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6. I knew I'd get an answer like this

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 05:57 PM

Sep 2012

They are treated fine, fed and cleaned. "Let them be" is far too vague. If I "let them be" and didn't have a pet gate in my living room, I wouldn't have much of a couch left. I did not and will not declaw them, I don't believe in it.

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Is there any way to train cats to stop licking themselves? [View all] Ter Sep 2012 OP

Perhaps if you joined them it would not bother you so much Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #1

Don't get me started on why my cat decides my hair needs grooming. Liberal Veteran Sep 2012 #5

+1110 geardaddy Sep 2012 #45

No. It's a cat thing. Get over it. TrogL Sep 2012 #2

Dogs are worse Ter Sep 2012 #3

Perhaps you shouldn't have pets then if they are too annoying or too much trouble Lionessa Sep 2012 #4

I knew I'd get an answer like this Ter Sep 2012 #6

And nowhere do I read "love" or even "like". I stand by my opinion of you owning pets. Lionessa Sep 2012 #7

Perhaps you need to open your eyes more Ter Sep 2012 #11

Do you have any scratching posts for your cats? avebury Sep 2012 #9

Yeah, but they still love scratching couches Ter Sep 2012 #12

Wait a minute? Where'd we get to declawing?? TrogL Sep 2012 #10

?!?!? Is this something personal between you two? MiddleFingerMom Sep 2012 #24

Perhaps a roomba with a cat costume is more your style of pet. Lionessa Sep 2012 #8

You could kill them, I guess. harmonicon Sep 2012 #13

Wheels turning don't bother you Ter Sep 2012 #14

You don't like cats. harmonicon Sep 2012 #15

I don't like assumers Ter Sep 2012 #17

See, that's a worse analogy. harmonicon Sep 2012 #18

Really, not liking your cat being a cat (cats must lick) is more like not liking your Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #23

Dog hater! Texasgal Sep 2012 #31

Not at all!!!! (says proud mother of two rescue dogs!) Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #33

I was being silly... Texasgal Sep 2012 #34

Oh, good. Thx. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #48

You obviously haven't met my cats TrogL Sep 2012 #54

Ear plugs - for you, not the cats. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #16

Cats lick themselves for a number of reasons, The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2012 #19

I can always tell after my cat has just completed its bath...Its fur is extra smooth and ... yawnmaster Sep 2012 #28

Your hands do not meet his cleanliness standards. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2012 #29

Yes he is. And he doesn't wait and do it discreetly... yawnmaster Sep 2012 #30

When I fed my cat some food that didn't agree with him, he stopped grooming Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2012 #35

What do you do, though, when your cat literally licks herself raw? AngryOldDem Sep 2012 #43

I guess it's back to the vet. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2012 #47

I've heard that cats that lick themselves too much LishaD35 Sep 2012 #52

Channel their activities into something more productive and socially-acceptable. MiddleFingerMom Sep 2012 #20

YOu might as well ask, "Can I teach my cat not to purr?" It is what they do, per nature. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #21

Sounds like your house is way too quiet. Turn on some music. reformist2 Sep 2012 #22

lol, seriously OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #32

As a person who has a cat who REFUSES to lick his own ass IVoteDFL Sep 2012 #25

YOU say cleaning isn't necessary, but the cats have a higher standard! yawnmaster Sep 2012 #26

Let cats be cats. Wear earplugs. nt valerief Sep 2012 #27

I am astounded at your assertion that you can hear your cats licking Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2012 #36

My kitteh is a very thorough groomer and I have never hifiguy Sep 2012 #38

I can hear mine 20 feet or more away Ter Sep 2012 #51

I hear them daily Ter Sep 2012 #50

Can you hear your cats stamping their feet on the carpet, too? Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2012 #57

Buy 50lbs of raw meat and bath yourself in it LynneSin Sep 2012 #37

Adrian Monk, is that you? nt raccoon Sep 2012 #39

Win! geardaddy Sep 2012 #46

I hope this is a joke ceile Sep 2012 #40

Cats lick as a means of grooming, relaxing, calming, to show affection Solly Mack Sep 2012 #41

Do what I do. Lick the cats. TrogL Sep 2012 #55

Bath them in Tabasco. nt hack89 Sep 2012 #42

Man walks in a bar and sees a cat on the floor licking his balls Teamster Jeff Sep 2012 #44

That's a keeper! nt raccoon Sep 2012 #49

You can have a republican do it for them. GreenTea Sep 2012 #53

Let answer a question with a question; Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2012 #56

About as much chance as getting a teenage boy to stop rubbing himself. Good luck. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #58