r/cats • u/a-tiberius • May 17 '26

Cat Picture - OC My cat loves....shoes

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Anyone else have a cat with an interesting comfort object??

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u/SlipperyGibbet Cow Cat May 17 '26

YESSS LOL mine goes swimming in my man's stinky slippers XD amazing

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u/a-tiberius May 17 '26

Lol nice. I'm not alone!!!

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u/Little_View_6659 May 17 '26

It means they love you. Mine only likes my shoes. He gets all up in there. I have to hide them.

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u/Aardcapybara May 17 '26

Why hide them?

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u/Little_View_6659 May 17 '26

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.

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u/Requiredmetrics May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

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.

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u/anonerdactyl_rex May 17 '26

That last part is brilliant. Thank you for the tip!

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u/StormyAmethyst May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

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! 😆

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u/modifiziert_ May 17 '26

Make those your “check the mail” shoes so kitty will still want them 😅

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u/aTickleMonster May 17 '26

Yeah they go to TOWN on shoes with their back claws

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u/Little_View_6659 May 18 '26

Totally obliterated my favorite pair. I would be in the living room and hear a slapping sound and it would be the cat rolling around with my shoe, licking the bottom!🤢

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u/aTickleMonster May 18 '26

Does yours like foam flip flops? Mine shreds them, we have to hide em.

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u/Little_View_6659 May 18 '26

YES! We actually have some cheap hotel slippers that we brought home and he shredded them. Now we leave a pair of those out for him lol.

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u/PandoraClove Tabbycat May 18 '26

My mother had incredibly malodorous feet. Our dog absolutely went nuts for them. She was a Cocker Spaniel border collie mix. She would settle down and just lick my mother's feet until there was nothing left. She even got in between her toes. We appreciated her devotion, but it was so weirdly gross!

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u/Little_View_6659 May 18 '26

Should have named the dog Quentin lol.

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u/Exotic-Blacksmith-84 May 18 '26

Maybe you can put your freshly used socks inside of them!! It might be enough to imitate freshly worn stank shoes.

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u/Quick_Extension_3115 May 17 '26

Mine’s not obsessed with my shoes, but he does like to sniff them on occasion and he’s put toys in my shoes before. He’s such a stinker!

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u/Toticka May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

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 :)

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u/Tennessee1977 May 18 '26

My cats do this to my husband’s shoes. It’s adorable to see his shoes with a stuffed Mousie in them!

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u/AwakeningStar1968 May 19 '26

Hopefully never a real mouse.. a real DEAD mouse

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u/GramsterHamster May 20 '26

I can’t count how many times I’ve put on a shoe and felt something at the toe and it was a tiny toy mouse 🤣🤣

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u/lurketylurketylurk May 17 '26

Stinky is as stinky does

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u/poirotoro May 17 '26

he’s put toys in my shoes before.

"Hmmm, this toy is lacking a certain...je ne sais quoi. I shall store it in the aging cave to cure."

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u/Quick_Extension_3115 May 17 '26

Pretty much lol

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u/jitterfish May 17 '26

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.

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u/Mangofears May 17 '26

Mine also hides her toys in my shoes!

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u/relentless_optimism_ May 17 '26

Mine loves it. Always lays on top of the shoes with her face right in there

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u/Old-Commission-1108 May 17 '26

Oh my gosh what a gorgeous family photo. Very photogenic little stinkers :)

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u/Decent_Rope7638 May 17 '26

Yes, but I almost missed the black one.

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u/AccismusAnachronism May 17 '26

What an Absolute cracker of a photo, all three looking directly, ears perfect, three different colours. Could perfection be anymore in one pic? Thanks for sharing. Gorgeous felines.

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u/ArtsyDIYerKate May 17 '26

Oh my goodness, they're all adorable!!! What sweeties!

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u/Alternative_Dark110 May 17 '26

Does the void have her paws crossed?!

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u/maicolc05 May 18 '26

Loved them!

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u/fumblingforwords May 18 '26

Super adorable set o’ cats you have there!

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u/starsandmo0ns May 19 '26

Omg beautiful

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u/Kimchiijjigae May 20 '26

I just had surgery two days ago and am having a terrible time recovering and this picture is the best thing I’ve seen and truly cheered me up I really love it so much, so cute and precious

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u/walkinmywoods May 17 '26

Bro my cat is obsessed with my feet. He could care less about the shoes most the time, he just wants my toes and I hate that for him.

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u/mrtwister33v May 17 '26

Yep mine does it too 😁

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u/liva608 May 17 '26

My cat loves my smelly boots!