1. Food is not enough
If the owner only feeds a small amount of cat food or food every day , causing the cat to be in a state of insufficient food, which will trigger the cat’s desire to protect the food; or if the cat likes the canned or meaty cat food fed by the owner recently, the cat who eats it first will snatch the food of other cats. , thereby triggering the opponent’s food protection mode. Both of these situations are the cat’s instinctive reaction, and the owner usually only needs to pay attention to the amount of food fed to the cat.
2. Premature weaning
It is also related to the cat’s ability to protect food and premature weaning. If the kittens are forced to be separated from the mother cat before they are weaned and ready to live alone, it will leave a psychological shadow on them, and this type of cat will have a strong feeding psychology and behavior. Therefore, the owner still wants to let the kitten wean naturally to avoid the behavior of protecting food. If there is no condition to let it wean naturally, it should be corrected in time, and don’t let it go, otherwise the situation of protecting food will become more and more serious.
3. Compete for position/site
If the family adopts a new cat, The old cats that were originally kept at home may have a strong sense of territory, and they may appear to protect their food, and even hit new cats. Because the old cat will think that the new cat is here to compete for its territory or status. Therefore, when the owner brings new cats home, they should first keep them separated, and then let them play and eat together after they are familiar with each other and recognize each other’s smells.
4. Due to nature
Because when cats first lived in the wild, their food was very Scarce, if you are not careful, your hard-won rations will be snatched away, and cats will protect their food in order to fill their stomachs and survive. If this is the case, the owner does not need to worry too much and worry, just need to ensure that the cat is kept in a good environment, and let the cat trust you and think that you will not take away the food.
