[LibWhacker]

Nicky Trevorrow, Cats Protection’s behaviour manager, said: ‘Being held or stroked for too long can be very stressful for some cats.

Thanks, Einstein, but who doesn't have enough sense to let a cat to when he wants to go?

[al baby]

Stroking your cat boy does that sound naughty

[cripplecreek]

My dogs will get up and walk away if they want to be left alone. Cats do the same.

[bunkerhill7]

Female raccoons prefer stroking and petting; males are too stressed out already.
Fishers and skunks like to be talked to when they eat.

[Izzy Dunne]

[Roses0508]

Really. My cats all tell me exactly when and where they want to be stroked, hugged, scratched and rubbed. Likewise, when they’ve had enough they are equally clear in their communications.

Do these “experts” actually use cats in their studies?

[Chode]

how can you possibly pet a cat tooo long??? it will ONLY stay on your lap for as long as IT wants to, you have no day in the matter

[KarlInOhio]

When my cats got stressed I got bloody.

[EinNYC]

Them folks that wrote this sound like looney-toons. I think my cats should be collecting the royalties for having invented Velcro. They are Velcro-kitties. Always wanting to be in my lap, next to me, behind my head on pillows, on top of me, on top of whatever I'm trying to read, etc. My ankles are well-polished from lovingly being circled. My hands are well-buffed from being solicited to pet furry heads.

I must be very very cruel.

[Fzob]

Stressed out cats don’t taste as good. :)

[dragonblustar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx3NTMicOHs

[CatherineofAragon]

Stress:

[gusopol3]

These are experts who fit the old definition “ex”= “x”= unknown; “spert”= “spurt”= “drip of water under pressure.” Unknown drips.

[pennboricua]

what about chickens? can we still stroke our chickens?

[gundog]

Hogwash! A freshly freaked out kitten responds immediately to a good head to tail rub-down, simulating a reassuring lick-down from mom.

[McBuff]

You'll stroke, pet or scratch when I TELL YOU to stroke, pet or scratch!!

[Texan5]

Tell that to my 3 felines, 2 of whom are self-propelled lap ornaments-I’ve lifted the brindle tabby Midget from my keyboard several times in the last 10 minutes...

Cats know perfectly well how to let you know when they don’t want attention-and when they do...

[RegulatorCountry]

"I beg your pardon, please speak for yourselves. Mine simply adores being stroked and stroked and stroked again!"

[VerySadAmerican]

I’m really having to fight not posting about “stroking a (another name for a cat) causes stress”.

[Brother Cracker]

You've got to use a vegetable.