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Hello! Understanding and advice is appreciated.
Every morning when we are getting ready to leave for work, our cat walks starts crying, runs into our room, cries more, picks up MY slipper (only mine), quickly carries it into the area of the living room she typically plays (video below), and then rubs her head all over the soft part of my slipper while crying until I walk in -- then she immediately stops, looking ashamed. If I walk into my room and "catch" her doing this, she stops but then will do it later. If she doesn't do this when I am actually present that morning, I'll still come home from work and the slipper, or BOTH slippers, have mysteriously been dragged into the living room.
We adopted her last September and she is 6. She was at the Humane Society for four or five months before we adopted her and was a quiet but nice kitty in a communal cat room. She was relinquished because her past owner had two other dogs, and suddenly got a job that required her to be out of town a lot. Apparently our kitty started having accidents in the house. Nothing like that has happened with us, but it does break my heart to hear her crying. I try talking to her but she won't stop crying until she has brought the slipper to the living room. She is a loving, sweet girl who always greets us when we come home and follows us everywhere we go. She has absolutely no behavioral issues!
My thoughts are
(1) separation anxiety? she only does this when we are going to work and are doing our morning routines.
(2) hunting/play?? she drags the slipper back to where she plays and hunts other things, but she sounds so sad when she does it, and never cries like this at other times
I'd love any help understanding her or advice in how best to respond. I clearly haven't done anything right, because this has been happening every workday since we adopted her!
Thank you!
Emily
Every morning when we are getting ready to leave for work, our cat walks starts crying, runs into our room, cries more, picks up MY slipper (only mine), quickly carries it into the area of the living room she typically plays (video below), and then rubs her head all over the soft part of my slipper while crying until I walk in -- then she immediately stops, looking ashamed. If I walk into my room and "catch" her doing this, she stops but then will do it later. If she doesn't do this when I am actually present that morning, I'll still come home from work and the slipper, or BOTH slippers, have mysteriously been dragged into the living room.
We adopted her last September and she is 6. She was at the Humane Society for four or five months before we adopted her and was a quiet but nice kitty in a communal cat room. She was relinquished because her past owner had two other dogs, and suddenly got a job that required her to be out of town a lot. Apparently our kitty started having accidents in the house. Nothing like that has happened with us, but it does break my heart to hear her crying. I try talking to her but she won't stop crying until she has brought the slipper to the living room. She is a loving, sweet girl who always greets us when we come home and follows us everywhere we go. She has absolutely no behavioral issues!
My thoughts are
(1) separation anxiety? she only does this when we are going to work and are doing our morning routines.
(2) hunting/play?? she drags the slipper back to where she plays and hunts other things, but she sounds so sad when she does it, and never cries like this at other times
I'd love any help understanding her or advice in how best to respond. I clearly haven't done anything right, because this has been happening every workday since we adopted her!
Thank you!
Emily
I would do that too, but the newer slippers will have to be new ones for the people! The current ones that smell like the feet she loves are the ones your kitty is hankering for. 
