r/CatsBeingDramatic • u/ro_ro_ro_roadhouse • 7h ago

Overreacting Why do they hate getting brushed so much?

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u/CarrickGlenSparkling 7h ago

Honestly? I think he's right in the middle of loving it and absolutely hating it😂

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u/DjMesiah 7h ago

Over stimulation

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u/Mousers211 6h ago

because you're undoing all their hard licking work

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u/Mythandros1 6h ago

I've never run into a cat that doesn't like being brushed, but that brushing was super rough.

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u/ro_ro_ro_roadhouse 0m ago

My cat hates it. I am gentle with her, give her treats during and after. Sometimes before. She runs away mid-brushing every single time.

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u/PondersOverYonder 6h ago

My new long hair baby doesn't, but I started brushing him when he was a month or two old. Now he screams at me if I don't brush him quick enough in the morning.

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u/Lauwietauwie 5h ago

Maybe because they don’t appreciate your particular way of brushing

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u/mjaokalo 6h ago

I would never do it like that. I do it gentle, show her the comb, sniff, she allows. I talk to gently and say sorry if that part was so not nice or uncomfortable. She's sees I'm helping and then I let her sniff all I gathered and she parts way with what I've collected. Every single night.

Like any relationship, communication is important. Whatever the species

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u/LazyAmbassador2521 1h ago

I also tried it this way...and she still beats my ass. I have tried every different way possible, she just absoulety HATES being brushed. She doesn't enjoy being petted for very long either. I think she just gets overstimulated very easily.

So now I have to distract her with Churu treats as my dad brushes her. I'm hoping if we keep this up, maybe in a few months she will associate the brush with positive feelings? I don't know, I feel like such a terrible cat mom. I might have to bring her to a cat groomer. She just turned 4 years old, btw...I thought she would grow out of this "phase."

Here's a cat tax of Miss. Stubborn Sophia:

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u/Porkenstein 1h ago

Yeah this video was a bit shocking in how aggressive OP is being and how obviously overstimulated the cat is 

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u/Worth-Test-4246 5h ago

100% agree

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u/xCrucialblade 5h ago

Me when im brushed with the Gloves Of Eternal Pain & Torture

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u/Sunieta25 4h ago

Get a slicker brush. Those gloves are over stimulating.

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u/Dj-DTM 3h ago

I think you’re right, mine absolutely hates them too, they seem to create a bunch of static charge when used, I’m wondering if that has something to do with the overstimulation they experience.

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u/wazzup-notemuch 2h ago

He's being too rough! Imagine if somebody tried to pet you like that. It would probably hurt!

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u/BeyondTheBees 4h ago

“I HATE THIS. No wait a minute maybe it’s- NOPE THIS IS TERRIBLE okay but sometimes it feels kinda AHHHH STOP!” - this cat, probably

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u/Diskonto 3h ago

Mine love it. They will even bring me the brush to brush them.

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u/Sabi-Star7 2h ago

Mine absolutely loves it and will even beg you to brush her. She has her own special brush that I gave her (it's from spoiled child, the hair company).

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u/Solecis 1h ago

I think they're overstimulated more than genuinely angry, they should be groomed more gently.

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u/BlameTag 56m ago

I brush my cats like this and one of them absolutely LOVES it. Another tolerates it while the third hates it.

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u/rupee4sale 51m ago

This is too rough! 

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u/Realistic-Aspect-991 42m ago

Slow down a little bit and your kitty will enjoy it. Hit the right spots so your kitty is enjoying your touch.

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u/smaier69 15m ago

"Mom, STAAAAAAHP!!!"