Posted on 07/01/2015 6:14:35 AM PDT by C19fan
How should you pet your cat? Its a question thats stumped pet owners for centuries, but science now has an answer. Here's what a team of researchers from the University of Lincoln in the UK found, in graphical form:
Yes, thats right. Cats do not like being stroked at the base of their tail -- at least, that was the case for most of the 54 cats in this study, and another, smaller study on the topic. Thats sort of a cat erogenous zone, and petting may overstimulate it, the researchers posit.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
And this will work, as long as your cat doesn’t find out about it.
One of our ‘board of directors’ enjoys being pet, the other only occasionally - typically followed by a ‘HISSSSS.’
She’s an odd one.
Somebody needs a whitening tooth paste.
“My cat has been plotting against me.”
This is normal,all cats do this.
My kitties liked to be petted all over
LOL
Please ping to your cat list.
Jane Fonda asks Johnny if it’s true that Zsa Zsa came in with a cat on her lap and said “...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRR1aKBOCOQ
Please ping to your cat list.
A half-siamese cat lives in my house when he wants to.
If you touch his belly there will be blood.
I contest the results of this study. My cats love to be petted everywhere and anywhere. Head, back, sides, base of tail, and sometimes their tummy. My little cat has the cutest particolor paw pads, and is very good natured about me playing “pushbutton paws”with them. It is also true that they initiate getting petted whenever they can catch me immobile, such as trying to get work done on the computer, reading, trying to sleep, trying to prepare food in the kitchen, just about all the time. Love sponges!
Ours has been very upset about fireworks noises, it seems. And this morning he puked on the bedroom carpet. ICK
Ping!
Cats, like butterflies, need no excuse for being- anon
“Cats do not like being stroked at the base of their tail”
What normal person would even think of stroking a cat there?
Now you tell me!!
My daughter had a nasty seal point Siamese. Used to jump up on the counter and stick her ass in my face. The rougher I was w/ her the better she liked it.
We now have a stray, ex-pet, male. He acts like a dog. Follows me around the yard, etc. begging for a petting. Can't pet him enough to satisfy him.
Cool cat, lives outside, we feed him, he doesn't bother any of the birds, raccoons, fox that roam through.
Or perhaps more accurately, Heat Thieves!
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