Because they can. Why do my cats knock over a full water dispenser? Or, I guess the more pressing question is Do they prefer to lick the spilled water off the floor instead of out of the dispenser dish? Do they think "Wow, Mom hasn't mopped the floor in a week or so; let's give her some incentive. Or do they just challenge each other to knock the thing over?
One of my cats did this for a while too. He would steal visitors' socks and underwear out of their suitcases if they were foolish enough not to put it away and drag it off like a teeny tiny leopard dragging a dead antelope into a tree. You could just hear him saying, "Ha ha, I have hunted and killed my prey. I am the king of the jungle. Fear me! I had a regular ol' domestic short hair, neutered Then drag it into the living room in front of me, and lie on the floor chewing on it and clawing it with his back legs.
And he put on such a show sometimes to the detriment of my slipper that I would bend over, throw my hands in the air and say loudly, "Again!! What is it with you. Come over to the chair and sit looking up at me for a few seconds. Then jump up onto the chair arm and stare at me with his head cocked, like "Look, I'm not really getting your point. Could you clarify, please.
What was this about, maybe "Look, it's OK, we can talk. My Catfish used to do this also in the middle of the night. We always commented that Catfish had her sock babies out last night. Originally Posted by maggie Had a cat that loved the feeling of lace in his teeth. He dragged all the lacy unmentionables into the main room, the one with the front door, the large glass double door. Anyone ringing the bell would have thought there was an orgy going on! According to Hartwell, this was seen the most often with wool socks and some cats would even go so far as to pull them out of the laundry basket!
It was also found that certain cat breeds were more likely to be feline retrievers. An informal survey from found that Siamese cats were more likely to want to play fetch with 35 of the 50 fetching cats coming from oriental breeds. So next time your cat brings you a sock try tossing it away. Most play reflects hunting behavior and it would be completely normal for your cat to carry around prey in their mouth. Oftentimes, cats would bring prey back to a more secure location where they can safely eat it.
I covered this in my post explaining why cats put things in their water bowl. While I have written about how cats will bring you their kittens , this theory still seems like a bit of a stretch when it comes to socks.
Cats that eat non-food items may be suffering from a rare condition called feline pica. Some cats might also decide to nurse on socks especially wool socks and even though that takes the whole sock retrieval thing to another weird level unless your cat is actually ingesting non-food material you should be okay. Search titles only.
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Why does my cat carry pieces of clothing around and meow? Thread starter siggi Start Date Jan 13, Joined Jan 13, Messages 1 Purraise 1. Hi, While I'm not really concerned about this behaviour, I'm really curious why my cat does this.
He's an 8 year old tomcat, very gentle and sweet, and quite free of any serious bad habits. Once in a while he tends to pick up pieces of clothing from a pile of dirty laundry which I'm ashamed to say we usually leave lying on the floor.
He then carries this in his mouth, usually to the middle of the hallway floor, meowing loudly. There doesn't seem to be any playfulness involved. This only seems to happen in the daytime. Usually we have just come home from work to find pieces of dirty loundry in the hallway, or occasionally in the living room. Recently, however, I started working from home, and thus have had the privilege to observe this ritual it really seems like a ritual in progress a couple of times.
Has anyone observed this kind of behaviour or heard of it? Thanks, Siggi. Both of my cats one male, one female will carry one of their toys around and meow. I've always thought that they were making an announcement that they've got something. As for why the carry stuff around in the first place--beats me. Both of my cats have some odd things that they actually look for in the house.
BabyGirl's weaknesses are pony-tail holders and twistie ties off of bread and Hoshi's are blush brushes she is my younger sister's mortal enemy when it comes to those blush brushes.
Hoshi will go find one and bring it into the living room or my room and sit by it and meow. And as soon as you put them up she will go right back looking for it. It's so cute. Joined Feb 19, Messages 34, Purraise One of my cats that is now gone, used to steal watches, rings and jewelry and run upstairs and dump them in the litter pan- LOL I miss Ripley! The behavior you are discussing is really just their prey drive. After a cat "kills" its prey they will come and meow to their owner with the critter in their mouth.
What you can do is if it annoys you, is when she does this, retrieve the item from her grasp and give her instead a tasty treat. You are rewarding the kill- and at the end of the hunt, the cat feasts on what they brought back-. I think I might try that. It doesn't annoy me I like watching Hoshi retrieve things , but it would probably be more satisfying if she got something for it.
Simon has recently discovered the joy of killing my sweats. Mostly, when I'm not wearing them, but occasionally, while they're on legs or arms Simon kills the sweats, and then drags them to either my bed, or to his bed
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