Carrying Toy and Crying

Im thinking of the behaviour not seldom of young females.  Ie a longing for babies to take care off.

Both cats and humans.   :)

 

He is a male, but it is well known not so few males are very protective of babies.  quite often with neutered cat males, but not seldom intact studs / toms.

 

Did you ever tried to take in small kittens for fostering?   Of if he did met kittens?

Chance is good he would be one of these motherly males.

 

So is my hypothesis at this moment.

 

 

Good luck!

OH this is very, very common behavior. Pipsqueak has this one down and does this at night right when we go to bed. He has two stuffed toys he will do this carrying and crying at the same time. A pink stuffed mouse and a fluff ball. This goes on for at least a half hour each night. I also throw the toy for him and he LOVES this. He will carry it mewing LOUDLY into our room and drop the toy by our bed. He also does this behavior when I leave the house. He demands that I throw the toy each time before I leave the house and I hear him mewing loudly and carries the toy to the door where I have left. He is a very dominant cat as well. Presley also will do this now too. with one of his favorite toys. I will usually find the toy by my bedside the next morning. It is as if they are bringing me their prey as a gift I think this is interesting behavior and many cat's do display this behavior.

I found this link and will look for other's as well.....

http://www.cat-health-behavior.com/cat-carrying-toys.html

Gus and Lucky both do this

Sassy and the Diva both do this as well.  But none of my boys do it. 

OMG, Lauren, that page is hysterical!

Ming Loy does this at night too. She yodels while carrying a furry mouse. She doesn't seem to want us to do anything other than appreciate she's got it, but she seems very happy once we tell her what a good girl she is! So for Ming Loy, I like the "mouser' theory.

Fred does this too. I absolutely love listening to him. It always makes me smile. 

All of my cats do this.  The feral cat living in my garage does the same thing when she catches mice and rabbits. I'm not exactly sure why they do this but I think it is a normal thing with cats.  I have not yet read the entire thread which I intend to do.  Maybe someone has already answered your question.  I'd like to know the answer too ;)

Several of mine do this also. I've never been able to 'understand' why - as they've all grown up different lives. I just chalk it up to being a cat.

. I thought so too..... .

And as I write this, here comes Pipsqueak howling with his mouse in his mouth. Ironic HUH

My Sassy has started doing this within the last year.  I can only guess her age because I rescued her as a feral. I'm guessing she was around 4-5 when I got her. She did have a litter of kittens.  When she was found, she was only found with one.  A friend took the kitten, and I took Sassy. Whenever she hears a kitten meow she will run to the source and start looking around.  So I know she remembers her kitten. She mainly does the yowling thing at night and when no one is home. I have found her bringing a musical Christmas mouse (when it's out) to my bedroom door! It's rather heavy so the fact that she can drag it from up on the TV stand to my bedroom door is quite amazing.  She will do this to stuffed balls, or anything black and white especially (she's black and white too so I find that amusing).   I've asked the vet about it and she said it's common for older cats to do this. She's had a blood test so all was normal there.  I can usually stop the behavior if I hide anything fluffy or stuffed in any way shape or form.   

Here is Sassy. This is from 2007 I believe.

 

She is such a Character. I love her dearly.