Domestic cats (Felis catus) prefer freely available food over food that requires effort
"Contrafreeloading is the willingness of animals to work for food when equivalent food is freely available. This behavior is observed in laboratory, domesticated, and captive animals. However, previous research found that six laboratory cats failed to contrafreeload."
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Sat 14 Aug 2021, 11:28,
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They didn't mention cheap food v easily available mice.
My young cat regularly examines food plates, if unsatisfactory, it arrives back with mouse.
I've tried different cat foods on different cats, get it wrong and the local mice are fucked.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sat 14 Aug 2021, 15:28,
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