Is Your Cat a Loud Groomer? Olga Actually Is!

Hello, I’m Christopher! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and my foolish Russian Blue cat, Olga.

First-time homeowners are sometimes stunned when their cats’ grooming noise drowns out the quantity from the tv or stereo. I didn’t notice it was a lot of an issue till I learn a number of posts from irritated homeowners complaining about their noisy cats. Extreme grooming is unhealthy and sometimes the results of allergy symptoms, nervousness, and different well being issues, however loud grooming isn’t uncommon or dangerous.

Excessive-Decibel Grooming

My Siamese cat stayed clear and groomed his fur constantly till he obtained kidney illness, however he didn’t make as a lot noise as Olga. Olga’s coat isn’t as dense and doesn’t shed as usually, and though it shouldn’t take her lengthy to wash it, she devotes a number of her time to grooming and desires everybody to listen to it.

Her lip-smacking is loud sufficient to wake mild sleepers, however I’m used to it. She likes to cover and sneak up on me, and her plans are foiled when a sudden urge to groom interferes along with her stealthy method. Her grooming racket lets me know the place she is once I’m too lazy to seek for her and supplies a chance to tease her when she’s close by.

Teasing Olga

After I imitate the sounds she makes, she stops grooming and offers me an evil glare. Since she has lived with me for a number of years, she’s used to being teased, however she doesn’t tolerate bodily contact throughout her licking periods. If I mess up her just lately groomed hair, she tears up my hand along with her claws.

I don’t counsel discouraging the habits in case you have a loud groomer. Interrupting your cat’s grooming by imitating them often isn’t inhumane, however shouting or throwing one thing at them when the lip-smacking annoys you is. Except you put on noise-canceling headphones or transfer to a different space of your own home when your cat is grooming, there’s not a lot to do however settle for it.

Indoor Freedom

I’m fairly tolerant of Olga’s odd habits and doubtless permit her to get away with greater than most cat homeowners. Like many individuals with indoor cats, I remorse confining her indoors, although it’s the most secure possibility. She’s a pure predator and explorer, and I want she had extra space to run, climb, and pounce.

I don’t let her soar on the countertop, however she will be able to scratch up her favourite chair, slam the rocking chair in opposition to the wall, play within the unused bathtub of the spare rest room, and sleep wherever. She’s a quiet cat, and it entertains me when she makes a number of noise so long as it doesn’t contain knocking workplace provides and gadgets off of the desk in my workplace.

Olga isn’t as violent and harmful as she was as a kitten, and he or she’s by no means eaten my garments or defecated on my mattress. She’s spoiled rotten however moderately well-behaved. I don’t let her get away with homicide, however I’m not strict or care when she acts insane. Since Olga is an indoor-only cat, she has restricted methods to entertain herself, and he or she’s blissful I don’t act like an authoritarian.