Comments on: Missing Socks? These Two Cats May Have Them

By: Mary Ann

Mary Ann — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:50:59 +0000

My one cat brings everything from clothing to paint rollers up to us. I can’t figure if she is bored or stressed. She has another cat to fight and play with but that doesn’t seem to make any difference. What can I do to get her to stop, Or is this just weird cat behavior?

By: Fernando Colaco

Fernando Colaco — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:46:48 +0000

You cats have sock fetishes? Then check my cat on this short video (link below)… this video is old I have to do a new one… now he opens the drawer, takes socks, closes drawer and hides them somewhere (he keeps changing the sock pile hideout). When I left him at my cleaning lady’s house for over a week during my holidays, almost half of their (her and her sister) underwear “mysteriously “disappeared. The day I was back, when they were trying to catch the cat (He hates his traveling box), he jumped to his hideout, above the wardrobe: and they found a pile of their underwear and some kitchen utensils :) It was quite hilarious.

http://fcolaco.com/blog/2007/0.....ing-socks/

By: shelley

shelley — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:01:34 +0000

How funny! Here I thought our cat was the only sock stealer! She is so proud of herself, too, and meows as if she is hunting! We always tell her how proud we are of her “kill”! LOL She brings them in from the garage, she opens drawers, etc. Its so funny!

By: Reams

Reams — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:32:14 +0000

My cat steals my socks out of my room and she will run into the living room drop the sock out of her mouth and start meowing??! Its so weird I wonder what she is saying she continues to meow until i tell her to be quite its so weird!!!

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By: ryssee

ryssee — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:53:26 +0000

LOL I have one kitty that dumpster dives into the laundry basket and drags out our socks, brings them downstairs, and drops them in the living room!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:18:47 +0000

But I have to ask, why do they have a bag of socks sitting in their driveway??

By: mittens

mittens — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:39:59 +0000

my torties carry their toys everywhere-even the ones on sticks, from room to room and bury them in clothing or blankets-like puppies. they also carry my socks around the house and bury those too. when i come home the bed is filled with tiny objects- including the toys, wadded up paper towels, dirty laundry,knick knacks theyve knocked from shelves and get this-paper receipts from my shopping. theyre feral so i don’t know if that has anything to do with it- they fetch and bury more than any cats i have ever had.

i had a calico who used to drag my dirty t shirts from the laundry and then stuff them in the litter box if it wasn’t cleaned to her specifications.

they do have their special ways.

By: furball mom

furball mom — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:28:21 +0000

I had a couple of tuxedo cats when I was a kid that were inside/outside cats. They had a pet door, leading into the laundry room where their bed was. It was shut off from the rest of the house, so all “finds” were found there in the morning. We found bathing suite tops, jock straps, evening gloves (one on one morning…and I asked them to please bring the other one….and lo and behold, there it WAS the next morning!), you name it. If it was “draggable,” it was fair game! One of our neighbors a few doors down was complaining to my Mother that we had a thief in the neighborhood…..a friend of hers dropped by to see her, it was warm so she left her car windows open (something that we could do in the 50’s). She said that she had just finished crocheting a beautiful shawl and went to her car to get it. Well…..you guessed it……it was gone! We had found, that morning, what looked like a rag by the time the kitty pulled it through a vacant lot, over a fence and through the pet door…..but that was the shawl! My Mother never admitted who the thief was….but it’s still a family joke!

We asked our vet about this behavior and he said that it was probably a “throw-back” to ancient times in Egypt when cats were trained to steal or retreive for their owners. Who knows! I’ve had many kitties since……non of which stole clothing……they’d just bring home their trophies such as birds, moles, goffers or mice, usually unhurt and let them go in the house! All kitties are “inside only” now, for their safety and ours! :)))

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:59:21 +0000

What a hoot! Socks are sort of prey shaped and can wiggle a bit because of any elastic… what kind neighbors to not complain!

By: Moonbeam

Moonbeam — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:57:09 +0000

Oh soooo funny - god bless their little souls - they must like the smell - feet smell or something - I assume the socks are used - not new

By: Donna Stevens

Donna Stevens — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:08:20 +0000

ANIMALS, don’t you just lovem !!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:15:14 +0000

My cat Kuma considers all forms of underwear fair game. She fetches socks, panties, and pantihose and brings them out to drop at the feet of any visitors to my household as an offering. I can’t leave anything anywhere other than a dresser drawer or the washer/dryer unless I want to die of embarassment!

By: The Catnip Baron

The Catnip Baron — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:08:31 +0000

This made me laugh so much I nearly sprayed tea over my monitor when I read it!!

I was just commenting on another post about how one of my cats used to be obsessed with hair bands, but I don’t think she ever went out and stole other peoples!!