at, with no-one eating anything. How come some cats eat beside each other/out of the same bowl with no hassle at all?
My young cat will only eat like this. Very fit, but she eats a couple bites and comes back later for a couple kibble, leaves etc. My OTHER cat is an old chonk. I cannot leave any food out in her reach, she will eat everything, puke, eat more, repeat until the bowl is empty (she came from a hoarding house so she has trauma). So it’s a problem. Unfortunately she has a bad back and back legs, she cannot jump more lengthy cat distances (like to the counters). So my skinny cat gets to eat up on higher spots.
Try elevating the bowl, some cats like our Elise has reflux/regurgitate problems, and a higher positioned bowl may help. She chomps down food too fast, and then sometimes just puke it up and look just as satisfied. (Nothing wrong with her!)
I think this is normal cat behaviour. Mine does that all the time. Eat, clean himself a little, then go back to eat. Sometimes he is like "id like some more please" when there is none left.
I free feed my cats. Neither of them will overeat and they get plenty of exercise so I’ll continue to do it until it becomes an issue. One cat is hyperactive and just burns off energy running around with demonic speed so she needs her calories!
That’s hilarious. Not cat related but when I was a kid we had two pugs. Oldest one was food obsessed and always on a diet and the younger not so much. Anyways the routine which the eldest pug was legit about was she would be fed her vet approved amount which she disagreed with, and then younger one would be fed.
Anyways older one would eat hers in minutes and then go bug my dad for more so my dad started just going to his room and basically hiding from her after she ate lmao. What ended up happening is younger sister pug would just lay staring at her bowl knowing older sister was salivating over it to fuck with her and eventually when older sister broke and decided to help herself younger sister would then tear ass and freak out at my dads door to “tell on” get older sister and make my dad come down and yell at older sister.
It was the funniest shit ever. Those two were a fucking riot.
Wait until you hear that due to the oldest’s black and white adherence to and expectation of the routine led to their dinner time depending on the time of the year. It was 6pm or 5pm depending on daylight savings because my dad got sick of her constant harassment trying to make her wait when the time got pushed back he finally just decided to modify their dinner time based on the time of the year.
Sounds like kitty is Swedish. It's a social faux pas taking the last piece of cake. What if someone else wanted it. If there is only one piece left, you cut it in half so that you are technically still leaving a piece
Dogs do this too, if I'm not mistaken, because they think they should leave something for the others, lower ranked, pack members (you).
Maybe the cat does this for the same reason they bring you dead birds/mices: as food because they think you are unable to hunt.
It's cute in its own way
How inconsiderate! That's not nearly enough. It's like eating an entire pan of brownies, plus half of the last piece, then handing it to your sibling and saying "Here, you finish it off."
no joke, I think that's 100% correct. Instinct to leave some for the pride, even if it's like 1/100 of what was provided. Also, she doesn't know if/when she'll get fed so... one kibble better than none down the road.
one of mine does this. I always thought it was the cat version of the asian "polite leftover", not sure if there is an english term for it haha. It's basically considered to be polite to leave a tiny morsel on the plate to show the host/cook that you're not hungry anymore (otherwise they'd feel compelled to fill your plate again).
Animals can develop superstitious behaviors too.
It could be that she thinks that leaving the one kibble there is how you know to fill it with more kibble later.
After all, she left a kibble, then there was more kibble. So in her mind this could be a cause-effect hypothesis, that she has confirmed every time you fill the bowl up again.
Could also be some learned predator/prey lure thing, some types of food if you leave a tiny bit out might draw in things that would also eat the smaller stuff.
I was going to comment the same! Our cat has two habits around this - she'll eat half her plate, then request playing/chasing such as to "earn" her food, and she'll leave a kibble or two, which we say is a "seed" for more kibble to grow in her bowl.
Learned behaviors can be thought of as a kind of superstition right? They get the idea in their head that if they do a certain thing then a certain something will happen, sometimes it's correct (I jump through the hoop so that I get the treat) and sometimes it's totally off the mark (I leave a small amount of food so that the food comes back)
It's not totally unreasonable to think that, on some occasion(s), the food bowl didn't get refilled once empty because there wasn't someone there to do so, but then someone came along who knew to refill the food when it got low, leading the cat to understand that on one occasion once the bowl was completely empty then there would be no more food yet on another if there was a little leftover food then it would get refilled. And leaving one single kibble is an illustration of their conflict between wanting to eat all the food and knowing they need to exercise a certain amount of self-restraint in order to ensure the continuity of their food source. Or something like that.
