Welcome to the Wednesday Cats of Cats Blog! Each and every month, we ask our cat-loving Catsters to weigh in on a brand new subject. This week, we requested them to let us know what their cat hates! Right here’s what they needed to say:
Crystal & Ivy
Ivy is a sassy kitty, and she is going to completely tell us when she doesn’t like one thing.
She does this by way of hissing, biting, scratching, loudly meowing, or yowling. A kitty of many abilities, you might say!
Considered one of her best hates must be getting a tub! Since she is a long-haired kitty, she does want occasional baths – particularly to scrub up across the booty space. My fellow long-haired cat oldsters will perceive this!
Curiously, she loves taking a look on the tub because the water is working. It’s value bringing up that neither my fiance nor myself take baths, so the one time we use the tub is when it’s for her! In truth, it’s like she forgets this.
vs Livid!
However, once the toilet door will get closed and her collar is taken off, it’s time to cue the kitty opera. And let me let you know, this opera is a noisy, lengthy one. She’s going to meow and yowl for all of the period of the tub. Once in a while, I’m frightened about what our neighbors would possibly suppose.
Any other certainly one of her sturdy dislikes is getting picked up, unfortunately. She used to find it irresistible as a kitten, however now, now not such a lot. I will be able to more or less perceive this one. Consider you’re to your method someplace, and all at once get swooped up by way of a large simplest to be cuddled and kissed, and not using a manner of escaping because you’re so tiny. Horrible, proper? (In truth, it does sound fairly frightening!)
Simplest glance, no choosing up!
Slightly decrease at the checklist could be her semi-new-found sibling, an orange fella named ‘Toast.’ Extra on him within the weeks to return! However briefly, he’s more or less round the similar age as Ivy, and so they have been offered to one another when my sister moved in with us. I’d say they now have a love-hate courting, however to begin with, it used to be simply hate. Hissing, swatting, scratching, the works!
It’s gotten a complete lot higher, and they may be able to now tolerate being in the similar room in combination on the similar time.
He’s in the back of me, isn’t he?
He does nonetheless get the occasional hiss-and-swat, particularly when it’s meals time. I all the time need to remind her that during all her time of being with us, I’ve by no means, ever, now not even as soon as, now not given her meals. That generally doesn’t paintings.
So there you have got it, Catsters! Ivy’s best hates: baths, being picked up, and her orange brother.
What’s one thing your cat completely can’t stand?
Catch you subsequent time!
Isabel & Milly
Milly hates many stuff.
Like when her dry meals isn’t crowned with contemporary meals each and every hour. Or after I go away the home for any period of time. Or after we want to pressure 6 mins (in general) to the vet. She additionally despises canine and water and she will’t take it after I don’t in an instant get started petting her when she tests in on me whilst I’m operating.
Cats know what they would like and much more so, what they don’t need. Once in a while, it may be difficult when our cats categorical disapproval in opposition to sure issues, particularly when our emotions are concerned. In fact, cats are allowed to specific to us as their caretakers once they don’t like one thing, however in some instances, our cats simply have irrational fears!
For instance, Milly has a burning hatred for spherical brushes, hairdryers (curl diffusers particularly), hair straighteners, and maximum of all, the feared vacuum cleaner. I’m now not certain why she detests hair-styling pieces, as a result of her hair all the time seems to be fabulous!
The vacuum, alternatively, is a well known sworn enemy of the cat-kind… The hairdryer is most definitely loathed for a similar causes – loud, obnoxious issues! However imagine it or now not… Some cats love vacuums. You will have examine Seize, Dr. Karyn’s white rescue cat, who completely enjoys being vacuumed. It’s a must-read (and must-see!)
The brushes and hair dryer diffusers are disliked most definitely as a result of they’re spikey and seem like they might harm. Even if, she’s generally extra curious and wary than scared.
Milly examining the odd spikey creature.
Once in a while I slowly provide it to her, then her eyes widen and her frame is going on top alert. She all the time strikes in sluggish movement, choosing up her dominant paw and stretching it out ever so gently to gently really feel the feel of the comb. She does the cutest little pitter-patters together with her paw!
I’ve to observe my strikes as a result of any unexpected actions may just ship her leaping 2m top and having the fright of her lifestyles! So, I simply slowly again away and put the comb within the drawer after which she loses pastime.
Is your cat scared of anything else strange or humorous? Does someone percentage any fears with Milly?
Take a look at again subsequent time for every other cat father or mother journey from Milly and I.
Cheers vir eers!
(Cheers for now!)
Wes & Raphael
Raphael, as you all know, is an easy-to-please little gentleman. Particularly in the case of meals. As I’ve discussed earlier than, he’s extremely food-motivated and can meow till he’s blue within the face for us to position every other crumb in his bowl.
However there’s one meals workforce that we merely can’t persistently crack – fish.
Now, I’m now not speaking about a good looking, buttery, flaky piece of seabass that has simply pop out of the air fryer…that used to be a painful (and hunger-inducing) lesson to be told. No, he gained’t devour any fish when it’s an actual mealtime.
Turkey, rooster, pork, lamb. All of the tasty treats of his international can be wolfed up with abandon, however fish is a “no canned do.”
I do know what you’re pondering: “But what about a balanced diet?” Smartly, we upload some Omega 3 dietary supplements to his meat ceremonial dinner. But it surely’s simply now not the similar. I nonetheless hope that at some point, we’ll crack the code in that lovable little thoughts and feature him consuming the fish packets we purchase for him.
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