my cat is a kleptomaniac

[dragonfly]

It all started shortly after she moved in, when  my vintage Rafiki figurine went missing. I found him tucked away in her Fortress of Doom. I took him out and put him away. He reappeared in the Fortress of Doom shortly thereafter, along with my husband's Yoda figurine.

Then came the pair of earrings, both neatly tucked in the carpet of her kitty house. Then the USB drive, which she just keeps in there because I guess you never know when a kitty will find one handy.

Last week she stole a pair of earrings from the kitchen island and tucked it into a blanket. I took them back and she stole one of them AGAIN and I haven't seen it since.

Last night I discovered she has taken yet another earring off to Kitty Fort Knox, which is in a super secret location and I have  no idea where it is.

[melodys_angel]

She has good taste?

Maybe look into a kittyproof container for things that cant be claimed by said kitty

[Khayman81]

Cat are like that, you never know what misterious power they will have, and even if you know, one day they just become somecat else. I have the peeping cat, he likes watching everyone in the wc, cats, dogs or even humans... the everstillhungry cat he eats all time long. And the cat princess, she has to have everything she wants. But kleptomaniac cat, never heard about it, hahaha
You must have a lot of fun with your hybrid cat/fairy hehehe

[SpaceButtPonies]

Lol it must be annoying but thats adorable

[Duenia]

My younger sibling's cat is like that. She used to paw open my jewelry box. Take out a necklace and then it would never be seen again or it would be found on the living room floor. She took stuffed animals too. Where ever her Kitty Fort Knox was, it was directly accessible by my mother's dogs who would go after whatever she put in there. She would take my sibling's stuff too, and my mother's underwear from the hamper. She used to get stuck in my siblings room at night. The door would get locked while she was still in there. We put a litterbox in there and stopped rescuing her. It lasted about 2 months but she stopped her thievery after her stay in kitty prison.

[pinkkittywinks]

Hehe I once heard about a kitty that used to steal washing of people's washing lines and take it home!

One of my previous cats used to steal teaspoons. We never found them though, even after he died, they never turned up.

Love pkw xxx

[tulagirl]

I feel your pain.  My cat Vinny has been stealing my ponies for a while. It got so bad that he started damaging them. I have had to put everything up and he has his own toy box which he loves.  He still loves all of my stuff even my dolls.  So, at some point I gave up.  I just try to catch him in the act when I can.  Keep an eye on that little thiefster.

[theamazingfetus]

I have a cat like that, he's a thief for all things shiny!

Maybe a metal detector will help?

[Kiwi]

LOL! A bunny friend has/had a klepto kitty (apparently he has reformed his ways). It was all outside excursions.

- a dirty car wash sponge (she joked that he couldn't bring her a clean one)
- a clean car wash sponge (within days of the previous)
- a glove
- random other things
- the matching glove (a few weeks later)

[ghouldilocks]

I've heard of cats doing this before, but luckily none of mine have been like this (so far). Does she have a lot of toys of her own? Do you play with her a lot already?

[Griffin]

Aww, bad kitty! Mine like to play with jewellery like necklaces, but they never steal them. The Rafiki and Yoda figurines and the USB drive are something else though, how cute!

[lunar_scythe]

I've had TWO theives over the years, Lil Pat used to steal from the neighborhood laundry baskets, and bring home socks, gloves, towels, whatever else.  We used to have a 'lost and found' box on our fence, haha!
Lunar was a much more picky theif, she only wanted flat things that were in crinkly cellophane wrappers; YuGiOh and sports cards,things like that...including the decals from my dads model kits!!!

If you can, when you are home and can keep an eye on her, set out something shiny and jingley you can hear to follow her to her stash?

[Duenia]

If you can, when you are home and can keep an eye on her, set out something shiny and jingley you can hear to follow her to her stash?

Collar with a bell?

[Honeycomb]

Reading this just made me giggle!

My parents' cats don't do that. Not that I know of anyway.

[invaderhorizongreen]

My mom had a cat who would steal socks, and leave them around the house.