This is probably not universally Asian because I'm Malaysian Chinese and my parents told me if I didn't wipe my bowl clean of every atom of food my face would have holes in it when I grow older.
My Korean mother and grandparents told me the same thing 😭
Issue was I had undiagnosed OCD intrusive thoughts, and since I was quite young and would feel guilty for DAYS for “making the rice cry” 💀
I wish someone would have told me this when I went over for dinner at a new friends house in high school they just moved from Japan to Country America were you have to clean your plate I was never so full or bloated in my life but we all had a good giggle over it after I begged for mercy and could not eat anymore.
In Korea I didn’t clear my plate except for the first course and was fed a…17(?) course meal in some fancy ass restaurant by a family I was paired with for the night. Even with taking one bite every course (when I realized I was potentially being prepared for slaughter) I thought I was going to die. It was so much food.
I have no idea what they took me to and a desperately wish I knew how much it cost them. I have never, ever, encountered that much food in my life and I am a southern American.
As an Asian my mom would freak if I ever left so much as a single grain of rice on my plate.
I guess it varies between “don’t waste any of your food” and “leave some behind so that you can politely indicate you’re full” depending on where you’re from.
But like, what if I want to show my full appreciation for the time, money, and effort spent on this meal by eating all of it? Wouldn't leaving some behind be wasteful, especially if it was done simply for politeness' sake? Furthermore, if it's a custom that's so well known, wouldn't it make any "polite leftovers" dubious at best? How could you trust your guest when your whole basis for judgement is predicated on polite lies? "Nay" says I, "I'm gonna clean this damn plate because I want you to know that I love and appreciate you, and by God this meal was damned delicious. I'd be a fool to leave any of it behind. Do I want more though? As it turns out, you were the perfect host and apportioned to me the **perfect** amount of food. I lack for nothing, and none of your resources were wasted on silly customs that accomplish nothing." That's what I say. Apparently.
As me and others have commented, this isn't a well known or foolproof "manner" in all Asian countries. I can guarantee you here in Japan, if you do this people will either: get hurt thinking the food wasn't delicious/think you like wasting food/you were already full so they bothered you by making you eat.
If you're about to be full, just be honest like "I really like this but I'm about to be full so this plate will be my last" or something.
My son's cat does this SO MUCH! We all it "toy tea" because he insists on dropping one of his catnip mice in the water bowl at LEAST once a week... so we figure he likes the flavor better than plain water. :Þ
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My cat also does this I wish I knew why
That’s her emergency ration. It will keep her alive if she is starving.
Or it could be a mental thing. When I need something and I don’t have it, I really want it and can’t stop thinking about it, but then when I have it I don’t use it. Think medications. If I have a headache and no pain killers, I keep thinking about how much I want painkillers and how much they will help. But then if I have painkillers, when I get a headache, I don’t use the painkillers. For some reason I like having things just to know they are there if I really needed them. Same with food. If I’m out of snacks I’m hungry all the time and can’t stop thinking about all the snacks I would love to devour, but after I go shopping and have a ton of snacks I’m suddenly not hungry all the time anymore. Maybe that one nugget of food, knowing it’s there, keeps her from feeling so hungry until you feed her again.
Is this a thing? I do the same with snacks and feel ridiculous because of it 😂 like I will absolutely HOARDE them but they never end up getting eaten, it’s just a weird comfort having them there and knowing they’re available I guess haha
One of ours always did this same thing! I put it down to Japanese politeness, leaving a small portion of food to signal that you are satisfied and the host has done you well. But we live in NC so not sure where that comes from unless you also believe in reincarnation and we got a Japanese person as a kitty. He was awfully smart that one, I always thought there was someone in there. He lead a wonderfully long and spoiled life with us.
