My cat Panda has started doing something kind of strange with one of her toys.

She has a favorite toy - a little purple stuffed mouse - that she favors over all her other toys. She carries it around in her mouth until she finds a place she wants to play then puts it down and bats it all over the place.

Just recently, she's started "sharing" her food with it. She will bring the little purple mouse to her dish and set it down in her dish - sometimes in her food - and let's it sit there while she eats.

I move it when it's actually touching her food (she eats wet feed) and wash it when she isn't playing with it and leaves it lying around.

Why is she doing this? Is she trying to share her food?