'My cat doesn't recognize me': Person dyes their hair blue, comes back home to their cat, and the feline has the most hissterical reaction

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Sep 16, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

Cats like their habits, and they very much dislike change. Cats get startled by anything and everything, even the smallest changes in their environment. Cats have funny reactions to smells that they find unfamiliar and maybe a little unpleasant. If you think that you have a hard time with change, then you have never actually met a cat. Not possible. 

So, really, it's not surprising that this cat had a funny reaction to its owner dying their hair blue. Big change right there. The color, the smell of the chemicals… it's a lot for any human to handle, let alone a sensitive cat. And although it is sad in some ways to get that kind of a reaction from your cat to a change in your look, it is also… hilarious. Truly. We don't remember snorting quite as honestly at a picture of a suspicious cat in quite a long time, and we have to thank you for it from the bottom of our hearts. 

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    "I dyed my hair blue and now she doesn't recognize me"

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    Update! She finally got off her perch and now she's sniffing the air really hard but she rubbed against my legs!
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    BetterTumbleweed 1746 did u bleach ur hair
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    Remythespicyrat OP I did! I bleached it before I dyed it blue
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  • We don't know if this cat doesn't recognize you or is simply suspicious about the new look and smell. Suspicious he is though. Very much so. Hilariously so, in fact. And we so very understand why he's getting all the attention that he is online right now. 

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    malsomnus My ex's cat saw me once wearing a hat and completely freaked out until I took it off.
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    dr-rachel At 16 years old, my cat still hasn't figured out that the intruder is just my husband in a hat.
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    Ms_Anonymous123 Oh no the airplane ears
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    sharkslutz Exactly how my cat looked earlier when I used the vacuum②
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    ClayborneJones When I went from long hair to shaved head my cats didn't recognize me. Just talk to her a lot and reassure her it's you, and give her treats from your hand.
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    YT-Deliveries When I let my hair and beard go, then go to shave it all off, one of my boys becomes VERY concerned and will walk back and forth on the bathroom counter while I have the clippers going.
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    KirkfishBilly Poor thing, the scent of the dye is going to overwhelm your natural scent for a while too.... Hope she gets used to it soon and easy
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    cynbad719 "Begone from my home, intruder!! I will tell my parent about your AUDACITY when they get home!!”
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    "Update: I dyed my hair blue and my cat doesn't recognize me"

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  • Oh, we would have been heartbroken if this happened to us. Laughing, yes, but also heartbroken. Getting this kind of a reaction to a new hairdo from anyone is hard, but getting this from your cat is so painful… painfully hilarious. The two of you are going to be just fine, it's just going to take a second for him to get used to it. 

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    1naro cats dont recognise you by appearance alone. more likely he smells the chemicals on you and doesn't like the smell.
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    wombat013 It's the smell of the dye, you smell different
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    pullingteeths She recognises you just doesn't approve of your new smell
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    astrobleme She is sooooo bothered! I agree it's probably smell as much as anything else. I feel bad laughing at their botheration but it's so cute.
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