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Parent Walks In On Family Cat Giving Their Daughter A 'Spa Treatment' And It's Too Cute For Words
Kids and your cats. They have their own special relationship, don't they? Some kids might try and dress their cats up in costumes. While others try in vain to teach their kitty how to use the toilet. But one parent on the internet was cracking up when they saw the hijinks their kid and their cat got into. And it was absolutely adorable.
Thankfully the parent took their camera out, so they could share the hilarious scene when they saw.
In a video re-shared on TikTok, it shows a SnapChat clip that the adult took that day.
"Look what I walked into," the parent wrote on the video's onscreen caption.
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The clip shows the parent turning the corner into the doorway of their bedroom. And lo and behold they found their cat kneading their toddler's back while she lay facedown on the bed. It's almost like the cat was giving her a massage.
"My daughter just got out of the shower and she shouted come in. I came in to the bedroom to find THIS," they added in the text overlay.
The cat only stopped when they noticed the human watching them. It was almost like their mom or dad interrupted them while they were at work.
People in the comments section were cracking up. "Excuse me, do you have an appointment?" joked one person, as if reading the cat's mind. "Cat: um…do you mind..I'm working here," someone else kidded. "How is the pressure miss? Purrrrrrrrrfect," a third commenter teased.
You've probably heard the expression "making biscuits." That's when a cat uses their front paws to press into soft surfaces — almost like they're kneading dough.
It's not clear exactly why cats do this. I mean, it's not like they're raised to be tiny little bakers, right? But what is known is that kneading is instinctual. It's not something that cats learn.
The behavior usually starts when kittens knead their mother's mammary glands when nursing. The kneading stimulates milk flow and can release oxytocin, which is a hormone that helps them bond to their mother.
Interestingly, adult cats don't give up the behavior. Although it's not unusual for adult animals to retain juvenile traits into adulthood. What's more interesting is that a cat typically kneads on their favorite human or fellow pet in the household.
They aren't expecting to nurse, like they did when they were little. But cats do knead their favorite people as a way to bond.
So we guess this parent saw their cat bonding with their kid....Or preschool is really stressing her out and she needed someone to work on her shoulders.
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Man Urged To Divorce His Wife After She Dropped His Cat Off At An Animal Shelter Because She Was 'Pregnant And Miserable'
According to a 2022 survey conducted by Angi, almost 50% of pet owners agreed they would dump their partners if they weren't accepting of their beloved furry friend. This is exactly what people on Reddit urged one man to do after his pregnant wife got rid of his 16-year-old cat without his knowledge.
The wife became allergic to their cat during her second trimester and wanted him to be rehomed.When the man's wife was pregnant, she suddenly became allergic to cats — specifically their indoor cat, whom her husband raised since he was a kitten.
"We talked with our doctor and he said sometimes this can happen," the man explained in his Reddit post.
While there are things you can do to prevent allergic symptoms from appearing, such as not allowing the feline to enter the room in which you sleep, using an air filter, cleaning the house, grooming the cat or taking medication, his wife insisted there was only one answer — and that was to rehome the cat. The husband, however, disagreed.
"I don't want to do this — he's old, he only knows me and my wife, he only knows our home, he's not been around other people or animals," the man wrote. "I think it will be very stressful for him and at this age, it might just kill him."
When a senior cat is removed from the environment they know, they often will show aggressive behavior, such as hissing, not eating or drinking, and avoiding being touched. To imagine your beloved animal experiencing this is heartbreaking for many.
The man attempted to offer a compromise to his wife, one that would allow her to be comfortable without immediately rehoming the cat. He said that they could stay with her parents, who live ten minutes away, for the next three months while the cat stays in their home — with the husband checking on him every day, of course.
"If the allergies persist for her or the baby I can look into (very carefully) finding my cat a permanent new home," he said.
Photo: O_Zinchenko / Shutterstock
His wife was not all satisfied with his offer, accusing him of prioritizing the cat over the health of his wife and their first child.
"I just don't want to traumatize my cat over something that might be temporary. AITA?" he questioned.
While he considered options, his wife took it upon herself to remove the cat from their home."My brother lives a few hours away and he spent a few years living with my cat when we were younger, so I called him and explained the situation," the husband shared. "He agreed to adopt him but he was out of town so the soonest he could come pick him up was the weekend after next."
Unfortunately, his wife was still unhappy with this solution and wanted the cat gone now — not in two weeks.
"She became furious and said she was not going to leave our house and the cat had to go ASAP," he wrote. "I told her this was the best I could do. I was not going to give my cat away to whatever random person stopped by first."
His wife; however, had other ideas. One day, the man came home from work to find the house free of any fury animals. He asked his wife if she knew where his cat was, and was stunned by her response.
"I am pregnant and miserable, and you wouldn't get rid of him, so I did," she said. She proudly admitted to taking the cat to a local animal shelter. Furious, the husband immediately asked what shelter and went right out the front door.
As soon as he got to the shelter, he showed a picture of his cat to the workers. The employee knew exactly which cat was his and began apologizing.
"She said they put him with the other cats but later they were bringing in a large dog which they have to take dogs past the cat cages to the dog cages. The dog jumped at my cat's cage and barked at him, and my cat panicked and had a heart attack (her guess)," the man wrote. "He died. They gave me his body in a shoebox."
Related Stories From YourTango: The husband could not speak to his wife and considered divorce.Once he arrived home, he showed his wife the body of his cat without saying a word. She started apologizing, but he ignored her and went to bury his cat in their backyard. He called his brother and told him what happened.
"He started yelling into the phone that my wife murdered my cat and I need to reconsider my relationship," he wrote. "I just feel numb, I haven't said a word to my wife, I don't think I can even look at her. I don't know what I'm going to do," he ended his post.
Later, in the comments, he added, "Nothing will make it right. But I am not the reason he's dead, and I will never accept any reconciliation that includes the lie that I am."
This is a lesson to anyone whose partner, friend, or family member has a pet: They are not toys to be tossed around and forgotten.Over 85% of Americans own a pet and know just how loving, affectionate, and special they are, and losing a pet you've spent such a significant amount of time with is grief-inducing.
While the wife's hesitation to keep the cat is understandable given her difficult pregnancy, removing the cat from the home without allowing her husband to find a different home he'd be more comfortable sending the cat to live is a surefire way to build resentment in the relationship.
Lauren Reams is a writer at YourTango who covers entertainment and news.
Street Family Gains Support Network, Safety: 'We All Look Out For Each Other'
"They're my friends. … It's hard with not seeing them," he said.
The transitionSabrina Thayer knows how difficult it can be to leave a found family to move into housing. She had been homeless with her husband for about a year when the pandemic hit. Living on the street was an incredibly lonely time for them, but moving into Vancouver's first Safe Stay transitional shelter, The Outpost, changed that.
She found family among the people living there, she said. So when she received the keys to her tiny home months later, it was bittersweet.
"At first, it is difficult because you're used to the routine and all the noise. When you go to your own place, it's not the same. It's just silence," she said.
Unless you've experienced the bonds someone can form while homeless, it's hard to understand that transition, she said.
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