Why the hell is my cat trying to tear into the birdseed bag?

[libnnc]

WTF? I had it double bagged and she's chewed through both!

She plays fetch with hair bands, eats dry dog food, and now the birdseed?!?!1111??

How much am I going to have to spend on therapy?

[SOteric]

1. I'm betting the birdseed was

stored in a grain silo before packaging, and some parts of it were exposed to rodent urine. That's actually fairly common, and it powerfully interesting to cats.

[libnnc]

3. I never thought of that!

I thought she was having an identity crisis.

[MonkeyFunk]

2. oviously

he's trying to grow his own birds.

[Little Wing]

4. Ambush

smart kitty

[applegrove]

5. Looking for the moths that are always included in birdseed bag?

[Sanity Claws]

6. Is the therapy for you or the cat?

The charge is lower for a cat -- smaller head to shrink.

[libnnc]

7. The way she's been acting lately, probably for me.

She's simply MUST have attention.

[Left Is Write]

8. Because she's a cat?

Something about inherent and persistent curiosity. :)

[idgiehkt]

9. mouse droppings

or mouse scent. If you have mice in your house they are probably eyeing it too.

[guitar man]

10. needs some bait?

:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Same reason the Allies bombed aircraft factories

in WWII.

If they ain't flyin', they're easier to beat.

[UTUSN]

12. To use it as camoflage?!!1 n/t

[DeepBlueC]

13. is she a hunter?

I figure she is releasing some birdseed to the ground to bring the birds who go after it into hunting range. I used to have one of those clear birdseed dispensers with multiple perches out on my roof deck and I found that the birds were quite competitive for the roosts, pitching each other off. The process spilled a fair bit of seed and the birds who couldn't claim a roost ate off the roof. I found my cat hiding under the wooden deck just adjacent to the spill area waiting by what amounted to a bait station. He was alarmingly successful before I figured it out.