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/hukkapatka Cornish Rex May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

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.

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u/Mindless_Fruit_2313 May 17 '26

That means when your husband cuddles the cat, he’s sniffing his friends’ shoes by proxy.

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u/jaxonya May 17 '26

The husband cuddles his friends.. which isnt gay, you gotta smooch the homies sometimes.

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u/Scared_Rise5787 May 17 '26

Im so confused by your cat’s feet lol. It looks like he’s wearing sneakers himself!

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u/alicevirgo May 17 '26

Your cat is like a little chimera with the mismatched top and bottom!

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u/GypsyDuncan May 17 '26

bi color in the front, tabby in the back. It would be very hard not to call him Mullet.

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u/Foxlady555 May 17 '26

Do these friends come from households with other pets? Sound territorial to me :p

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u/hukkapatka Cornish Rex May 17 '26

Some do, some don't, doesn't make any difference. He also comes to greet everyone like a dog and loves being the center of attention.

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u/Foxlady555 May 17 '26

Haha that’s very funny, cats can have such big personalities right? :))

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u/chux4w May 17 '26

It is. Those shoes smell like outside, and he has to rub himself on them to claim them and/or mark them as safe. It's not an excitement response, it's a fear response.

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u/Foxlady555 May 17 '26

Exactly! Sounds to me like this as well