โฒ 170 โผ Bathing a stray cat has never been easier ๐น๐ (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by FainaDo@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] qarbone@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (5 children) They kept a hand on its scruff for most of the wash permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 11 points 1 year ago Still, that is about as chill of a cat as I've ever seen in a bath. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) How does this prevent scratches? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] Skua@kbin.earth 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) Cats have an instinctual response to a specific patch on the back of their neck being pinched. Their mothers carry them by that part when they're kittens, and the response keeps them still. Male cats also bite female cats there during mating. It can be used to functionally restrain a cat, though doing so unnecessarily is just gonna stress the cat out so it's generally not recommended permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) My cat lacks the scruff response. Probably why we found him alone without his mother and litter. Anyway, he's an asshole who cannot be restrained by scruffing, and somehow we love him anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago My cat can be 50/50. The times it doesn't work is at the vet. He's the chillest cat in general, but unscruffable at the vet, and they have to purrito him. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 11 points 1 year ago Still, that is about as chill of a cat as I've ever seen in a bath. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) How does this prevent scratches? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] Skua@kbin.earth 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) Cats have an instinctual response to a specific patch on the back of their neck being pinched. Their mothers carry them by that part when they're kittens, and the response keeps them still. Male cats also bite female cats there during mating. It can be used to functionally restrain a cat, though doing so unnecessarily is just gonna stress the cat out so it's generally not recommended permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) My cat lacks the scruff response. Probably why we found him alone without his mother and litter. Anyway, he's an asshole who cannot be restrained by scruffing, and somehow we love him anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago My cat can be 50/50. The times it doesn't work is at the vet. He's the chillest cat in general, but unscruffable at the vet, and they have to purrito him. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Skua@kbin.earth 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) Cats have an instinctual response to a specific patch on the back of their neck being pinched. Their mothers carry them by that part when they're kittens, and the response keeps them still. Male cats also bite female cats there during mating. It can be used to functionally restrain a cat, though doing so unnecessarily is just gonna stress the cat out so it's generally not recommended permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) My cat lacks the scruff response. Probably why we found him alone without his mother and litter. Anyway, he's an asshole who cannot be restrained by scruffing, and somehow we love him anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago My cat can be 50/50. The times it doesn't work is at the vet. He's the chillest cat in general, but unscruffable at the vet, and they have to purrito him. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) My cat lacks the scruff response. Probably why we found him alone without his mother and litter. Anyway, he's an asshole who cannot be restrained by scruffing, and somehow we love him anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago My cat can be 50/50. The times it doesn't work is at the vet. He's the chillest cat in general, but unscruffable at the vet, and they have to purrito him. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago My cat can be 50/50. The times it doesn't work is at the vet. He's the chillest cat in general, but unscruffable at the vet, and they have to purrito him. permalink fedilink source parent