[MachIV]

I have an old male tabby that does the same thing. He’s nearly 14 years old. He also makes a dig/covering motion with his front paws on either side of his food dish after I put dry food in it. I guess he thinks he’s out in the woods covering it up to come back later. Call of the Wild I guess.

[The Cajun]

We had a big male Maine Coon outside cat when I was a kid, in the summer he would put his front paws in the big water dish outside while he drank.
If it was really hot he would stay there with his paws in the water for 1/2 hour or so, smart cat.