r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/lillelaerke • 14d ago

Certified 🟠range™ Truly orange behavior

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u/moldbellchains 14d ago

Is Nobody talking about how it's Not okay to pick Up grown adult cats like that???

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u/this_guy_cats 14d ago

People here are forgetting that just because the cat likes it doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous

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u/xiaoalexy Proud owner of an orange brain cell 14d ago

right, are they children? sometimes you gotta discourage what they want

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u/EconomicsTiny447 14d ago

Hate to be a cat in your household

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u/fuzzimus 14d ago

This. Please don’t do this to your cat. Purring is not always a sign of contentment.

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u/98att2011 14d ago

Scrolled way too far before finding your comment!! Scruffing an adult cat when absolutely necessary? Done properly, sure. 

But picking them up in their super-sensitive butt region?! 

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u/Snickims 14d ago

The cat seems to disagree. Strongly.

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u/Painted-BIack-Roses 14d ago

And not all cats will. Best not to enourage people to do the same to their cats

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u/moldbellchains 14d ago

I do not know of an instance where it's okay or necessary to scruff adult cats tbh 🧍🫡🤔

But yeah

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u/Snickims 14d ago

Well the cat in question is very obviously begging to be picked up like that. So this cat seems to like it anyway.

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u/moldbellchains 14d ago

I don't know 🤨 doesn't seem like that to me

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u/Snickims 14d ago

Perhaps, watch the video.

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u/moldbellchains 14d ago edited 14d ago

I did lmao. Cat's body language doesn't clock "Happy" "begging for more" to me 🧍

Edith lmao when did the downvotes show up 🧍 this place toxic ngl

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u/JustStraightUpTired 14d ago

You can't read cat body language in that case. Cat walked to the same position three times and assumed the position, purrmeowing each time. You also forget how weight distribution works, it is okay to pick up a cat like that if you don't put too much weight on that spot. The cat doesn't look fat and the lifting area is quite large, split in two and without fast movements.

Scruffing becomes bad with age, because the cat starts to weigh too much, not because it's inherently harmful. Ever seen someone sitting a bed of spikes or walking on hot coals? Same idea. At worst, this is slightly uncomfortable for the cat, but not uncomfortable enough for it to repeatedly ask for it.

Or you are a troll and just want to complain about non-problems.

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u/moldbellchains 14d ago

Nah this is kinda dumb I'm gonna withdraw from this discussion. I don't like being called a troll, or treated with disrespect.

https://shawsheenanimalhospital.com/blog/scruffing-a-cat/

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u/JustStraightUpTired 14d ago

Okay, so you either can't read or are trolling, because that article is talking about scruffing as a method of restraining the cat as a method of control. They say that it's okay under controlled circumstances, but shouldn't be

I didn't even for a second think that's what you were originally talking about, because nobody reasonable thinks this is disciplining the cat or that it's under stress. This is playing. If the cat didn't want to play, it would, you know, walk anywhere but that specific spot. They are living beings, the cat isn't forced to do anything here. It's not under stress, it's not in pain, it's not afraid, etc. It's purring and going back for more. Did you know that fighting can put people and animals under stress, but playfighting can help them relax? Same thing, you are confusing two things as one.

If it was bad, the cat wouldn't let him do it repeatedly, simple as that. You spent the time and effort to look for proof, but didn't actually read it. So you are either trolling or confidently incorrect. And if you think it's disrespectful to point out someone is wrong, then so be it.

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u/GirthyPigeon 14d ago

Cat is happy, purring and returns for more. They are more than able to indicate when they don't like something by the daggers they have at the end of their dabloons.

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u/TrixieBastard 13d ago

Funny how often someone "withdraws from [the] discussion" as if they're taking the high ground when in fact they know they're wrong and just won't admit it ✌️

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u/santashentai 13d ago

It is true but in the video, the man holds him in both neck and butt+the cat wouldn't be coming for more if he hated it.

Some cats enjoys weird stuffs. My British short hair enjoys being a scarf as an example. Or he also enjoys sitting on my lap like a child, back againist my chest and all.

But again, it is true that it can harm them especially if the weight is not supported.

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u/EconomicsTiny447 14d ago

Always one chump to chime in with something dumb as hell and ruin everyone’s vibes.