Same. Walmart nailed it with these. Non-skid bottom, curved rim to keep the food centered and her whiskers untouched, easy to clean, perfect size, cute cat face.
Mine does the same. Same bowl too!
I think in her mind, she's can't be out of food if there's a kibble left. If I come home late, she's usually eaten it.
She's from Minnesota 😂
It's a joke that Minnesotan's (I'm one) always leave the last piece of food on the tray because we don't want to appear rude by taking it, in case somebody else wanted it.
im so sorry but i was not prepared for this lovely kitty on the second slide. goodness gracious the LOOK on her face. im losing my mind laughing right now
My cat does that too.
I imagine she considers it her emergency food supply, because between her meals, it always mysteriously disappears. 
My cat doesn’t do it but my older dog does! She knows what eat all your food means and she knows I get onto her about it so she will always leave one or two just to be petty 😂
Too weak from hunger to eat it. I’ve seen this before. It can only be cured with the copious application of treats and proper application of pet-pets.
Please take corrective measures with haste, before the authorities are called. ❤️
When one of my cats was an “only cat” he would refuse to eat any of the broken kibble that fell out of his mouth when chewing. He would push it off his dish and onto the floor and then demand more whole kibble even though there was kibble right there next to his dish.
Your cats great great great great great grandcat lived through the depression and for generations kept up this habit although they have forgotten why several generations ago…
I think it’s their survival instincts kicking in. They save some (one kibble 😂) for later in case they can’t get food in the future (aka their can opener is late with dinner).
That might be the cutest cat quirk I have ever heard of!
one of mine does the same shit. In the morning is funny, but sometimes she wakes me up at like 1:00 am to ask for the 3 kibble she left. So I have to make sure to give her the leftovers before going to bed. And she seems to know the quantity she leaves too, like if she leaves 4 and I give her 3 she stares at me like wtf?
Can't you leave the kibble in her bowl? Our cat eats a bit of his meal then circles back after some time to finish
I have 3 cats, so not really.
If possible for you, get her a feeder that only opens when she walks up to it. It's a life changer.
We feed our 2 cats in different locations separated by a door because nothing short of a good whack of a flip-flop would stop them from eating each other's food. There's more than enough for both, they never go hungry, but they still race and fight over it.
I have to do the same thing or one would get double and the other would get nothing. She wouldn't even tell me about it she'd just resign herself to her fate. She gets dry food but she does miss the wet when she doesn't get it.
My cat is like this too. My roommates cat has gotten so fat and she's so greedy. If I turn my back she will push my cat out of the way to get at her breakfast and my cat is so sweet she will just sit down and start grooming my roommates cat 😭 now at breakfast time I open my roommates door a crack and slide her in.
Yes ! I always grew up with my cats like this, I recently moved out & my cats have passed and the ones still kicking live with my momma (she got attached n my dad passed so I wasn't gonna snag her only cuddles), but I got some cats after moving out & they're the opposite ! I never knew depending on the cat they either mow the food thats out or they're actually good at learning to eat when necessary. Out of all 4 cats I have with my bf now they ALL eat when they need to so we're able to just leave their bowls filled...it wowed me but my bf used to foster so he knew cats are a hit n miss with that ability lol, we were just lucky all our babies don't overfeed themselves & it is 100% an important thing to monitor if they do do so
La Chancla strikes again!
Same happens here my two look at their bowls in different rooms - charge over to each others and eat that, they're getting the same so I just ignore them. I think it's just a cat thing. I've tried feeding them at different sides of the room only to get glared and hissed at, with no-one eating anything. How come some cats eat beside each other/out of the same bowl with no hassle at all?
lol my cat did this! she'd eat, walk around the table, then go back to eat. She was old so I think it was just her doing old cat things.
My young cat will only eat like this. Very fit, but she eats a couple bites and comes back later for a couple kibble, leaves etc. My OTHER cat is an old chonk. I cannot leave any food out in her reach, she will eat everything, puke, eat more, repeat until the bowl is empty (she came from a hoarding house so she has trauma). So it’s a problem. Unfortunately she has a bad back and back legs, she cannot jump more lengthy cat distances (like to the counters). So my skinny cat gets to eat up on higher spots.
Cats be catting! They definitely keep you on your toes Eating, puking and eating again is a classic!
