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In reply to the discussion: Is there any way to train cats to stop licking themselves? [View all]Ter
(4,281 posts)6. I knew I'd get an answer like this
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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Perhaps you shouldn't have pets then if they are too annoying or too much trouble
Lionessa
Sep 2012
#4
And nowhere do I read "love" or even "like". I stand by my opinion of you owning pets.
Lionessa
Sep 2012
#7
Really, not liking your cat being a cat (cats must lick) is more like not liking your
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#23
I can always tell after my cat has just completed its bath...Its fur is extra smooth and ...
yawnmaster
Sep 2012
#28
When I fed my cat some food that didn't agree with him, he stopped grooming
Lydia Leftcoast
Sep 2012
#35
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
About as much chance as getting a teenage boy to stop rubbing himself. Good luck.
HopeHoops
Sep 2012
#58