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.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably brushed frequently as well

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

You have to in order to prevent mats

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 6 points 23 hours ago

Well that's just creepy. Let's not make this more than what it was, cat.