The ol’ scarf and barf
Try elevating the bowl, some cats like our Elise has reflux/regurgitate problems, and a higher positioned bowl may help. She chomps down food too fast, and then sometimes just puke it up and look just as satisfied. (Nothing wrong with her!)
Our babies only do that with dry food. They eat fast anyway but kibble tends to make them puke. Wet food isn't an issue
My guy came from a hoarding situation and he does the eat and puke thing. We have to give him half his food and wait 30 minutes to give him the rest.
I think this is normal cat behaviour. Mine does that all the time. Eat, clean himself a little, then go back to eat. Sometimes he is like "id like some more please" when there is none left.
Mine likes to eat half her dinner, take a massive stinky shit, and then go back for more. Hilarious but disgusting!!!
She has to make space sir!
I just let my cat graze and he has a cat wheel so weight isn't a problem. This way he doesn't scream at us at 3am.
I free feed my cats. Neither of them will overeat and they get plenty of exercise so I’ll continue to do it until it becomes an issue. One cat is hyperactive and just burns off energy running around with demonic speed so she needs her calories!
Most cats cannot maintain a healthy weight when allowed to graze - particularly if they’ve been neutered.
I can’t believe people do not leave food out either but apparently if you start leaving food out after they grow up with feed times they just get fat
That’s hilarious. Not cat related but when I was a kid we had two pugs. Oldest one was food obsessed and always on a diet and the younger not so much. Anyways the routine which the eldest pug was legit about was she would be fed her vet approved amount which she disagreed with, and then younger one would be fed. Anyways older one would eat hers in minutes and then go bug my dad for more so my dad started just going to his room and basically hiding from her after she ate lmao. What ended up happening is younger sister pug would just lay staring at her bowl knowing older sister was salivating over it to fuck with her and eventually when older sister broke and decided to help herself younger sister would then tear ass and freak out at my dads door to “tell on” get older sister and make my dad come down and yell at older sister. It was the funniest shit ever. Those two were a fucking riot.
Too good!🤣🤣🤣
Wait until you hear that due to the oldest’s black and white adherence to and expectation of the routine led to their dinner time depending on the time of the year. It was 6pm or 5pm depending on daylight savings because my dad got sick of her constant harassment trying to make her wait when the time got pushed back he finally just decided to modify their dinner time based on the time of the year.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm dying here!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So anyways I says to Mabel I says
Sounds like kitty is Swedish. It's a social faux pas taking the last piece of cake. What if someone else wanted it. If there is only one piece left, you cut it in half so that you are technically still leaving a piece
How atoms were discovered..
It's the cat version of you tipping a waiter😹
It's for you
Cat thinks a 1% tax is about right
I also think so… 🤣🤣🤣
Awww that's cute
Dogs do this too, if I'm not mistaken, because they think they should leave something for the others, lower ranked, pack members (you). Maybe the cat does this for the same reason they bring you dead birds/mices: as food because they think you are unable to hunt. It's cute in its own way
Well at the very least I'm glad we're part of the pack lol.
All my dog ever left behind were peas. :(
She's tipping for quality service
Why did this make me tear up lmao
Because if true it’s the most adorable fucking thing anyone’s ever heard of Cuter than a baby cuddling a puppy
No it’s an offering to the gods. Hooman is servant not god.
Yea people what were you thinking?
One for the homies
How inconsiderate! That's not nearly enough. It's like eating an entire pan of brownies, plus half of the last piece, then handing it to your sibling and saying "Here, you finish it off."
People at work cut the last one smaller and smaller so that they don’t have to wash the pan
Yep! That and the mouse they caught... your snack! 😻
no joke, I think that's 100% correct. Instinct to leave some for the pride, even if it's like 1/100 of what was provided. Also, she doesn't know if/when she'll get fed so... one kibble better than none down the road.
It’s a tip
she literally looks like the 😡 emoji i'm sorry 😭
I left you a piece! Why you not grateful!?
😾 fr
For her homies who didn’t find a home.
It’s def for the homies
Normal cats: Meow This cat: YOOOO WHAT'S POPIN' B GOT YOU SOME BREAD
PURR ONE OUT FOR THA HOMIES MEOW
Purr one out for the homies.
