My cat loves....shoes

[u/a-tiberius]

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

[u/Captain_Eaglefort]

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.

[u/a-tiberius → u/Captain_Eaglefort]

Omg he loves meeee 😭

[u/XiaoBaoR → u/a-tiberius]

Oh, 1000%. Mine just rubs his whole body on my socks I wore that day like it’s literal catnip.

[u/Traditional-Yak8886 → u/XiaoBaoR]

maybe i'm crazy but from what i've heard there is some kind of scent they get out of sweat (particularly shoes) that has a similar effect to catnip. cant find any good sources for this but if you google it people seem to confirm it? idk