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That's good enrichment right there! Cats love to investigate new and interesting smells within their territory.
And they're specifically interested in what we eat. At least all of mine have been. I actually do the same thing with groceries and also cooked meals ๐
Definitely, my cats love to sniff all of my cooked meals. I'll bring it to them if they're lounging to pay the sniff tax!
I normally set the grocery bags down when I get home and let them investigate before I put stuff away.
I used to have an old man cat that was like that. He wanted to sniff everything that came in the house; not super urgently but he was always interested. It got hard for him to walk eventually and my girlfriend would always poke fun at me for carrying him around and holding him up to each new thing so he could investigate. He seemed happy about it though, he never stopped being interested in investigating
What a warm, loving thing to do for your companion. He got to keep some normalcy with the added comfort of being held by his person. Thank you for sharing, that made me happy.
:) I am glad that brought you a smile. I'm sure Chizz would love to know he's still making people smile through stories about him. He was a real one
I used to do this with my old girl. I would carry her in my arms around the garden and she would indicate by leaning if she wanted to go towards something.
She used to make me spend ages standing under trees with her. I think in her mind we were stalking birds.