r/cats • u/AverageOne0710 • 7h ago

Advice Weird behavior from my cat recently. Anyone know what's going on

At first I thought she was gonna show me something inside the box, but there's nothing other than a nylon bag. She also runs to it when I get near it as well, and also keeps biting my hand and tries to drag me into it. What's going on? Never in my life have I seen my cat doing this.

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u/BubblySherbetOnline 4h ago

True, but they don't have to be pregnant. Sometimes the motherly instincts just kick in. My spayed cat used to do this a lot. She liked to pretend that my hand is her kitten.

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u/TheThiefEmpress 1h ago

I had a cat who adored rolled up socks. Used to carry them around until she found a good spot to curl up and bathe the socks.

Immediately stopped after having a litter of kittens and getting spayed. She had live the single mom life and was done with that nonsense.

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u/BubblySherbetOnline 1h ago

What I'm getting from that is that the solution is to let them experience the real thing lol.

Now I have a male cat (snipped) and he loves to pretend that my blanket is... his girlfriend.

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u/BoucletteFZ09 53m ago

I have two neutered males and also use blankets as their girlfriend and it freaaaaaks me outtt 🤣😭

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u/GreenStreetJonny 1h ago

Oh English.

Pay becomes paid

Spay becomes spaid? Noooo it's spayed. Because you see.

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u/AboutTheBadfish 1h ago

That’s so sweet. I had a cat when I was a kid who had motherly instincts and even though she was spayed as a kitten and never had any litters she would make herself a nest from time to time and bring kitten sized stuffed animals to her nest and lay down with them like she was going to nurse them. She also dragged Barbie’s around by their hair and pull their pants down when she got them where she wanted them.