Cats are interesting creatures who do exactly what they want when they want. Although this might not always go down well with their owners, they surely adore pretty much everything their feline friends do.
One of their most weird and sometimes shocking behaviors is bringing little ‘gifts’ for their humans. The presents could range anywhere from dead mice to their favorite toys, so it could either be a pleasant or unpleasant surprise. That’s why these cat owners are revealing all the things their pets have given them until now.
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#1
Years ago we acquired a Spare-cat that wasn’t very good at hunting, but he was astute enough to watch us and see what we liked. He brought us presents daily: empty cigarette packets, crisp packets, sweetie wrappers, etc. His best ever “catch” was a huge piece of black shrink wrap (like the one farmers use to wrap hay bales), must have been about 6ft long. He was so proud of himself.
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#2
Long ago we had an orange kitty and he brought us a nice big flower. Just the part with the petals, no stem. He his tail was straight up and he was purring a ton when he walked up with that flower and dropped it on the floor.
Image source: Tasty-Researcher-791, Samual lim
#3
Cheese grater. The buff colored one (Jax) dragged it onto the bed. He’s always bringing “gifts” and putting them on the bed but that was by far the weirdest 😆 we had just moved and he got it out of one of the boxes and took it to the bed and laid down 🤷🏼♀️🤪.
Image source: Justber0901, Justber0901
#4
I had to install extra strong magnets on my kitchen cabinets because of how obsessed my boy was with the kitchen drain stopper. I used to wake up a find it in bed with me all the time. He’d even try to put it in my hand and I’d wake up holding it sometimes. .
Image source: Stinky_Cat_Toes, Giorgio Trovato
#5
Well when I was a child our blue burmese cat Tigar was a city cat
As a city cat he did city hunting. One day he came home with a supermarket tray of liver…..
Never did find out where, how or whom he got it from but he did enjoy eating it.
Image source: Few-Explanation-4699, Lucas Pezeta
#6
This was years ago, but my giant outside panther brought home an opossum. He dropped it on the patio and came over to the porch where I was watching from, horrified at the prospect of having to dispose of the body. Fortunately, the opossum was “playing possum” and ran away as soon as my cat’s attention was distracted.
Image source: Sodonewithidiots, Chrtlmn
#7
For me, it was a small unopened package of bacon lifted from the neighbor’s porch.
Image source: kolikut91, Wright Brand Bacon
#8
She kept bringing me half-alive creatures and I kept yelling and crying. So one day she went out and came back with a quarter of a ring donut. It had pink icing and rainbow sprinkles and was so stale it was like a rock. She got many treats for her generosity and she has never brought me anything else.
Image source: AromaticAd8575, Claudio Herrera
#9
My cat brings souvenirs compulsively. Usually pieces of garbage: a plastic glass, an origami decoration, a piece of plumbing pipe.
Once I stepped on a bee, and the next week she brought a bee sting stick
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#10
I’m not sure if this counts, but growing up, we had a window we left open in the summer for the cat. My cat would often bring home other neighborhood cats(as friends). Cats with homes. They’d wander around the house, get some pets, maybe eat, then leave to do their cat stuff.
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#11
My cat has brought me my own retainer and laid it on the bed, luckily very gently lol. he also brings me unopened mini bags of chips and tries to open them. I don’t think he needs cheetos.
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#12
Had been putting out food for a stray, he gifted me a dead mouse in a trap. Lazy sod, didn’t even catch it himself!
Image source: Vegetable-Low-9981, ClickerHappy
#13
Maybe not the weirdest, but my cat recently hunted and brought me my roommate’s necklace 😂.
Image source: Allie614032, Allie614032
#14
I woke up one morning to my 18 year old tabby poking me in the face with a dry spaghetti noodle.
Image source: cr9926, ponce_photography
#15
Most recently, the insole from someones shoe. It doesn’t belong to any shoe in this house, so no idea where it came from….
Image source: Sharp_Following5753, Hans
#16
My old gal Summer used to bring me laundry – carried up two full flights of stairs to boot! Her favorite offerings were dishrags and socks, but the funniest one was when she – howling as she always did when bringing me presents – delivered a pair of my stepmom’s underwear. She was such a funny creature.
Image source: External_Law7216, Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto
#17
An apple watch left on my pillow. My one kitty is a total klepto. My parents stay with us every other week and my little void loves sneaking into their room to steal stuff from their suitcase or off the nightstand. Watches, ear buds, medical tape, shoe inserts, socks, and whatever she can grab without getting caught. Runs straight to my room and buries her treasure on my bed.
Image source: SewGangsta, Ingo Joseph
#18
I will never forget my mom’s tortie gifting her half eaten mice…in her bedroom slippers! It’s like the cat was saying “I ate my share, here’s yours”
The first one was found by sticking her foot in her slipper, and getting a foot full of squished, half eaten surprise kitty present….in the middle of the night, while half asleep!
Image source: anonymousforever, Huy Phan
#19
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#20
One of my cats caught pencils. She was so proud of herself and gave that little victory cry as she would walk down the hall pencil in mouth. In the middle of the next I would hear the cry and think oh Chessie has caught another pencil.
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#21
I once had a cat that brought me leaves. I currently have 2 that bring me worms. Not sure what my cats think is lacking in my diet but at least they’re helping provide for the family.
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#22
I had an 8 month old kitten years ago.
FIRST hour I let her outside she caight a sparrow in her mouth right in front of me….
She came running over to me to show me her prize, opened her jaws to present it,
and it flies off…seemingly unharmed.
….she was ***crushed***.
Image source: profaniKel, 165106
#23
A tiny tiny baby bunny. Somehow it got through our cat fence. She brought it to us alive, and she was so proud. We released it back to the wild.
Image source: TheCatOfCups, FeeLoona
#24
My neighbor used to have a cat that would always bring her home random things and leave them in her backyard. over his career as a mailman, he brought home many plastic items, trash, etc. but the peak of his career was bringing home $2. this cat literally made money.
Image source: sunbeamfox, Jonathan Borba
#25
A toy that I got her – I gave it to her and she carried it right up to my bed and left it there. It’s now her favorite, and I’m touched that she wanted to share.
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#26
Many years ago we had a red mainecoon x domestic short hair, he was huge cat and used to roam outside all the time. One day he tried to bring home an albatross, tried, because the albatross was still alive and the cat tried to pull it through a thick hedge by the neck but the albatross was preventing that from happening by spreading it’s wings.
it was hilarious.
Image source: dreaminglilly
#27
Our cats are all indoor only but we have a couple ferals we take care of.
A couple years ago we had a few years of very high water, the giant lake we live on breached the seawall for months.
The feral was able to go fishing and she brought us several fish.
We have also rescued several snakes from that girl.
Image source: allbsallthetime, Alexander Zvir
#28
A common sand lizard. I live in the UK and had no idea these even existed.
I actually rang the RSPCA first time my cat brought one home because I couldn’t believe my eyes!
Cat wouldn’t harm them, just play with them until the tails dropped off. I have a beautiful photo on my camera of my cat spitting out one of these lizards lol.
Image source: Individual-Roll2727, donauwood
#29
My sister’s cat once pulled the bathtub stopper plug off (chain included) and paraded around with it.
Image source: hauntinglovelybold, VariousPhotography
#30
My cat is indoor only, but will sit in the window (she’s scared of the outside, but enjoys watching). One day we learned that one of the janitors of the apartment loves her and gives her treats, but not treats for cats. We learned this because I woke up with a half a baguette on my pillow in small, cat snack pieces.
Image source: shelbabe804
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