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I know this is off topic, but I have
a burning question that i'm hoping someone can answer! Maybe shed a
little light! Why does my cat do this:
My oldest female Miss is constantly
bringing us *gifts*. She does this while meowing very loudly. We
always know when she is coming with a gift, because she announces
it while she is bringing it.
She brings us her toys mostly,a
fuzzy ball, a toy mouse or sometimes it is something of ours. She is
constantly bringing out our socks, a shoe if she can carry it in her
mouth, a bra, even a roll of toilet paper. She raids our closets and
climbs the shelves to find what she wants. If we shut the doors to the
closets, she tears up toilet paper or paper towels, so we just let her
do her thing.
Most of the time, we notice she does
this when she wakes up and doesn't find anyone around. She will start
meowing and searching for something. We've left the house before, and
left her napping, only to come back to find a pile of toys and socks or
undergarments (clean, dirty, doesn't matter) in the front room.
It got really bad when she
first came to us and she had a litter of kittens. She would steal
shirts, towels, anything she could carry in to her kittens! So I think
it is her way of doing something for us. I wonder if she thinks of us
as her kittens, and she must take care of us. It's very endearing, but I would love to know why she
does this! I think if she went outside, neighbors would be missing
thier socks, too! We have caught her digging in our laundry, getting
anything she can find that she can carry in her mouth and bring to
us. Sometimes she will stomp on whatever it is, and then pretend to
wrestle it before she deposits it for us. Then she will look
expectantly up at us, and Meow? We tell her thank you, and then she
look proud of herself, and will go off to get something else. It's
harmless and kind of cute, but kind of quirky. Does anyone have any ideas why she might do
this?
Sandy