Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain

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Post by tomwiddles » Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 10:21 AM UTC

Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain
arstechnica.com

Re: Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain

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Post by jey » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 4:42 AM UTC

> a grapefruit smell for olfactory stimulation

An amusing choice because domestic cats absolutely hate the smell of citrus fruits. Try offering an orange peel to your cat to sniff, and they'll probably retch and look at you like "why would you do that?". (Which is good, because it's also significantly toxic to them.)

Re: Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain

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Post by LoganDark » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 5:17 AM UTC

jey wrote: post #2

> a grapefruit smell for olfactory stimulation An amusing choice because domestic cats absolutely hate the smell of citrus fruits. Try offering an orange peel to your cat to sniff, and they'll probably retch and look at you like "why would you do that?". (Which is good, because it's also significantly toxic to them.)

I mean, retching is a pretty good sign that they got stimulated!

Re: Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain

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Post by throwup238 » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 5:19 AM UTC

LoganDark wrote: post #3

jey wrote: post #2

> a grapefruit smell for olfactory stimulation An amusing choice because domestic cats absolutely hate the smell of citrus fruits. Try offering an orange peel to your cat to sniff, and they'll probably retch and look at you like "why would you do that?". (Which is good, because it's also significantly toxic to them.)

I mean, retching is a pretty good sign that they got stimulated!

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Post by noduerme » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 5:21 AM UTC

throwup238 wrote: post #4

LoganDark wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, retching is a pretty good sign that they got stimulated!

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Your username. LMAO.

Re: Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain

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Post by wruza » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 6:14 AM UTC

I guess they could consider pre-existing technologies from the internet, namely the Happy Hoodie and Squish That Cat. Putting a cat into a dark familiar box with side opening also helps cause they tend to get anxious in new environments.