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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish34•3 months ago Petting a cat calms down & relieves stress. There’s a 50/50 chance that a cat will try to claw your eyes out if you rub their belly, but yes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish30•edit-23 months agoSurvivorship bias: those who live through the encounter have lowered stress.😁
minus-square@AceticonlinkEnglish4•3 months agoThe calming down and stress relief all happens once the petting session ends.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoKnowing that you survived probably gives you a nice hormonal boost:-).
minus-squareRhaedaslinkfedilink17•3 months agoDepends on the cat. There’s some that will let you do just about anything and at most bat you with a paw, claws retracted. Then there’s others that if you don’t pay attention and pet them just a fraction wrong will take your arm off. Know your cat.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoThis is true, I had both living with me at the same time for years. Sort of still do but the bitey half is more playful now (different cats)
There’s a 50/50 chance that a cat will try to claw your eyes out if you rub their belly, but yes.
Survivorship bias: those who live through the encounter have lowered stress.😁
The calming down and stress relief all happens once the petting session ends.
Knowing that you survived probably gives you a nice hormonal boost:-).
Depends on the cat. There’s some that will let you do just about anything and at most bat you with a paw, claws retracted. Then there’s others that if you don’t pay attention and pet them just a fraction wrong will take your arm off. Know your cat.
This is true, I had both living with me at the same time for years.
Sort of still do but the bitey half is more playful now (different cats)