It is natural for cats to protect food. Cats have started fighting and protecting food since they were feeding. Cats' food-protecting behavior is a competition for status. It usually occurs when there is a cat in the house and then a new cat is adopted. Cats protect food out of instinct, and cats occupy territory by instinct.

Competing for food

If the cat particularly likes the food fed by the owner today, such as canned cats, then the fast-eating kitten will start to grab the food from the slow-eating kitten's plate, which will trigger the other's food protection mode.

Struggle for position

Cats' food-protecting behavior usually occurs when there is a cat in the house, and then a new cat is adopted. Old cats often have two extreme attitudes towards new cats, either they like them very much or they dislike them very much. For those who don’t like the new cat very much, the old cat will meow and won’t allow the kitten to get close to it when it’s eating, and sometimes it will specifically hit the new cat.

Struggle for turf

Cats have the instinct to occupy territory. In small spaces at home, this kind of territory struggle is especially obvious. It is the nature of cats to protect their food.