I know: cats are weird. And maybe that's the only answer here, but on the off chance that it isn't the only answer... here's my question: Lately, one of my cats has started to covet protein bars. He steals them, night and day. But why?
Pumbaa and his brother, Timon
Pumbaa and his toys
We're talking about the big one - the little one is his littermate. They are appropriately named Pumbaa and Timon, considering their size difference.
Recently, for my own convenience, I've taken to unboxing my protein bars and leaving them in a big bowl on the kitchen counter. This hasn't been a problem... until the last several days, when one of my cats, Pumbaa, started coveting the protein bars.
It started with him being very interested in the protein bars whenever I would have one. I let him sniff them but wouldn't let him take a bite or a lick. Pumbaa then started grabbing a few each night and leaving a trail of them, still wrapped up, leading from the kitchen to my bedroom. I dismissed it, figuring he just liked how the wrapped bars reacted to being batted about on the carpet/wood flooring.
Last night, it escalated to the point that he had three bars from the bowl; two, he was laying on top of, the third he had managed to open and was licking the chocolate.
I took the bars away from him and covered the bowl with a kitchen towel then weighed the towel down with some onions and garlic (it was late and I didn't have room in the cupboard for the bowl). This morning, I found that Pumbaa had pushed the produce aside, pulled the towel off and carried off three more bars. These, at least, he didn't break open, though there's evidence he was chewing on the wrapper of one. During the day, he stole a few more and broke open one of them; there are teeth marks on that bar. (As of now: the bars are safe behind a pantry door, on the third shelf.)
The bars are a mix of Pure Protein bars in Chocolate Deluxe, Chewy Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Peanut Butter; and Zone Perfect bars in Double Dark Chocolate, Dark Chocolate Almond and Fudge Graham. There are a few granola bars (chocolate chip, of course), but Pumbaa doesn't bother with those. Some of the bars came from Amazon/unknown warehouse; some from the local Kroger or Publix.
Is there something in protein bars that might attract undue attention from certain cats? If there is... what is it and can I buy it somewhere (this particular cat doesn't really care about catnip or silver vine... but those protein bars! oo!)? |
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