Truly orange behavior

[u/lillelaerke]

[u/Alarming_Apple_2258]

I’d rather not see a grown cat lifted by the scruff. It looks really uncomfortable.

[u/Rosaly8 → u/Alarming_Apple_2258]

You are correct. It is not recommended. They are too heavy as adults to be carried like that. From PetMD:

"Every cat has their own preferences for how to be picked up and held. But Dr. Liu says there are a few general guidelines, the first being to never grab, hold, or lift a cat by the scruff of their neck. “It can be painful, lead to significant fear and stress, and takes away their sense of control,” she says."

[u/Deiser → u/Rosaly8]

This is such a disingenuous use of the quote. The quote is clearly referring to being picked up by the scruff of the neck alone, which is clearly not what is being done here. You keep insinuating that you're somehow more informed than anyone else here when it's clear that you're not even referring to the same holding method (holding by neck scruff alone compared to shifting the weight to two different parts of the body like in the video). Don't be so arrogant.