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Want to show your cat affection? Think twice before stroking it [truncated]
Daily Mail [UK] ^ | 7 October 2013 | Victoria Woollaston

Posted on 10/08/2013 10:23:25 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows

If you really love your cat, don’t stroke it.

Researchers say that the pets become stressed if they’re constantly petted.

Animal behaviour experts discovered that cats released hormones linked to anxiety when they were handled by humans.

In fact, the tests appeared to show that no cats enjoyed being stroked.

Some were prepared to tolerate it – but they were the individuals that showed the highest levels of distress.

The researchers concluded that genuine cat lovers should avoid constantly petting their feline friends to spare their feelings.

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The research also dispelled the popular belief that cats are solitary creatures who struggle to live happily together in groups.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalrights; animalrightsagenda; bs; kittyping; peta
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To: Slings and Arrows
All BS. This has to be written by a dog.

More than once, I've woken up with an arm hanging over the side of the bed with my catz doing the 'dead hand petting' thing with my unresponsive hand.

/johnny

21 posted on 10/08/2013 10:35:57 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Think ten times before getting one.


22 posted on 10/08/2013 10:36:31 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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To: miss marmelstein

My cat only likes to be stroked on her own terms - but she does like it. When she gets tired of it, she has her own way of telling me to knock it off.

Yeah, they do have a way.

Like this.


23 posted on 10/08/2013 10:36:33 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Right. And dogs don't really like chasing sticks.

Thank God for all of the colleges and universities who employ such professors; otherwise, whatever would we do with all of our idiots? Other than send them to Congress, that is?

24 posted on 10/08/2013 10:36:50 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Cogito, ergo armatum sum.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Well, I make the pussy purr with the stroke of my hand
They know they gettin' it from me
They know just where to go when they need their lovin' man
They know I'm doin' it for free

25 posted on 10/08/2013 10:37:03 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Slings and Arrows

Mrs. Slocumbe is most likely upset about her beloved Tiddles. My kitteh loved to be scritched on the ears, neck, and tail.

I call schenegans.


26 posted on 10/08/2013 10:37:50 AM PDT by Gefn (More Cowbell)
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To: Slings and Arrows

The silly things that “scientists” say. Cats know different.


27 posted on 10/08/2013 10:39:01 AM PDT by gunsmithkat (There is no such thing as Too Many Guns)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Just ran this by my cat. She said “knock off the funny business and get over here and scratch my head.”
28 posted on 10/08/2013 10:41:01 AM PDT by JPG (Putin Does Obama.)
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To: who knows what evil?

I agree. Different cats had different personalities and preferences.

We have two, at the moment. One prefers to sit on my husband’s lap and get the occasional ‘mauling’, then will be content to be ignored. He’s happy to sit there. If I try to pet him (apparently I’m doing it all wrong) he’ll leave.

The other will not stay out of my lap. If I stop petting him, he’ll pet my face, make solid eye contact, stroke my nose with his chin, meow, and generally make a fuss until I resume. Then he relaxes and goes back to sleep.


29 posted on 10/08/2013 10:41:33 AM PDT by Marie (When are they going to take back Obama's peace prize?)
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To: fwdude
Probably a conclusion reached by Cass Sunstein based on experience with a single cat in his neighborhood.

I have learned that cats don't like liberals and would certainly be stressed if and when rubbed by them.

30 posted on 10/08/2013 10:42:37 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Let me guess at this researcher’s methodology. Cat goes to strange office to be observed. Strange person goes into room and pets cat. Cat is scared because it is in a strange place with strange people who are touching said cat. Researchers act surprised when cat releases pheromones associated with being scared.


31 posted on 10/08/2013 10:42:48 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo ( Walker 2016)
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To: Slings and Arrows
" hormones linked to anxiety"

"In fact, the tests appeared to show that no cats enjoyed being stroked"

"Some were prepared to tolerate it – but they were the individuals that showed the highest levels of distress."

Yeah, all of which explains why stroking a cat's head and scratching its chin puts it into an "anxiety-ridden" coma.

32 posted on 10/08/2013 10:43:24 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: Slings and Arrows

It isn’t about whether I want to show the cat affection. It’s whether the cat wants me to. In which case, I’d better.


33 posted on 10/08/2013 10:43:41 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Slings and Arrows

My little tuxedo Lady likes being petted so much that when you stop stroking her she reaches out with her paw and pulls on your hand to keep going. She needs her affection every day. If only wives were so inclined ...


34 posted on 10/08/2013 10:44:17 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Animal behaviour experts discovered that cats released hormones linked to anxiety when they were handled by humans.

My cats do not like to be picked up but will stalk me to get in to my lap when it suits their fancy.

They are very persistent at this and will try repeatedly to get in to my lap until I relent.

The female will after occupying my lap will nip my arm until I pet her or scratch her. When I particularly please her in my efforts she will then groom my arm.

Being petted is something a cat enjoys on their own terms IMO just like a human.

I think this is another Leftist PETA nutcase study.

35 posted on 10/08/2013 10:44:48 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: RoosterRedux
I have learned that cats don't like liberals and would certainly be stressed if and when rubbed by them.

Of course. They smell like dog s**t.

36 posted on 10/08/2013 10:45:12 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: ModelBreaker

“What nonsense. If they don’t like it, why are they always hocking you to be petted?”

Agreed. My cat runs in front of me when I walk and I literally run into her. She rolls over and invites me down for a belly rub. I can barely make it across the house without paying in strokes.

My family says I’m p*ssy-whipped.


37 posted on 10/08/2013 10:46:18 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Slings and Arrows

I own a very sweet cat. Unfortunately sometimes he swats at me when I pet him when he’s laying down. I don’t understand it.


38 posted on 10/08/2013 10:46:52 AM PDT by diamond6 (Behold this Heart which has so loved men!" Jesus to St. Margaret Mary)
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To: Slings and Arrows

She probably gives health advice too.


39 posted on 10/08/2013 10:47:24 AM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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To: fwdude

Lol!!


40 posted on 10/08/2013 10:47:31 AM PDT by diamond6 (Behold this Heart which has so loved men!" Jesus to St. Margaret Mary)
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