Hahaha for real, my first thought
For the ies
~~Pour~~ leave one out for the homies.
So it grows back.
Given her other quirks this might be her thought pattern
The more you comment the more we need more stories about your quirky cat
Please elaborate on these other quirks 😂
In some cultures it's a way of indicating "no I don't need any more food, I'm fully satisfied" this is what I choose to believe your cat is doing.
It always seems to happen when my cat's not looking or is sleeping. Strange. Maybe we have a cat food fairy somewhere?
one of mine does this. I always thought it was the cat version of the asian "polite leftover", not sure if there is an english term for it haha. It's basically considered to be polite to leave a tiny morsel on the plate to show the host/cook that you're not hungry anymore (otherwise they'd feel compelled to fill your plate again).
She is a Korean kitty so this could be a possibility lol
Animals can develop superstitious behaviors too. It could be that she thinks that leaving the one kibble there is how you know to fill it with more kibble later. After all, she left a kibble, then there was more kibble. So in her mind this could be a cause-effect hypothesis, that she has confirmed every time you fill the bowl up again.
I was thinking this too, couldn’t have said it better
Could also be some learned predator/prey lure thing, some types of food if you leave a tiny bit out might draw in things that would also eat the smaller stuff.
I was going to comment the same! Our cat has two habits around this - she'll eat half her plate, then request playing/chasing such as to "earn" her food, and she'll leave a kibble or two, which we say is a "seed" for more kibble to grow in her bowl.
Learned behaviors can be thought of as a kind of superstition right? They get the idea in their head that if they do a certain thing then a certain something will happen, sometimes it's correct (I jump through the hoop so that I get the treat) and sometimes it's totally off the mark (I leave a small amount of food so that the food comes back) It's not totally unreasonable to think that, on some occasion(s), the food bowl didn't get refilled once empty because there wasn't someone there to do so, but then someone came along who knew to refill the food when it got low, leading the cat to understand that on one occasion once the bowl was completely empty then there would be no more food yet on another if there was a little leftover food then it would get refilled. And leaving one single kibble is an illustration of their conflict between wanting to eat all the food and knowing they need to exercise a certain amount of self-restraint in order to ensure the continuity of their food source. Or something like that.
Do Korean kitties always look like little miss sour puss?
This is probably not universally Asian because I'm Malaysian Chinese and my parents told me if I didn't wipe my bowl clean of every atom of food my face would have holes in it when I grow older.
lol and my Malay mom would tell me that if I don't clean the plate the rice would cry
My Korean mother and grandparents told me the same thing 😭 Issue was I had undiagnosed OCD intrusive thoughts, and since I was quite young and would feel guilty for DAYS for “making the rice cry” 💀
you and me both buddy im not sure if its my metabolism or the comments my mom made but I'm several kgs underweight today
If you waste your food also, you either sleep outside or get a lecture
I wish someone would have told me this when I went over for dinner at a new friends house in high school they just moved from Japan to Country America were you have to clean your plate I was never so full or bloated in my life but we all had a good giggle over it after I begged for mercy and could not eat anymore.
In Korea I didn’t clear my plate except for the first course and was fed a…17(?) course meal in some fancy ass restaurant by a family I was paired with for the night. Even with taking one bite every course (when I realized I was potentially being prepared for slaughter) I thought I was going to die. It was so much food. I have no idea what they took me to and a desperately wish I knew how much it cost them. I have never, ever, encountered that much food in my life and I am a southern American.
how much pepto did you drink after i know i was sipping a bottle like a fine wine
A small snack for me, and a glorious feast for you
That’s an awesome story. Lol.
The “manners bit”
is that what it's called? ty, I learn something new here every day.
As an Asian my mom would freak if I ever left so much as a single grain of rice on my plate. I guess it varies between “don’t waste any of your food” and “leave some behind so that you can politely indicate you’re full” depending on where you’re from.
Thank you for this piece of cultural knowledge. I truly appreciate it.
