My female cat loves my husbands cologne and deodorant. When he takes his shirt off she rubs her head all over the armpit of the shirt and rolls around on it. She even rubs her head on his couch pillow b/c it smells like his deodorant since he props his arm up on the pillow.
Whenever I get magazines, she loves those sample perfume ads! She will roll all over the mens cologne ads but not the womens perfume ads.
Why does my cat do this???
2007-02-11 02:01:10 · 8 answers · asked by Katie 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Yes Angell, I'm jealous!!! lol. Actually I think she loves him more. She follows him around. Oh well. :)
2007-02-11 02:29:32 · update #1
It's like Catnip it attracts her. If you want her to stop buy her some Catnip and rub the Deo. on it and give it to her to play with. In time she will prefer nothing but it and leave your hubby's stuff alone.
Unless you are jealous don't worry about it
2007-02-11 02:12:49 · answer #1 · answered by Angell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scent is a big thing to cats, they are very attracted to some and repulsed by others.
One of our four cats does the same thing, she licks me if I put perfume on, licks my Husband when he puts on cologne.
She loves hand lotion and Vicks vapo rub!!
Cats are "supposed" to be turned off by citrus scent...not mine, I actually had to stop use lemon or orange scented furniture polish because she would come right behind me when I was dusting and lick the furniture!!
2007-02-11 04:37:38 · answer #2 · answered by gracieandlizzie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to allow myself to be goofy: better that they get attracted to that than to the natural male body scents!
Seriously: cats appreciate fine scents: try flowers: they go bananas!!! and a lot of the perfume/aftershave, etc are made with natural stuff: musk, flower oils, etc.
2007-02-11 04:47:38 · answer #3 · answered by Minina 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My cat does this too. She likes strong scents. She licks me to death when I put on lotion and stuff, she even rolls all over the floor in the laundry room when ever I use bleach in the wash...but she has no reaction to cat nip
2007-02-11 02:56:29 · answer #4 · answered by Cobalt75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason why is because cats have a very keen sense of smell and it is overwhelming her. It is sort of like catnip to them. My cat does it too.
2007-02-11 02:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its likes the smell try getting real cat nip .I'll bet it will love it.
2007-02-11 02:13:43 · answer #6 · answered by thresher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe she just does it because she likes the smell of mens products.
2007-02-11 02:04:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
attracted to musk
2007-02-11 02:03:27 · answer #8 · answered by cassiepiehoney 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