My two ( male & female ) are funny this way.
Marley is fastidious about covering, usually after getting out of the litter box he puts a paw back in and keeps covering just to make sure. lol
Mia covers hers but is not as OCD as Marley.
Infact, she threw up her breakfast yesterday and after cleaning it up and febreezing the carpet I caught Marley making raking motions over the barf spot several hours later. Heh!
But…he is a ‘typical’ sloppy guy when it comes to eating.
He leaves crumbs from the dry food all over the floor from taking each bite out and eating it outside the bowl while Mia never leaves a mess.
I wipe up cat food crumbs with a damp paper towels about 5 times day. :-/