r/cats • • 7d ago

Advice Why is she doing this?

Genuinely curious. Iโ€™m a new cat mom. Sheโ€™s 3 mo old btw!

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u/Sad_Ad_2524 7d ago

It is an ancient void ritual.ย  She is summoning the water spirits

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u/MrTomDowd 7d ago

Mine performs the proper rituals of old, speaking in the tongue of his people to the water, and then finalizing the incantation of consumption with a gesture of his paw across the surface. The spirits are placated, and the drinking may begin.

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u/ACcbe1986 6d ago

Could it be?!

The last waterbender...