Hello, I’m Christopher! Learn my introduction to be taught extra about me and my foolish Russian Blue cat, Olga.
First-time homeowners are sometimes shocked when their cats’ grooming noise drowns out the quantity from the tv or stereo. I didn’t understand it was a lot of an issue till I learn a number of posts from irritated homeowners complaining about their noisy cats. Extreme grooming is unhealthy and sometimes the results of allergy symptoms, anxiousness, and different well being issues, however loud grooming isn’t uncommon or dangerous.
Excessive-Decibel Grooming
My Siamese cat stayed clear and groomed his fur persistently till he received kidney illness, however he didn’t make as a lot noise as Olga. Olga’s coat isn’t as dense and doesn’t shed as typically, and though it shouldn’t take her lengthy to scrub it, she devotes quite a lot of her time to grooming and needs everybody to listen to it.
Her lip-smacking is loud sufficient to wake mild sleepers, however I’m used to it. She likes to cover and sneak up on me, and her plans are foiled when a sudden urge to groom interferes together with her stealthy strategy. Her grooming racket lets me know the place she is once I’m too lazy to seek for her and supplies a possibility to tease her when she’s close by.
Teasing Olga
After I imitate the sounds she makes, she stops grooming and offers me an evil glare. Since she has lived with me for a number of years, she’s used to being teased, however she doesn’t tolerate bodily contact throughout her licking classes. If I mess up her not too long ago groomed hair, she tears up my hand together with her claws.
I don’t recommend discouraging the habits in case you have a loud groomer. Interrupting your cat’s grooming by imitating them often isn’t inhumane, however shouting or throwing one thing at them when the lip-smacking annoys you is. Until you put on noise-canceling headphones or transfer to a different space of your property when your cat is grooming, there’s not a lot to do however settle for it.
Indoor Freedom
I’m fairly tolerant of Olga’s odd habits and doubtless enable her to get away with greater than most cat homeowners. Like many individuals with indoor cats, I remorse confining her indoors, regardless that it’s the most secure choice. She’s a pure predator and explorer, and I want she had more room to run, climb, and pounce.
I don’t let her bounce on the countertop, however she will be able to scratch up her favourite chair, slam the rocking chair in opposition to the wall, play within the unused bathtub of the spare lavatory, and sleep anyplace. She’s a quiet cat, and it entertains me when she makes quite a lot of noise so long as it doesn’t contain knocking workplace provides and units off of the desk in my workplace.
Olga isn’t as violent and damaging as she was as a kitten, and she or he’s by no means eaten my garments or defecated on my mattress. She’s spoiled rotten however fairly well-behaved. I don’t let her get away with homicide, however I’m not strict or care when she acts insane. Since Olga is an indoor-only cat, she has restricted methods to entertain herself, and she or he’s completely satisfied I don’t act like an authoritarian.
This text is part of Christopher and Olga’s sequence.
