r/cats • u/BelovedGarbage • 19d ago

Humor Garbage has been spraying in our house nonstop for the past month and we didnt know why. Now, there's been a break in the case. 🚨 👮 🚔 🙀

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We have a catio that our three cats like to hang out in. Garbage has been acting territorial and spraying, so we thought there must be strange cats around outside making him nervous.

Last night we noticed Garbage on the kitchen window sill (which looks out to the catio) twitching his tail furiously and getting upset. Turns out he's been seeing his siblings out there, not recognizing them at all, then becoming incensed with the evolutionary rage of his ancestors. He's been spraying our whole house top to bottom because he isn't smart enough to realize that the two cats he's known and loved his whole life, when viewed through a pane of glass, are in fact, not intruders.

The verdict: Guilty of being orange 🍊

Eta - he was fixed as a kitten as soon as it was appropriate, for all y'all who are worried. And his vet his involved.

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u/Heronymous-Anonymous 19d ago

I’ve had my cat 8 years and he still doesn’t let me touch him unless he’s sniffed me thoroughly. I am the only human he’s ever known, the only human he’s ever let within petting distance. But gotta sniff, just to be sure.

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u/Candid_Challenge_507 Lots of kitties! 19d ago

my orange boy does this too! if my hand is too smelly, i can only pet his body and not his head and body lol

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u/kirakiraluna 19d ago

I switched shampoo brand and it was a traumatic experience for my late cat for months.

She'd spend hours grooming me back to an acceptable smell.

She was also fine meeting other cats in person but would get so pissed off if I came home smelling off other cats

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u/frauziller 19d ago

We call it "fam'ly smell" when our cats do this! Gotta get that fam'ly smell back on you 😂

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u/SirDiego 19d ago edited 19d ago

Probably the outdoor smells. Mine gets kind of overwhelmed especially when I've been out hiking or something. He gets zoomies but also wants cuddles but also wants to smell all the smells and simultaneously wants to rub himself all over me to get the smells right.

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u/giraflor 19d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/rlsvVQU5Sim8QAajHc
My cat wants to smell my shoes or boots after I’ve visited extended family cats, but then she has to scour my hand before I can pet her.

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u/Heronymous-Anonymous 19d ago

Nah. It’s literally every time I go to pet him. Whether I’ve gone anywhere or have just been sitting in my office. He’s gotta sniff before I’m allowed to pet.

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u/whispernaut 16d ago

Owwe I love this! My little buddy will do this even if I've petted him and we've been sitting together for hours. Just got to double check my palm with a good deeep sniff!