Why do cats like dirty clothes?

Breeders often notice strange behaviors from their cats.

One of these behaviors is sitting on dirty or even clean clothes and twisting them.

Is this behavior normal?

Here are the top reasons cats love this 1-habit behavior

Cats live as groups in the wild, which is why they share resources, including smell recognition.

Your cat enjoys this behavior because it leaves its smell so that if you smell your clothes you feel comfortable too.

In the wild, cats make small nests with feathers, grass and other soft materials to keep them warm.

When cats are first born, they cannot see and hear and rely on their mother's scent to guide them until their other senses develop. When your cat sits on your clothes, it probably brings back her earliest memories of her mother.

If you're away for a long time, your cat may sit on your dirty clothes because it feels like it's holding you.

They may have anxiety and want to feel better.

So they find the nearest pile of laundry and sit on it until the cats' love of human scents returns.

Your cat recognizes you through your voice as well as through your smell, and your smell gives it familiarity and comfort

According to a 2021 study titled The Effect of Owner Presence and Smell on Stress Resistance in Cats, researchers found that cats are less stressed when their homeowner has a side effect:

Cats have an amazing sense of smell. Humans have about 5 million odor sensors in their noses. While cats have four times that number, making them excellent at hunting and noticing threats, is this behavior harmful?

When your cat sits on your clothes, it's perfectly normal.

It may be annoying if you go from litter box to clean laundry pile but it is always advised to hide your laundry basket so that it can't reach it in the end

Simply put, cats love soiled piles of laundry because it makes them feel comfortable if you don't like this behavior.

Just make sure they have other comfortable things near them like toys.