Wimsey has me confused again...anybody have ideas?

[badgerpup]

I tell ya, this kid is well named, my 'whimsical' cat...

Hoarding behavior.

Somebody gave him a 'mousie'...and he enjoyed playing with it...so much that it finally disintegrated. OK, cat toys aren't known for their durability. This is not an issue.

I went down to Petsmart and bought him a package of 12 mousies, figuring I'd give them to him one at a time.
I did so...but they seemed to disappear pretty quickly. Figured OK, he's really giving those mousies a workout.
Noticed a new behavior as well, lying in front of a chest of drawers, reaching under it.
Obviously, he'd batted something under it, but I wasn't in the mood to play Incredible Hulk and move furniture.

Comes the time he's run out of mousies, and I can't get to Petsmart anytime soon to replenish his supply...and the local Store Which Must Not Be Named doesn't carry them. On the off-chance that maybe there's one under the dresser, I move it and check.

ALL TWELVE MOUSIES ARE UNDER THE DRESSER. IN DAMN NEAR BRAND-NEW CONDITION.
:wtf:

OK, this obviously saves me a trip to Petsmart...but now I'm watching him...and damned if he doesn't start the cycle over again! He plays with the mousie for a few minutes, then stashes it in a place that is not accessible to him (THIS is the part I don't understand), then wants another mousie.
Rinse and repeat.
I just cleared his stash out again.

What is behind this? There doesn't seem to be a problem with jealousy and toy-hogging...and it's understood that Riktor gets first crack at all and any catnip that's put down.
There is NO catnip in the mousies.

Can somebody give me some sort of clue what's going on here?
Just I'm confoogled...and it's kind of painful to move the furniture.
Thanks...:pals: