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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2004Cats taking Clothes
When my fianc? was away a few weeks ago, I came home from work one day to find a few t shirts had been dragged out of a open drawer in the bedroom and taken to various parts of the apartment. I thought it was funny but put it down to him being away. This morning I got up to find a pair of my pants, a t shirt and two cat toys that were taken out of the laundry hamper (which was knocked over) that had been dragged into the bathroom. Any ideas on why they would do that now? Their routines are normal.  Signaturerach circa Sun, 20 Jun 2004 08:32:48 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, .oO rach Oo. (reachin@anewrefutationoftimeandspace.com) said, > When my fianc? was away a few weeks ago, I came home from work one day to > find a few t shirts had been dragged out of a open drawer in the bedroom and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any ideas on why they would do that now? Their routines are normal. Dunno, but my female does it with my socks. :-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde Signaturerach > circa Sun, 20 Jun 2004 08:32:48 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > .oO rach Oo. (reachin@anewrefutationoftimeandspace.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Laura You know, I kind of understand that we will never know what cats think or why they do things that they do but I swear... if I had one wish, it wouldn't be for a million dollars, it would be to understand or be told why the cats do ONE THING they do. Then again, that could turn into a book deal and I'd make the millions there... ;) > You know, I kind of understand that we will never know what cats think or why they do things that they do but I swear... if I had one wish, it wouldn't be for a million dollars, it would be to understand or be told why the cats do ONE THING they do. I think they chuckle amongst themselves behind our backs. "Watch how easy it is to boggle the human's mind. When she comes back in to the room, I'll stare at the closet door and growl. Flips her right out." > > You know, I kind of understand that we will never know what cats think or > why they do things that they do but I swear... if I had one wish, it [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > in to the room, I'll stare at the closet door and growl. Flips her right > out." No problems with clothes, but Cleo Carrington Smith was peering onto the shelves of our bookcase, stretched as high as she could go and manage to drag a hammer off the shelf with her paw. Then she tried to pick it up by the handle. Sometimes there are things she gets a fixation on and she will repeatedly drag them off a shelf, or table or whatever. Popular items are watches, keys, books or sunglasses. When they fall on the floor, she looks at the object as if she's observing her handiwork and thinking, "so there *is* gravity, after all..." I think I've mentioned on various newsgroups before that I think cats go through 'fads' or 'phases' where they will demonstrate some sort of strange behaviour for a period of time then suddenly stop and switch to some other different bizarre cat activity. rachel circa Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:59:41 +1000, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, rachel polanskis (grove@zeta.org.au) said, > I think I've mentioned on various newsgroups before that I think cats go > through 'fads' or 'phases' where they will demonstrate some sort of > strange behaviour for a period of time then suddenly stop and switch to > some other different bizarre cat activity. New orders from the mothership. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > > You know, I kind of understand that we will never know what cats think or > why they do things that they do but I swear... if I had one wish, it [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > in to the room, I'll stare at the closet door and growl. Flips her right > out." LMAO! I adore cats and their mannerisms! Tucker has always been a starer too, *usually* it doesn't freak me, but the other night I was watching a scary movie and he was staring at the fireplace (not even on). *giggles* I told him to knock it off and he looked offended and went and stared at the empty hall way. Rach, that is hysterical! I can just see it! Cats are awesome!! Hails > When my fianc? was away a few weeks ago, I came home from work one day to > find a few t shirts had been dragged out of a open drawer in the bedroom and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any ideas on why they would do that now? Their routines are normal. This is more general than what I've epxerienced w/ one of my cats. For a while one of my cats was fascinated w/ spaghetti straps, so if she found any clothing with thin straps lying out - on the bed, for ex., she'd drag them out of the bedroom & down the stairs. Cathy > When my fianc? was away a few weeks ago, I came home from work one day to > find a few t shirts had been dragged out of a open drawer in the bedroom and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any ideas on why they would do that now? Their routines are normal. At my parents' house, the litterbox was in the laundry room. If there was laundry sitting in a basket, Dash(RB) would take items out of the basket and bury them. We all learned quickly to take clean laundry out of there ASAP. I had this rayon dress that Bartleby (no real proof, just seems like something he would do) would take off the hanger and leave in various places around our old apartment. Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com > When my fiancé was away a few weeks ago, I came home from work one day to > find a few t shirts had been dragged out of a open drawer in the bedroom and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any ideas on why they would do that now? Their routines are normal. I used to have a cat that dragged socks around. You would find socks all over the house that she had drug around. She used to indicate it was bedtime to me by dragging out a pair of socks and making "mommy" noises. It was a life long habit. Only cat I ever had that did this. circa Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:13:30 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Karen Chuplis (kchuplis@alltel.net) said, > I used to have a cat that dragged socks around. You would find socks all > over the house that she had drug around. She used to indicate it was bedtime > to me by dragging out a pair of socks and making "mommy" noises. It was a > life long habit. Only cat I ever had that did this. That's *exactly* Camille's behavior. To a "T". Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde >I used to have a cat that dragged socks around. You would find socks all >over the house that she had drug around. She used to indicate it was bedtime >to me by dragging out a pair of socks and making "mommy" noises. It was a >life long habit. Only cat I ever had that did this. Our older cat will root in an open dresser drawer, drag out whatever she finds and throw it on the floor. > > When my fiancé was away a few weeks ago, I came home from work one day to > > find a few t shirts had been dragged out of a open drawer in the bedroom and [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > to me by dragging out a pair of socks and making "mommy" noises. It was a > life long habit. Only cat I ever had that did this. My Mimi did that - but she would hoard them under a chair. I'd lift up the chair and there would be 40 prs. of socks. :) Goofy cat. -L. circa 23 Jun 2004 09:53:41 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, -L. : (usenetlyn@yahoo.com) said, > > My Mimi did that - but she would hoard them under a chair. I'd lift > up the chair and there would be 40 prs. of socks. :) Goofy cat. I wish Camille was that tidy. During the past few weeks while I was on crutches, I can't tell you how many socks dragged into the middle of one room or another nearly took me down when the tip of the crutch slid on them. Hmm. Maybe Camille is trying to kill me... Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > When my fiancé was away a few weeks ago, I came home from work one day to > find a few t shirts had been dragged out of a open drawer in the bedroom and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any ideas on why they would do that now? Their routines are normal. One of my cats has dragged socks from the laundry for years. The dragging is accompanied by loud howls. If she can't find socks, her favorite thing to drag is underwear. I, too, have always wondered why. circa 20 Jun 2004 17:22:28 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Theresa (tsedinger@yahoo.com) said, > > When my fianc? was away a few weeks ago, I came home from work one day to > > find a few t shirts had been dragged out of a open drawer in the bedroom and [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > dragging is accompanied by loud howls. If she can't find socks, her > favorite thing to drag is underwear. I, too, have always wondered why. Heh. I forgot to mention that Camille's backup choice for what to drag around is panties. If she can't find socks or panties, then it's camisoles. The clothing gets progressively larger as she gets progressively desperate, I guess. ;-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde They like your smell. My cats like to sleep on my clothes, wherever they may be. -- M9 > When my fianc? was away a few weeks ago, I came home from work one day to > find a few t shirts had been dragged out of a open drawer in the bedroom and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any ideas on why they would do that now? Their routines are normal. > They like your smell. My cats like to sleep on my clothes, > wherever they may be. -- M9 And, to the person who mentioned that their cat tried to "bury" their clothes--this might be so that predators won't track your scent and get you! circa Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:22:41 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > They like your smell. My cats like to sleep on my clothes, > > wherever they may be. -- M9 > > And, to the person who mentioned that their cat tried to > "bury" their clothes--this might be so that predators won't track your scent > and get you! Boy, that cat must think its mommy/daddy is really, really bad at hiding from the bad guys. ;-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > When my fiancé was away a few weeks ago, I came home from work one day to > find a few t shirts had been dragged out of a open drawer in the bedroom and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any ideas on why they would do that now? Their routines are normal. Pepper has a strange fetish for silk. Any item of silk clothing is dragged off so pepper can roll around with it. He also enjoys drooling on a particular red silk nightgown. Simba is the designated underwear guard. He will dig around piles of laundry, pull out the underpants, make a pile of them and then "stand guard" over the pile. As a side note, they do not seem to care if the clothing is clean or dirty...so it must be more then just the sent of the cloths that they enjoy. They are definitely strange, but lovable. > Pepper has a strange fetish for silk. Any item of silk clothing is > dragged off so pepper can roll around with it. He also enjoys [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > dirty...so it must be more then just the sent of the cloths that they > enjoy. They are definitely strange, but lovable. Huh. And I thought Benjamin guarding me when I'm in the bathroom was odd. ;-) Priscilla circa 23 Jun 2004 07:35:01 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, jemifur (jemifer@hotmail.com) said, > As a side note, they do not seem to care if the clothing is clean or > dirty...so it must be more then just the sent of the cloths that they > enjoy. Ditto with Camille. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > He also enjoys drooling on a particular red silk >nightgown. OMG! I think I used to date Pepper! > > He also enjoys drooling on a particular red silk >nightgown. > > OMG! I think I used to date Pepper! LOL! Priscilla circa Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:14:17 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > He also enjoys drooling on a particular red silk >nightgown. > > OMG! I think I used to date Pepper! I think I just hurt something. <G> Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > circa Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:14:17 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > I think I just hurt something. <G> You know, I thought that guy was a little on the short and hairy side. circa Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:18:05 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > > > He also enjoys drooling on a particular red silk >nightgown. > > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > You know, I thought that guy was a little on the short and hairy side. But the walking on all fours didn't tip you off? SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > circa Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:18:05 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > But the walking on all fours didn't tip you off? IF only he were the first knuckle dragger. circa Thu, 24 Jun 2004 01:51:57 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > > > > > He also enjoys drooling on a particular red silk >nightgown. > > > > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > IF only he were the first knuckle dragger. I guess that explains why the lack of opposable thumbs didn't give it away, either. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde |
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