Weird

From one hand she was pointing Dongsook to the healthiest wet cat food and in the other hand, the Korean woman held the plastic bag in which was kept the all natural dry cat food for other cats. What Dongsook did surprised and confused the woman even more. Instead of eating the wet food, she knocked the healthy dry cat food bag from the woman’s hand, held it in her mouth and scrambled away.

Saving For later?

The first explanation that the woman could come up with, was the Dongsook was saving the food for later. But why had she not eaten the same cat food from the bowl earlier? It was confusing but the woman decided to let the cat have the food the way she liked. This was to become a new and regular thing for the both of them now, but what was the tabby cat actually doing with the bag of cat food?

New Routine

Now that the woman knew how Dongsook wanted her healthy wet food, she made sure to prepare a separate cat food bag for her every day. All cats used to eat from a food bowl but as soon as Dongsook got her bag of food, she scurried away, without having eaten a morsel. The woman had thought that this behavior would stop someday but it didn’t, so she decided to play detective.

Not All Cats Are Alike

In order to see whether this accepting the cat food in a bag was peculiar just to Dongsook, the woman did a little experiment. She packed many little plastic bags and offered the food in the manner to other cats. The others simply turned away from the plastic bag, clearly wanting to be served as usual, in the cat food bowl. This made the behavior of Dongsook stand out even more.

Curiouser and Curiouser

But the curiosity got the better of the cat, I mean the woman. She told a few other volunteers about this peculiar behavior of Dongsook and they decided to follow the cat one day to see, what she ACTUALLY did with the cat food. Now, the humans can’t get through the nooks and corners like cats can, so they could not have actually followed her footsteps over buildings. So they came up with a plan.

Secret Lovers

No, the cat did not HAVE a secret lover but cats by nature are secretive. The volunteers did not want to scare away the cat forever and dry out her only source of food. There is no knowing how the cat would have reacted if she found herself being followed by humans. She might have tricked them and changed destination and the woman could never have gotten to the bottom of it all.