(Replying to your comment so more people can see this ^^)
If anyone needs help with finding each cats loved (or hated) gifts, I made a gift guide for every character on the game's wiki around a month ago! You can find character specific ones under each character page, and a more generalized one under every item page :]
The link to the wiki's main page is in the description of the game, but here's one to the item hub page: https://hickoryisles.fandom.com/wiki/Items