Does your cat like being brushed?

[Kirsten]

Springtime - the time of the year kitties need to be brushed more than ever - but does your cat like it?

(For those with more than one cat: Multiple choice should be working in this poll...)

..and I apologize for having written "she" all the time in the poll. :o I cannot edit it but of course this goes for boys also!

Kirsten

[PayItForward]

George loves being grommed.

Milo doesn't mind

Milly bites the brush, then runs for the hills.

[catland]

My Sid really loves to be brushed. We can have a brushing session and I have to keep emptying the brush.

I have a little cat brush with a turquoise handle that I bought in 1985 and have brushed many a happy cat since then. Each generation of cat just loves this brush. I have another backup brush in case I misplace this one, but they don't like it as much.

[batgirl1980]

All three of mine love being brushed. And it's a good thing, because they are super shedding this year! One pet, and your hand comes away fur covered!!!

[Kirsten]

and I have to keep emptying the brush

Same here, Luna really loves it and she's loudly purring when I'm brushing her. I have bought a soft baby brush for her, and she so enjoys it! :)

Kirsten

[aguu]

Mishka LOVES it... he rolls around, purrs, drools as if he was on catsnip (about which he could care less by the way :confused:)

[Edwina's Secretary]

There wasn't an option for Edwina. She allows it but HATES, HATES, HATES being brushed. She would rather have her nails clipped. During brushing she growls, hiss, and moans. She has short but very thick fur. In the winter we keep the house rather cool (especially in the day time) so her coat gets really dense.

Here she is making faces.....

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/pe2d2cbe7c105339a6ea888e0781e9216/fcb8c617.jpg

[aguu]

Gosh that Edwina is a cutie.
She looks like she's smiling to me!!

[ramanth]

Zam hates it and 9 times out of 10 bites me and the brush if I attempt it. Though that 1 time out of 10 if I catch her in a "good" mood she'll let me brush her for no more than 5 minutes. :rolleyes:

[Edwina's Secretary]

Actually she is saying a word she learned from her father...not me :rolleyes: :D :rolleyes:

[Denyce]

Katie and Brianna absolutely LOVE being brushed. In fact when I want Brianna to come I just pick up the brush and wave it about asking her if she wants a brush brush and she comes running. Katie waits every morning till she hears I am done brushing my teeth and then jumps up on the sink so I can brush her while I am brushing my own hair.

Kaliban likes to be brushed on her back. She doesn't at all care for brushing anywhere else. And she has an extremely thick undercoat for a short haired cat. So she gets tufts on her back legs if I don't comb them out regularly. This often has to involve Brian holding her down to keep her from biting me while I brush them out.

Deirdre has such a smooth top coat and almost no undercoat that she doesn't really even shed. She never grows a "winter" coat at all. So I don't have a need to really brush her...although I do with a fine bristle brush periodically just to help distribute the natural oils. She tolerates that.

[HayleyRosie]

Hayley and Mandy love being brushed. Hayley purrs mad when I take the brush out. My problem is who to brush first.

Maya "tolerates it; Inka? She HATES it! I have to be real quick if I don't want a scratch on my hand...

[wolflady]

Both Marius and Scooter like to be brushed, which is a good thing because it's major shedding season now! I've noticed that they shed so much more than they did when we lived in Indiana. Now that we're in California, it's warmer longer....so that means shedding longer! :eek: :rolleyes:

[jenluckenbach]

At one end of the spectrum is AMBER. (the LONG hair!!!!) of course she HATES it. She makes me so mad.:mad:

And at the other end of the spectrum is RUTHERFORD. He CAN NOT get enough of it.

[Uabassoon]

Tibby doesn't mind it too much, but she thinks we are playing a game so she tries to eat the brush most of the time. Corkscrew hates being brushed, sometimes if he's half alseep he'll let me brush him.

[moosmom]

Mollie Rose = Loves is and comes running when I tap the comb on the chair.

MooShoo = Hates it. He SHOULD, he has no fur! LOL :D

Maya Linn = Can take it or leave it.

Doogie = Is okay with it but bites the comb after a while.

Carley the Curly Girl = Loves it, lays in my arms like a baby to have her belly comed.

Eli = Loves it.

Shortie = Loves it. Butts in whenever I comb anybody or even have the comb in my hand.

General consensus - YUP!!

[aklor]

Ananda the shorthair LOVES to be brushed

Loki the longhair Hates it and will start biting/snapping at about the third stroke...

Go figure

[Pam]

Trevor ~ loves it. Will follow you to the end of the earth if you have a brush in your hand.

Andy ~ puts up with it but usually ends up biting the brush.

[ScantyNebula]

Toby doesn't mind it .. although most of the time i have to walk around the room following him with the brush cause he just won't sit still!

[Lorraine]

my sammy used to think that it was a game, he would grab the brush wrestle with it, strangle it and kick it with his back feet, not ever waiting long enough to see if it felt good or not, but he was recently neutered,and the vet tech brushed him, I guess while he was still groggy from the surgery, when I went to pick him up, the girl had him in his lap brushing him, and sammy was purring like a motor boat! Now he loves it!!!l:)

[Felicia's Mom]

Felicia has to have her fur brushed every night just after I get into bed.

Beau does not like to be brushed for too long.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Storm seems to enjoy it and won't fight me. He's usually purring too. His mind is on the treat he gets afterward. This is why he's so cooperative. The only problem is that he thinks that when I get the brush out or after I brush one of his brothers that he deserves a treat. He doesn't get the concept that he must be brushed first then he gets the treat. :)

Sunny can be good some of the time. I sometimes have to chase him around and catch him before I can brush him. Sometimes he enjoys it so much that he'll just stretch out and roll over to be sure that I don't miss a spot. Other times he's so wiggly and uncooperative that I have to keep chasing him each time I clean the brush out.

Cirrus loves to be brushed. He'll stretch out and start purring very loudly. I haven't tried to brush his belly yet but maybe some day. :)

[shais_mom]

Kylie tolerates it.
She lets me brush her back and chest but her belly that needs it NO WAY!

[AmberLee]

Cassy (DSH) adores it -- thinks brushing is a kind of treat itself.

Livvy (DLH) tolerates it, sigh... And she's the one with furball problems, of course.

[Cheshirekatt]

Elvis can be in a dead sleep and if you open the drawer that his brush is in he'll come running. You could brush him for hours (even the "wrong" way!) and he'll never get enough. The other cats get a little tweaked out by it. Almost like they sort of like it, but it gets them all over-stimulated and they might bite the brush or scratch your hand.

[Kirsten]

Originally posted by Edwina's Secretary
There wasn't an option for Edwina. She allows it but HATES, HATES, HATES being brushed. She would rather have her nails clipped. During brushing she growls, hiss, and moans. She has short but very thick fur. In the winter we keep the house rather cool (especially in the day time) so her coat gets really dense.

Here she is making faces.....

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/pe2d2cbe7c105339a6ea888e0781e9216/fcb8c617.jpg

Ah, how could I forget that option for Lady Edwina! :) How generous of you to let your secretary do something to you you're detesting so much!

Great picture! :)

Kirsten

[Kirsten]

sorry, double post