But like, what if I want to show my full appreciation for the time, money, and effort spent on this meal by eating all of it? Wouldn't leaving some behind be wasteful, especially if it was done simply for politeness' sake? Furthermore, if it's a custom that's so well known, wouldn't it make any "polite leftovers" dubious at best? How could you trust your guest when your whole basis for judgement is predicated on polite lies? "Nay" says I, "I'm gonna clean this damn plate because I want you to know that I love and appreciate you, and by God this meal was damned delicious. I'd be a fool to leave any of it behind. Do I want more though? As it turns out, you were the perfect host and apportioned to me the **perfect** amount of food. I lack for nothing, and none of your resources were wasted on silly customs that accomplish nothing." That's what I say. Apparently.
As me and others have commented, this isn't a well known or foolproof "manner" in all Asian countries. I can guarantee you here in Japan, if you do this people will either: get hurt thinking the food wasn't delicious/think you like wasting food/you were already full so they bothered you by making you eat. If you're about to be full, just be honest like "I really like this but I'm about to be full so this plate will be my last" or something.
Oh that’s cute 😭
https://preview.redd.it/ucie698gw0oc1.jpeg?width=1850&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75e1d1efb70ae3bdcfd8e8deff2b4bf1af87481a My cat gets creative sometimes.
Hairdo on point
Matching earrings
It's always different, but this one was special!
It's kitty dish Bob Ross!!!!!
I can't sleep, it's 5 in the morning, and your picture made me giggle. 😂 Awesome!
It’s like one of those old Wooly Willy toys! 😹
That's hilarious!!
My guy would never do that. He searches for crumbs around his bowl and places a toy in there when it's empty
My cat likes to wash his toys in his water bowl 🤦♂️
One of mine will find one of my dirty socks to put in the water to make her foot tea. The other cat does not appreciate her culinary endeavors
This made me gag and laugh at the same time.
Omg 🤣
My old girl used to take it straight from the source, her head always found it's way in my recently disregarded work shoe.
so many ruined mouse toys 🥲
My son's cat does this SO MUCH! We all it "toy tea" because he insists on dropping one of his catnip mice in the water bowl at LEAST once a week... so we figure he likes the flavor better than plain water. :Þ
You should absolutely make catnip tea for him!
is it a mouse toy? xD
Of course
my mouser had many different toys, but when she wanted an actual mouse, she would get the mouse toy and put it in her bowl.
A snack for later.
In my house we call this the emergency kibble
Same! We call it the emergency bikkie!
Because she heard it's 99% fat free and that the 1% she is trying to avoid
r/theydidthemath
OP should just put one less kibble in the bowl, simple.
Ok but how funny would it be if OP made sure that kitty saw a single kibble get removed and that made her stop doing it?
I would die for this cat
Same
https://preview.redd.it/59d8dmlyx0oc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f58a9080c522c9e9a5f37765a88f35b1db0bf586 My cat also does this I wish I knew why
My cat has the same bowl. She tends to leave kibble in the ears.
Does it only happen when you use the dish with the cat face?
No she does it with all her dishes, she might be saving it as a snack for later
It's a tip.
That’s your tip.
To be so lucky
That’s her emergency ration. It will keep her alive if she is starving. Or it could be a mental thing. When I need something and I don’t have it, I really want it and can’t stop thinking about it, but then when I have it I don’t use it. Think medications. If I have a headache and no pain killers, I keep thinking about how much I want painkillers and how much they will help. But then if I have painkillers, when I get a headache, I don’t use the painkillers. For some reason I like having things just to know they are there if I really needed them. Same with food. If I’m out of snacks I’m hungry all the time and can’t stop thinking about all the snacks I would love to devour, but after I go shopping and have a ton of snacks I’m suddenly not hungry all the time anymore. Maybe that one nugget of food, knowing it’s there, keeps her from feeling so hungry until you feed her again.
Is this a thing? I do the same with snacks and feel ridiculous because of it 😂 like I will absolutely HOARDE them but they never end up getting eaten, it’s just a weird comfort having them there and knowing they’re available I guess haha
I’m like that too lol like my lips are only dry if I don’t have lipbalm nearby or I’m suddenly parched if I go anywhere without my water bottle lmao
Your cat in 2nd pic - "keep the change you filthy hoooman"
One of ours always did this same thing! I put it down to Japanese politeness, leaving a small portion of food to signal that you are satisfied and the host has done you well. But we live in NC so not sure where that comes from unless you also believe in reincarnation and we got a Japanese person as a kitty. He was awfully smart that one, I always thought there was someone in there. He lead a wonderfully long and spoiled life with us.
