Why Do Cats Come To The Bathroom With You? [View all]

[Surya Gayatri]

"In or out?"

Cat lovers everywhere have to ask their cats this question a few times a day. And very often the door in question is the one leading to the loo.

Cats follow their people all over the place, but there seems to be a special fascination with the bathroom.



Why the prevalent interest in bathrooms among feline folk? Are cats guarding us in moments of vulnerability? Or, do they simply enjoy staring at us from the sink?



Theories abound. Confusion abounds even more.

"My cat does this all the time. If I don't let her in with me, she puts her paw under the door until she finds my foot to hold onto," one reddit commenter wrote. "Sometimes I'll put my hand down and we'll hold 'hands' through the door, she purrs like mad when we do this."

"This is painfully cute," another commenter replied.



"Cats have that toddler mentality," another wrote. "If you're doing anything behind closed doors it means you're having fun without them. They want in on it."



So, perhaps cats have a case of FOMO, and want to ensure they're doing what's cool.

Or perhaps they just want to be literally cool. Cats tend to like cool places, so one theory is that tiled rooms are appealing to the furry felines.

https://www.thedodo.com/why-do-cats-come-to-the-bathroom-with-you-1158286406.html

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My solution was just to leave the bathroom door wide open. That way, Buddhi, my Siamese, could come and go at will.

Then again, I live alone, so don't have to be concerned about privacy and modesty. LOL!