You wake up in the morning, you go to the kitchen and you see something that was not the night before and should not be now. You get a little closer and discover, worried, that someone very hairy had a great time while you were sleeping and, judging by their face, no one would say that they did not enjoy. Of course, the bad thing is that he may have indigestion, but for now, he just looks at you with that good little face that he has, while you wonder why does my cat steal food.
Why does he do this? If you have a full trough all day… You shouldn't be hungry, right? Let's find out why they do this kind of "mischief."
Analyzing your food
Cats are strict carnivorous animals, which means that they should only eat meat. Those furry who take the slightest opportunity to steal human food, often it is because the I think they have does not fully satisfy them. So, I would recommend changing it for another that had meat as the first ingredient (not flours or the like), and that did not carry any cereals. If you can't afford it, you can look for one that has rice, which is the least bad cereal, or, even better, give it natural food.
But if you are already giving him a quality diet and he still does, it is time to ask yourself: Do we give him a taste of food when he approaches the table?
Changing habits
It is not easy to make him change his habits, but nothing is impossible. Of course, you have to be constant, and above all, very patient so that the cat learns that it cannot continue stealing food. For this, on the one hand we have to avoid leaving food remains on the tables and countertops, and on the other we will stop giving him to taste food when he approaches us when we are eating.
If one day we have been careless and we have left something in the kitchen, and we find the furry man who has approached him or who intends to do so, we will say a firm NO (but without yelling) and we will move him away from there.
Little by little you will start to see changes in your cat 😉.