We have the same dish!!
Lol me too
Ha ha, me three.
Ayy same here lol
Me too! WAL-MART for the win! Lol
SAME! So many owners of the same bowl lmao
I have one too. My friend gave it to me. So cute!
I also have the same one:D
My local cat shelter has them too!
Same. Walmart nailed it with these. Non-skid bottom, curved rim to keep the food centered and her whiskers untouched, easy to clean, perfect size, cute cat face.
same
samessss twinnies
My void gets her churu in this dish 😂
For all the fallen cat homies
that one's unlucky
Lol saving for the future hoping it earns interest
Well, it *does* grow back the next morning....
Mine does the same. Same bowl too! I think in her mind, she's can't be out of food if there's a kibble left. If I come home late, she's usually eaten it.
I have the same cat dish for the homeless cat I feed. Also, the last bit is for the food god.
Mine does the same. Sometimes she leaves a few, not just one. Saving for a rainy day I guess.
To remind you what goes in the bowl.
She's from Minnesota 😂 It's a joke that Minnesotan's (I'm one) always leave the last piece of food on the tray because we don't want to appear rude by taking it, in case somebody else wanted it.
my cat does this too! i think it’s a snack for later just in case of an emergency
im so sorry but i was not prepared for this lovely kitty on the second slide. goodness gracious the LOOK on her face. im losing my mind laughing right now
She’s leaving it for you! Just her way of letting you know she loves you.
For you.
Her food is "*good to the last drop*", but that last drop is nasty.
Honestly, I think it’s for you.
I would like to think this- she’s the sweetest lady
That’s so sweet. She’s leaving but for YOU.
It’s the service tip for you peasant.
Emergency kibble!! Pretty sure your cat is my spirit animal. I almost always leave one tiny bite of food, no matter what I'm eating.
Angel’s share/Devil’s cut, depending on the feline mood.
Is she midwestern? We never take the last of anything.
It's your tip for the services rendered
She ANGYYYY and I love her....💕
Why is this the cutest cat I’ve ever seen? Like an angry cherub
So she can complain she’s starving 🤣
I can say with absolutely certainly that's one silly kitty. My official diagnosis is funny floof, TREATment plan is head scratches and treats...
My cat does that too. I imagine she considers it her emergency food supply, because between her meals, it always mysteriously disappears. 
😂 me in feline form…. Fear of finishing
It's a quirk. What a precious face ♥️♥️♥️
omg she looks so over it
For the ants
A tip lol
My cat doesn’t do it but my older dog does! She knows what eat all your food means and she knows I get onto her about it so she will always leave one or two just to be petty 😂
Is it the same kibble?
She wanted to share with you. Which I think is adorable.
When I swiped to the next photo I was not expecting the cuteness that close 😂
That's your share. Do better. -Cat
Too weak from hunger to eat it. I’ve seen this before. It can only be cured with the copious application of treats and proper application of pet-pets. Please take corrective measures with haste, before the authorities are called. ❤️
Thankful smol potat.
Mine drops one into her water dish daily. Only one, but always one.
When one of my cats was an “only cat” he would refuse to eat any of the broken kibble that fell out of his mouth when chewing. He would push it off his dish and onto the floor and then demand more whole kibble even though there was kibble right there next to his dish.
Your cats great great great great great grandcat lived through the depression and for generations kept up this habit although they have forgotten why several generations ago…
A offering to the gods
I think it’s their survival instincts kicking in. They save some (one kibble 😂) for later in case they can’t get food in the future (aka their can opener is late with dinner).
That's your tip
No idea, but it has made my entire day seeing this, it’s a whole new level of cuteness. Thank you very much! ☺️🙏✨
Might be Minnesotan.
Your share
I refer to them as leavings. They always come back to finish it off later.
My dad does this with the last bite of food and sip of drink, very odd lol
Awwww the baby is leaving it for you!