When summer comes, the feet of many shit-shoveling officials become "biochemical weapons." Once their shoes are taken off, the "fragrance" fills the house and can even make people unable to open their eyes! However, the cute litt...
When summer comes, the feet of many shit-shoveling officials become "biochemical weapons." Once their shoes are taken off, the "fragrance" fills the house and can even make people unable to open their eyes! However, the cute little kitten at home actually has a fascination with it, sniffing and kissing it in various ways, even though this "bad taste" often makes their expressions a little ferocious!
So, why do cat owners have such special hobbies?
1. Familiar smells can give cats a sense of security
Smell is an important memory carrier. Cat owners need to use it to determine the environment they are in and the identity of the person in front of them. After smelling a familiar smell, it can give them a great sense of security, thus creating a certain degree of attachment.
However, why is it "stinky feet"? Although we also have a lot of pheromones that cats can recognize, after a trip out, we are often contaminated with other smells, which affects the judgment of cat owners. In comparison, the smell of feet seems stronger and more stable.
2. Leave your own scent to declare sovereignty
There are a lot of pheromones on the sides of cats' cheeks, skulls and necks. When they rub against us, they will mark these pheromones on us. This not only marks their "territory", but also expresses their intimacy with us.
However, although there are many places on our bodies for cats to mark, we are often disturbed by the smell of perfume, laundry detergent, food, etc. in daily life. Therefore, the persistence of cats’ marks in these places is not particularly high. Since smelly feet will be wrapped in shoes all day long, they need to be more "stable".
3. Insufficient salt intake
Among wild animals, there is a very common behavior of salt licking (mineral lick), which is used to supplement the minerals lacking in food (PS: mainly salt). Herbivores will look for natural saline land or mineral mud, and carnivores usually get enough salt from herbivores, but when the salt in their meat is insufficient, they may do some strange behaviors. For example, they like to lick their sweaty hands and feet. This may be because they are addicted to the salt in their sweat.
Therefore, if your kitten particularly likes to lick your smelly feet, it is probably because it usually eats too "light" food. Some cat owners are worried that cats’ excessive salt intake will damage the kidneys, so they excessively restrict the salt in cat owners’ diets. Especially homemade and boiled chicken-based cat food is likely to cause it to have to consume salt in this way. The way to improve it is also very simple, replace ordinary cat food, or add fish-based wet cat food.
Although this quirk of cat owners will not have any harmful effects, it is still not very hygienic after all. In addition, when you pet your cat, you may accidentally infect your own face with athlete's foot. After all, this has happened many times~
