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Why does my cat bring me socks?
Most evenings my cat will go upstairs for a while and a bit later we hear her meowing upstairs. Then she runs down the stairs with a pair of socks or my hubby's boxer shorts in her mouth, making a "talking" sound that is part chirp, part meow and part howl. She then leaves the socks (or pants) at the bottom of the stairs or in the doorway of the living room and walks off. She has no interest in the socks after she's dropped them and doesn't come over for cuddles. She does it when we are out too as I often come home to find a variety of underwear scattered around the house.
I don't understand what's going through her mind as she does it. She is a 3 year old moggy (possibly with some Burmese in her) and was spayed at 6 months. We had her straight from her mother at about 6 weeks old (very young I know but the mother's owner didn't want her anymore) and she has done it all the time we've had her. She has a male Ragdoll "brother" who she is very close to and they both get masses of attention from my hubby and I because they are our substitute babies. They are both indoor cats who have never wanted to go outside.
Any thoughts on what she is up to?
9 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's her instinct. In the wild she would have to hunt to get her food. She probably thinks that it is a mouse or a prey animal. Then, she leaves it to you as a gift. After she gives it to you she has no interest in it because it is then yours in her mind.
(by the way I know this because my friends cat does this and she saw a vet and that's what he said. He said that there was nothing wrong with your cat doing this)
Source(s): My vet - ?Lv 45 years ago
JoJo, My 18 12 months previous cat Samantha does the comparable situation purely with fluffy pom pom balls made for cats. There are a pair of dozen of them around the domicile, and she or he too contains them in her mouth and "talks" to them. each and every so often she quite gets loud and that i parent that "toddler" is honestly in worry and getting a "holiday". you would be surprised at the place i discover them each and every so often. such as you, it is purely the cutest situation. Sam on no account became a mom, and that i'm particular she could have been a large mom, so I parent that the pom poms are her toddlers. that's a cat situation.
- No.Lv 61 decade ago
They're gifts! If you had mice in the house, your cat would kill it and leave them for you. I used to have a cat in my first apartment which wasn't the most sanitary. She'd kill a mouse and leave it in my shoe for me. They're just expressing their gratitude for you.
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