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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2004Smudge's neck got a cleaning
It's always fun to watch the cats groom each other. Roxy and Smudge used to do it a lot more before I took other cats into the house (one stray, several fosters, and another adoption). Having all these other cats in the house has disrupted their routine somewhat. This morning, though, I woke up to see Roxy giving Smudge a good workover on the crown of her head and the back of her neck - just the places a cat can't reach herself. Smudge was purring up a storm. Her fur was pretty damp and matted by the time we all got out of bed. Joyce On Mon, 25 Oct, Joyce wrote: >This morning, though, I woke up to see Roxy giving Smudge a good >workover on the crown of her head and the back of her neck - just the >places a cat can't reach herself. Smudge was purring up a storm. Her >fur was pretty damp and matted by the time we all got out of bed. Aaawwwww!! Regards and Purrs, O J > It's always fun to watch the cats groom each other. Roxy and Smudge > used to do it a lot more before I took other cats into the house (one [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > places a cat can't reach herself. Smudge was purring up a storm. Her > fur was pretty damp and matted by the time we all got out of bed. Aww. Good Roxie. Glad to hear I'm not the only one who enjoys watching the cats grooming each other. Usually, it's Frank washing Nikki, but sometimes Nikki returns the favour.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Marina <frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Smudge's neck got a cleaning: >> This morning, though, I woke up to see Roxy giving Smudge a good >> workover on the crown of her head and the back of her neck - just the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >the cats grooming each other. Usually, it's Frank washing Nikki, but >sometimes Nikki returns the favour. A few days ago, DH was sitting on the sofa reading, with Felix lying on the back behind his head [DH did appreciate the purring headrest :-)]. Felix was grooming himself and I jokingly commented to him that his Dad could use some grooming too. *Right away*, Felix started in washing the top of DH's [balding] head, and continued quite enthusiastically for several minutes. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > A few days ago, DH was sitting on the sofa reading, with Felix lying > on the back behind his head [DH did appreciate the purring headrest > :-)]. Felix was grooming himself and I jokingly commented to him that > his Dad could use some grooming too. *Right away*, Felix started in > washing the top of DH's [balding] head, and continued quite > enthusiastically for several minutes. Amelia and Tabitha both go in for the hair-work task. Whenever one of us gets out of the shower, whichever of the two is closest waits until the human srapes a towel over their shoulders, then the kitty jumps up and starts grooming the human's hair (and in my case my rather large bald spot). They can both REALLY get into the hair work! But Tabitha is the most amusing to watch - she'll end up rubbing her whole tiny body over the head she's cleaning. > They can both REALLY get into the hair work! But Tabitha is the most > amusing to watch - she'll end up rubbing her whole tiny body over the > head she's cleaning. That's for more efficient drying, of course! :) Joyce > They can both REALLY get into the hair work! But Tabitha is the most > amusing to watch - she'll end up rubbing her whole tiny body over the > head she's cleaning. LOL! So you get both the cleaning and the polish. Good service! SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Felix was grooming himself and I jokingly commented to him that > his Dad could use some grooming too. *Right away*, Felix started in > washing the top of DH's [balding] head, and continued quite > enthusiastically for several minutes. How cute! Hope DH enjoyed it. Joyce jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net had some very interesting things to say about Re: Smudge's neck got a cleaning: > > Felix was grooming himself and I jokingly commented to him that > > his Dad could use some grooming too. *Right away*, Felix started in > > washing the top of DH's [balding] head, and continued quite > > enthusiastically for several minutes. >How cute! Hope DH enjoyed it. He seemed to, judging by the laughter. :-) Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > > Felix was grooming himself and I jokingly commented to him that > > his Dad could use some grooming too. Tyche is the only one who can give Nocturne an order she flings herself on the older queen and demands LICK ME!!! And Nox rolls her eyes...and does so. --Fil >Marina <frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> had some very interesting things to >say about Re: Smudge's neck got a cleaning: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >washing the top of DH's [balding] head, and continued quite >enthusiastically for several minutes. Hee hee. A kitty cleaning is a great honor. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >> It's always fun to watch the cats groom each other. Roxy and Smudge >> used to do it a lot more before I took other cats into the house (one [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >the cats grooming each other. Usually, it's Frank washing Nikki, but >sometimes Nikki returns the favour. It's also interesting that grooming can mean different things. Sometimes it is a friendly, cozy thing. Sometimes it is a kind of bossy thing. ;) Stinky was never allowed to groom Mimi, who would whap him if he tried. But Mimi would groom Stinky very vigorously, sometimes holding him down with a tiny paw. Stinky would always look rather bewildered, but very patient, while this was going on. ;) Also, we once lived next door to a bunch of cats and a dog. The dog would lie on the floor, and the kitties would gather around his head, and gang-bathe him. The dog either loved it, or was just resigned to it. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Sometimes it is a friendly, cozy thing. Sometimes it is a kind of > bossy thing. ;) Stinky was never allowed to groom Mimi, who would > whap him if he tried. But Mimi would groom Stinky very vigorously, > sometimes holding him down with a tiny paw. Stinky would always look Xoxo usually does forceful grooming, he'll grab Issa with both paws, very strongly, then proceed to groom his hear. Issa loves it though... unless Xoxo is using his claws, then they have a small skirmish. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > It's also interesting that grooming can mean different things. > Sometimes it is a friendly, cozy thing. Sometimes it is a kind of > bossy thing. ;) Stinky was never allowed to groom Mimi, who would > whap him if he tried. But Mimi would groom Stinky very vigorously, > sometimes holding him down with a tiny paw. It is a dominance activity, the groomer being the dominant one. (I didn't find that very intuitive at first, since among humans, the groomer is usually the submissive one, ie, the servant or slave). But you're right that when one cat consistently grooms the other, but won't allow reciprocal grooming, it means that cat is dominant. Luckily, Roxy and Smudge have always had a reciprocal grooming relationship. Smudge often cleans the goopy stuff that constantly runs from Roxy's right eye. And when Roxy was licking Smudge's neck the other morning, Smudge looked very contented and purred away. Sometimes, though, it is definitely a precursor to an attack. But I'm not sure if the grooming is the first step in an interaction leading to an attack, or if the attack happens *because* of the grooming, ie, "Get off me and stop wetting me with your spit!" Joyce > It's always fun to watch the cats groom each other. Roxy and Smudge > used to do it a lot more before I took other cats into the house (one [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce Greetings... In my house, this is merely a precursor to an attack. I always get nervous when the cats groom each other. Especially when they're on my lap doing it. lal > It's always fun to watch the cats groom each other. Roxy and Smudge > used to do it a lot more before I took other cats into the house (one [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce Awww. Milo and Baggy used to groom each other, one of the things I miss, and I'm sure Baggy does as well. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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