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Guaranteed that cat is getting it's weight in salmon skins weekly
And healthy amounts of human contact to help smooth the hairs by polishing with contact and distribute more oils onto the fur. Pet your fuggin cats people
Is gourgous.
Probably brushed frequently as well
You have to in order to prevent mats
Funny enough, I just found out wild mustelid white hair is different than cats. A local wildlife rescue has an ambassador skunk that is black and yellow cause of all the pets he gets, absorbing the oil on our hands.
I don’t know about that. Anytime after petting my cat he looks at me like I offended him and has to start bathing all over again.
Doesn’t stop me from petting him, or him wanting pets though.
When they clean themselves after you touch them they're actually spreading your smell around, not trying to wash it off. If you watch closely you'll see them alternate between licking the place you touched and licking various other places around their body.
Well that's just creepy. Let's not make this more than what it was, cat.
I was betting that nutrition has a lot to do with it!
Our black cat's coat is that shiny, and she just gets kibble.
Some cats are just like that, provided regular brushing. Our late girl had fur similarly shiny and soft as a cloud even though she lived on a medicated diet and freeze dried chicken treats. It’s still kind of surprising to me how coarse our current boy’s fur is by comparison!
That or olive oil, the cat we had when I grew up loved olive oil and her fur became lovely after eating it.
Olives have compounds similar to catnip. My cat can't leave discarded olive seeds alone