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Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain

by tomwiddles on 9/29/24, 10:21 AM with 8 comments

• by jey on 10/3/24, 4:42 AM

  > a grapefruit smell for olfactory stimulation

  An amusing choice because domestic cats absolutely hate the smell of citrus fruits. Try offering an orange peel to your cat to sniff, and they'll probably retch and look at you like "why would you do that?". (Which is good, because it's also significantly toxic to them.)

• by 11235813213455 on 10/3/24, 6:22 AM

  I think any domesticated animal would experiment the same health issues as their owner, due to confinement, etc..

• by wruza on 10/3/24, 6:14 AM

  I guess they could consider pre-existing technologies from the internet, namely the Happy Hoodie and Squish That Cat. Putting a cat into a dark familiar box with side opening also helps cause they tend to get anxious in new environments.

• by exikyut on 10/5/24, 10:25 PM

  New Scientist article (captured 3 weeks ago): https://archive.is/JQI4x

• by carabiner on 10/3/24, 6:54 AM

  lil babies

• by throw310822 on 10/3/24, 6:56 AM

  The famous kitpah.