Why is finding clothes for cats so hard?
Cats fiercely resist wearing items like elastic-strap hats or harnesses, leaving owners with severe scratches. This aggressive defense and threat of eye injury forces people to quickly give up on the idea of dressing or walking their pets.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1Abandoning the attempt entirely after getting scratchedDid this help you?
- 2Only dressing cats that happen to have very compliant personalitiesDid this help you?
- 3Joking that one needs to write a will before attempting itDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“When I tried to put a hat with an elastic strap on my cat, my friends said I looked like I’d wrestled a bear... That’s how bad the scratches were. I haven’t tried that since!”source ↗
“For a brief moment in time I thought maybe my cats would like to be walked. When I tried putting harnesses on them I quickly gave up on that idea...”source ↗
“my other cat wouldn’t even let you put a hat on her without trying to take your eye.”source ↗
“I struggle so much with finding clothes for cats”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 2Can you buy clothes that fit in Vietnam if you are plus size?
- 5How to show an indoor cat isn't a stray in a rural area
- 2Where to find boys character clothes and specific show merch
- 3Cat bringing dead animals and bugs inside the house
- 8How to find a home for a found kitten
- 5What videos or shows do cats actually like to watch?