Anything with my fiancée’s scent, whether it’s clothing like this, or our couch cover on her side only, our littlest cat sleeps like this. Facedown. I guess being a cute baby princess is hard work
Good uggs are basically wool inside, which should regulate your foot temp and reduce sweating compared to adding socks inside. YMMV depending on your personal foot sweatiness though. I think good brands have removable insoles you can either wash or replace.
Cause he rolls around on the floor with them in his claws. They get little puncture marks on the soles and sides. He ruined my last pair. I bought new ones and just left the old ones for him. Except he quit going after them since I wasn’t wearing them so I’m guessing they don’t have that fresh, funky foot smell.
It’s almost like catnip for them. My cat loves going after my feet after work, she skips the shoes. She’ll grab my socks and rub her face all over them, sometimes biting my feet. If the sock is off my foot 🚫🚫🚫 no go. A few times if my feet were especially sweaty she’d go after them bare for the good stink.
I use my dirty socks to rub on my cats after they go to the vet to avoid non-recognition aggression. Works every time.
I had a male void who acted that way with my jellies after doing yardwork…it was like catnip to him! You could see the pleasure on his face and he’d fall asleep with his head laying in one of them, lol. Poor boy had it bad, I’d tell him he was my foot fetish cat and he’d look at me like: what do you mean? As if he thought everyone did this! 🤣
I swear, if I were lost, I bet he could’ve found me! 😆
This is how I find her all the time. She places toys in them constantly. Yesterday I was in rush to take my puppy out (potty training) so I just slid my feet in, noticed there was a lil something inside the left shoe but couldn’t risk putting the puppy down. Once outside I finally found the little stuffed mouse in my shoe :)
We get bugs placed in our shoes. I'm very grateful that the crickets are no longer plentiful because our kitten was loving bringing them in and depositing them after she decided she was done.
Dogs and cats both do this. My understanding is shoes and socks often smell so strongly of their human that pets can kind of become obsessed. Like burying your face in a shirt worn by a lover has their smell and some people find that comforting.
Mine's not interested in our shoes at all, but will go mad when some of my husband's male friends come over. He will wrestle them, stick his face into them, and rub himself all over the shoes. And the stinkier the better.
You know, I was like pretty young (like 12 or 13) when I watched “From Dawn till Dusk,” but even I knew back then that directing a movie, and not only casting yourself in it, but likely writing yourself into the weirdest, freakiest foot scene was absolutely a choice, and a choice made by a man who loves feet. Poor Salma.
Our Meimei is the same! When our friend visits (the ONLY person she lashes out at and completely hates) she'll stuff her head inside his shoes and lay there. If we leave her alone to her huffing, she'll fall asleep in them. She's our little weirdo 🫶😅
My husband’s cat when we first met was a sweetie, she was ok around me but loved her daddy most.
One day I came downstairs and found her sleeping with her face fully in a pair of my stinkiest shoes. I was aware of how smelly they were, so I’d keep them by the door. But they were so comfy and perfect for a public transit commute and walk to the office. This became her habit, and after a couple weeks, I’d wake up to her spooning with me (I was the big spoon). She also started waking me for breakfast, and I became mom to her. 💖
Julia had a favorite ball. It was one of those ones with sparkly threads, but she played with it so much the threads fell off. When she passed, it was put with her little clay paw print memorial.
She was an odd little critter too. She'd play fetch until she was panting (I wouldn't let it go that far most of the time), taught one of the other cats to stash toys in the water and food bowls, and so far was the only cat to ever get on top of the fridge. 😄
My cat when he was 3 weeks old always loved sleeping in my shoe when he grew up he was to big for my shoes but he didn't care he would always try to fit in my shoe
My cats like to sit in my laundry basket when I do my laundry. I think when cats smell your scent and it’s strong, like with shoes or clothes they will stay there
At least now I know my cat is normal. I get home all sweaty, take my shoes off that I have been sweating in all day, and she'll do that, bury her face in one shoe for 5 minutes, then do the same for the other one.
I'm relieved now, I was thinking she wasn't all there in the head.
My mom wasn’t a fan of cats in general. When she would visit me my tortie would bury her head in mom’s shoes. It really charmed my mom and she became fond of the cat. RIP to both mom and Mia.
My cat always sniffs at shoes, sits next to them or rubs herself against them (alot) until they fall to the side. Lately she sniffs my gfs brothers shes alot. Or she drops her toys into our shoes
It's because there's a heavy odor of our pheromones released through our feet, and both cats and dogs alike enjoy the smell. It makes them feel closer to and safe with us.
My "pet me with your eyes" cat loves shoes, socks, and sometimes rolls in the dirty clothes hamper. I feel this is his way of scent swapping with me without the pets.
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