This foster kitteh climbed in all by herself. She would go to sleep in any unattended shoe or sandal left around the apartment. Until she got too big.

[HOLDING PAW OVER NOSE] OH MAN THOSE SOX………[KNOCKS OUT]

its pictures like this that make the world go round…im going to smile all day just thinking about it…thanx co!

P.S. My husband and I used to store frequently worn shoes in front of my china closet. Niko would go sit among the shoes and talk to them. He wasn’t reacting to us, or to other cats, as far as we could tell. He’d simply “mrrp” and “prrp” to the shoes, much to our a-mews-ment.

Caelligh, yes we have. You ought to meet our Gabby. She’s a 13-year-old calico with a wide maternal streak, and she loves to groom her human “kittens.” Many’s the time I’ve awoken to my armpit being thoroughly cleaned by Gabby.

Then Murphy and Niko simply *must* fix my hair and massage my scalp before I can arise from bed. With Gabby’s exfoliation treatments, I’ve got a regular spa going on here!

My cat Sheba also loves to huff my shoes. I have watched her try to stuff her entire self, headfirst, into one of my moccasins. And a friend of mine told me about a hat that her husband likes to wear when he goes for a walk, and after he gets home and takes it off, their cat “tries to make love to it.” My friend says she thinks it’s pheromones that are in human sweat that kitties like so much.

Regardless, there’s a lot of entertainment value in this behavior!

My blue kitty Zou is a major fan of feet stank. She gets all blissed out, and if it’s a really stinky shoe, or foot, she makes the “Dracula Face.” (That’s the flehmen response for you science-y types.) She and her little sister once did stereo Drac Faces into a friend’s Doc Martens. He was mortified, but the girls were sooooooo pleased.

acelightning,
I am wearing all-plastic Birkenstocks. I wonder. Do kittehs prefer leather and cork ones over plastic?

This photo proves my hypothesis that kittehs favor Reebok brand shoes. Maybe it’s because they make pillowy soft, shock absorbing insoles?

Yes, it’s “Stinky Kitteh”.
Now at a store near you.
(I’d love to see the infomercial for this. Gotta love that pink nosicle and earses!)