Why Do Cats Preen?
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Cats are extremely fastidious by nature -- some healthy cats spend up to half of their waking hours grooming themselves. However, cats pick up preening behaviors in their earliest moments, when their mother licks them. Grooming is natural and healthy, but too little and too much preening can cause for concern.
Healthy Preening
Cats primarily preen to remove dirt, loose hair and other debris from their bodies. Cat tongues are rough because they are covered with little hooklike things that grab dirt and brush hair. Even young cats are able to reach most spots on their bodies with their tongues when they need a bath. Besides improving appearance, preening helps cats avoid detection by predators by removing odor-causing substances from their fur. Preening also functions as part of a cat's cooling process; saliva evaporation works like sweating and helps cats maintain healthy body temperature.
Social Preening
Grooming is a sign of affection in the cat world. Familiar cats groom each other for the same reasons humans hug or kiss. It is a sign of interest, pleasure and mutual trust. Some cats may preen each other during times of stress to induce relaxation, and preening may actually promote bonding and closeness between cats in the same household. Cats lick humans to show love and trust for their caretakers.
Emotional Preening
Preening is a soothing behavior for many cats, and some cats may groom themselves when bored, lonely, stressed or otherwise upset. If this happens only occasionally, it is normal behavior and requires no intervention. Sometimes, however, cats preen as a means of displacement. For example, when a cat becomes anxious but cannot respond with aggression or by running and hiding, he may engage in grooming to reduce his anxiety level. While this type of behavior may be an effective solution for short-term stress, it is not healthy long-term.
Compulsive Preening
Chronic anxiety and displacement often leads to compulsive preening, a condition characterized by skin chewing and licking to the point of injury.
With time, even low levels of stimulation may trigger such compulsive behavior. Certain cat breeds are genetically predisposed to developing compulsive preening, according to Tufts University School of Medicine, but any cat exposed to ongoing stress or emotional discord is at risk. Skin allergies, chronic dry skin, and some other health conditions can also cause compulsive skin licking and chewing. Without treatment, compulsive grooming can lead to hair loss, skin sores, secondary infections, hairballs, intestinal obstruction and other complications.
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This fellow student was sitting on an arm chair and toying with a handkerchief ~ stretching it out and smoothening the edges in a slow & sliding movement.
She is "Preening"!
Meantime, her pet cat is sitting on the left side of her chair preening herself.
Hahaha!
She acted like a dowager empress and speaks condescendingly to me!
A VM proclaimed that this student's house is full of ghostly spirits!
Many students avoided contact with her and dare not visit her house.
But I sighted friendly spirits of with faces of snails, humans, etc.
They are very like dharmapalas, probably of lower ranking.
This fellow student is scared of dogs and really agitated when dogs bark at her.
She has 2 pet cats and her neighbourhood has lots of other cats too!
It is clear that this fellow student is possessed by a cat spirit that likes to act as queen.
Hahaha!
I was in her "den"!
Well?
Lets see what will she do next!
GM Lu said that One's karma needs to fully ripen for us to stretch out a compassionate hand to offer help.
GM Lu wrote an article about rearing pets and how they attract spirits and foul up the vicinity of the altar or even the altar proper.
I shared it in this blog and you can go refer.
With Metta
Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef
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