@rees Seems like a big waste, especially for someone like my cat who is almost completely unmotivated by food. She certainly wouldn't care to be in the table while I'm eating... but wait, she does periodically come to SEE (carefully walk on to the desk) what I'm eating and reconfirm that it's not raw meat so not worth bothering about.

And it's true, she does occasionally sleep in a basket on my desk where I eat but it's purely to be closer to me, not to try and grab food which she has never done. But then, I don't eat raw meat.