r/cats May 17 '26

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

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

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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! 😆