# Why is my cat picking up food with her paw and eating it outside her dish?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 15, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-cat-picking-up-food-with-her-paw-and-eating-it-outside-her-dish/666281 "2013-08-15T04:42:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-cat-picking-up-food-with-her-paw-and-eating-it-outside-her-dish/666281/41 "2013-08-22T19:39:09Z")

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> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#):
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> I alway found a fish shaped bit or 2 in the water bowl after the cat had it’s way with his meal. Never any of the other shapes.

Well of course, fish belong in water!! He/she was not being weird, just logical.

😃

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