Is that a good way to change the static so the fur doesn't cling? I may try that with Sassy- she sheds something awful every time you skritch her. Even right after brushing. and She's a short hair.
georg wins! It's a static thing. You won't shock a cat (especially a shy one that you don't want petting to be a bad experience) if your hands are slightly damp.
It's one of those slightly gross habits that illustrates the slow degrade into cat fanaticism... ;)
My guess was slightly different, and I've taken up the practice for different reasons. It's been my assumption for awhile now that a cat assumes that petting is a form of mutual grooming, so spitting on your hands would be a natural extention of that grooming, thus protecting the cat, improving its ability to hunt for dust mites, and leaving your scent there for her to remove, thus solidifying a relationship, etc.
It's a theory, entirely untested, but I'm using it on my relatively anti-social cat, Swiper, and she seems to approve.
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:-) And I considered myself a cat person up until this very moment. I must confess that I do not know; why?
Is that a good way to change the static so the fur doesn't cling? I may try that with Sassy- she sheds something awful every time you skritch her. Even right after brushing. and She's a short hair.
georg wins! It's a static thing. You won't shock a cat (especially a shy one that you don't want petting to be a bad experience) if your hands are slightly damp.
It's one of those slightly gross habits that illustrates the slow degrade into cat fanaticism... ;)
Oh! Thank you! :-) If I ever get close enough to touch the momcat I am trying to get, I will remember that! :-)
My guess was slightly different, and I've taken up the practice for different reasons. It's been my assumption for awhile now that a cat assumes that petting is a form of mutual grooming, so spitting on your hands would be a natural extention of that grooming, thus protecting the cat, improving its ability to hunt for dust mites, and leaving your scent there for her to remove, thus solidifying a relationship, etc.
It's a theory, entirely untested, but I'm using it on my relatively anti-social cat, Swiper, and she seems to approve.
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