I realize that not all cats are as full-contact as mine. Maybe that falls under “squish that cat” advice?īut with unfamiliar cats, I do default to light touch. They react to the Zoom Groom like most humans react to Swedish massage. They especially love being brushed with the Zoom Groom (a brush with thick, conical rubber-nub “bristles”), using long massage-like strokes with some pressure. They love to be scratched as vigorously as possible. by Anonymous: reply 1: Aug11:56 AM: I love Mr Pirate. by Anonymous: reply 14: Septem6:05 AM: I’ve seen the vet do it with mine. Of course, my kitties also violate the “light touch preferred” advice. Cat owners, does this work Report your findings. If either of us tries to use the other one’s method, the cat immediately gets very uncomfortable and struggles to get loose. With my husband, they prefer to be held belly-up in his arms like a baby. Burstyn as the vet who popularized the phrase Squish that cat. With me, they like to be held with front paws over my left shoulder so they can look behind me, my right hand supporting their butt and hind legs and my left hand around their shoulders. Rubbing a cats belly is the Holy Grail of human-cat interaction. My kitties prefer to be held in different ways by me and my husband. Uri Burstyn will free you of your ignorance with this helpful instructional vid. Posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 4:20 PM on Many of you had no idea how to hold a cat, I can tell. This video is just subtitles for Claudia, a cat used in the video 'How to pick up a cat like a pro - Vet advice on cat handling.' from the channel Helpful Va. She always gets put down immediately when she starts to squirm, which is helping with building trust. She'll let me hold her, but she refuses to purr even if I give her the nicest scritches in her favorite places. Overall though she's quite the little rag doll as long as she's in my room, and will let me pick her up and flop her around pretty much however since she's learned that A) it never hurts B) she always gets put down gently and C) she gets lots and lots of scritches before, during, and after.Īnywhere else in the house, if I pick her up she'll emit a perfunctory Protest Squawk just to make sure that anyone nearby knows that this was Not Her Idea and that her dignity has been injured. She has eosinophilic dermatitis and it's pretty much controlled but she still has a tendency to scratch her ears to bloody ribbons if I let her back claws get sharp. Right now we're working on getting her comfy with being cradled like a baby, because that seems to be the easiest way to trim her back claws. My cat is nearly that patient when she's in her Safe Zone (the bedroom) and will let me pretty much manhandle (cathandle?) her however I want.
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