My cat likes to drag my son's stuff through the house

by Kym
(Micighan)

My cat is a 4 yr old neutered male. For about 2 yrs now we have noticed that our cat likes to go into our son's room and drag things down stairs and put in them in the living room. He will drag blankets, stuffed animals, pillows, bath robe.

I do not understand why he does this. We will put the items back in my son's room then we will leave and come back and they are right back in the living room. He some times will have 1 or 2 items in the living room like 2 stuffed animals.

It is only my son's items he does this with. He will also drag my son's stuff back up the stairs and leave them in the hallway.

The stuffed animal, late night, "humper!"

by Jackie White
(Highbridge, WI USA)

Our kitty likes to get up in the middle of the night and take our little girl's stuffed animals... bring them one by one down the stairs... all the while meowing loudly!!

He also picks up their clothes and brings them down! HELP! He leaves a mess of stuffed animals and clothing all over the floors!! WHY??!!

My cat drags stuffed animals

by Elisa
(Floresville, TX)

We have 2 male cats. One is red fluffy, and the other a grey tabby. The grey tabby has dragged my daughter's stuffed animals from the bedroom into the living room. He also has dragged another daughter's boots or a pair of jeans into the living room. He's not destroying anything, just curious as to why he does it.

Ponyholder Fetish

by Deb
(TN)

Our younger cat loves my daughter's covered ponytail holders (covered rubber bands). He will hunt them down from anywhere in the house and then "deposits" them in the water bowl in the kitchen. Most days one, sometimes we have a "two ponyholder" day!

Deb R

My Boyfriend's Cat Hides My Stuff

by Shantel
(Jacksonville, Fl. USA)

I was wondering if you could explain a rather perplexing behavior our youngest furbaby is displaying. Our oldest Gypsy is almost 12, Discordia is 4, and Luna the baby and newest addition (My fiance's cat) at best guess is about 6 months old. We think she was a month old when I brought her home.

I took the older two to the vet and was checking out when this couple came in with this rather pathetic looking kitten trying to give her to the vet clinic. Fortunately for us they tried to send them to the humane society. The only info we have on her history is that she was stuck on the roof of a home in construction for at least two days. She was so dehydrated when I brought her home she had diarrhea for days... I can say now she is healthy and thriving except for these habits of hers....

I first noticed it when I was sitting in my recliner reading... I watched her jump into my scrap booking bag and fish something out... When I yelled at her she ran and hid behind my chair. That's when I discovered her stash.

Bits and pieces of various crafting materials from all over the house, a book (still haven't figured that one out) some of my bandanas... but nothing of my fiances.

I'm wondering one why she's doing this, and two why my stuff? She's not my cat...She'll come to me if my fiance isn't home but most of the time she goes to him. Follows him the way my girls have always followed me.

Add to the fact she is also the bravest cat I've ever seen. She has no qualms about walking up to complete strangers for attention. The maintenance team for our complex has been quite surprised at how she will walk up and sit on their feet if they don't pay attention to her immediately... (She also recently took a flying leap at a one of them from a wing chair when he didn't notice her).

I don't get any of it. Neither of my girls does this and I've never seen either behavior in any other cat I've owned since childhood.

Editors note: If anyone has any input on this interesting cat behavior, please post a comment! Thanks!

My cat puts his toys in his dish

My cat puts his toys in his food or water dish like he's trying to cover it up or hide it.

My cat Sita loves to "wear" bras

by Karin
(Bavaria)

My cat Sita loves to carry teddy bears from the sleeping room to the office while I am working there. While carrying the object she makes strange noises like a painful meouw.

When she is totally crazy she steals my bras out of the closet and carries it to the other cat, telling him to accept it. Sometimes she even does that to guests!!! ...which could lead to embarrassing situations.

My cat and her stash

by Alice
(Michigan)

I am fortunate to have three siblings, two girls and a boy. The youngest, one of the girls, picks up scraps of cloth and washcloths from all over the house and brings them to me.

She also snags my shirts to sleep on. She tries to take my ponytails out of my make up bag and run off with them. I call her my bad flatmate since she's always trying to dig in my makeup bag and take things!

The other two don't bother any of my personal things, but they divvy up the cat toys and stash them in their own special spots.