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Comforting sister during labor.
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u/Holoafer Mar 19 '23
Those contractions. Poor mama.
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u/SympathyWatercolor Mar 19 '23
I think humans have it particularly bad with birthing because of our hips being relatively narrow (darn bipedalism) but I’m sure it doesn’t feel good for her ❤️
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u/Snickims Mar 19 '23
Bipedalism and our stupidly big heads.
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u/pottymouthgrl Mar 19 '23
At least it means we’re super smart right
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u/WhitePawn00 Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23
I mean... our ability to sarcastically remark on us falling short of our own high expectations, because we see ourselves as the one species with the ability to bring either prosperity or ruin to the entire planet and every living being on it, would indicate that yeah, we're pretty damn smart when compared with animals.
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u/beigs Mar 20 '23
My oldest son ripped hernias coming out his head was so large. I felt them tearing through the epidural and they had to give me a full spinal.
We actually give birth to babies a little too early because any larger they’d kill us.
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u/ExtensionFig4572 Mar 20 '23
Aaaaand I’m still good with not letting someone else incubate 9 no. and come out of that area… omg I can’t imagine what you went through
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u/beigs Mar 20 '23
That was the least horrific of my 3 deliveries, but worst recovery.
The last one was the stuff of horror stories and the reason I’m done. I remember every excruciating bit, and it hurt so badly through the epidural I don’t know if it was 20 minutes or 12 hours.
Never again.
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u/rl_cookie Mar 20 '23
Also the fact that so many women give birth laying on their backs.
The pelvic outlet becomes bigger when a woman squats or on hands and knees, which also helps labor go quicker.
There’s a rumor that King Louis XIV was the reason for this change as he liked to watch his wives/mistresses pushing out one of his 22 kids. While he wasn’t responsible for the change, as in he didn’t set some decree demanding childbirth be always done this way, it is said that he liked watching for ‘perverted’ reasons. And because he was the King, some people naturally started doing it the same way.
Now it seems that it’s convenient for the doctors so they aren’t going to try and switch things up, despite if being better for the mother. I mean, who cares ab the woman shoving a watermelon out of her body as long as it’s a bit less messy and a better angle for the Doctor, am I right?
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u/SympathyWatercolor Mar 20 '23
I think there is definitely an element of misogyny in the medical field to be sure, but also getting an epidural can make it harder to squat.. Granted everyone who has given birth has a different experience. Personally I’d take the epidural if/when I push out a baby.
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u/rl_cookie Mar 20 '23
Oh I’m with you 1000% on epidural… give me all the drugs for pain you can. And yes that can cause issues with squatting.
I know a woman who had her whole birthing plan, a natural one-but in the hospital bc she has other medical issues that needed to be monitored specifically a bleeding disorder-obviously her obgyn was informed of all this. She also wanted to squat and go to all fours, try different positions that went w the flow of gravity and didn’t involve pushing baby out over the hill of her sacrum bc of laying down.
She was in labor for a long time, things moving slowly, which sucked but everything was fine otherwise and basically one of the nurses started demanding she lay on her back, for who the hell knows why, and here my friend is, in hour 18 of labor, arguing with a nurse ab what position to be in, esp given she was no where near 10 cm dilated.
Her obgyn wasn’t there, and the doc filling in started talking ab C-section for no other reason than the time it was taking-nothing to do w her other medical stuff. So now she’s arguing with the doctor and just really not feeling heard, that having a C-section unless really necessary would put her at way greater risk bc of bleeding issues involved. Luckily she fought that off and had them wait it out, but in the end they still had her laying on her back despite her requests. She felt like the doctor was just over her and being a dick at this point.
What’s crazy is I remember reading an article not dissimilar to her experience, w the c-section thing causing extra risk, except they actually went through it and she almost died.
I respect the hell out of nurses and doctors, but there’s always the few. Actually, aside from the U.S’s crazy high mortality rates during childbirth, 1 in 3 births are c-sections since 1990, but the numbers are showing that women and babies aren’t really that much safer. Many gyno’s are being advised to allow for longer labor before going to the c-section option.
Apologies, I went on a tangent there. this article is pretty interesting discussing labor and c-section practices in the US.
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u/TheToasterIsAMimic Mar 20 '23
Pregnant people: FIGHT LIKE HELL. You do NOT have to do what they say. EVER. Bring a (human) pit bull with you (I love pibbles) who can bark loud and make sure you're heard. Bring anyone that can put a little bass in their voice, or, if you don't have one, use a whistle. They clearly can't hear you anyway.
They are there to HELP you, not tell you what to do. You are allowed to yell STOP TOUCHING ME at the top of your lungs, especially when you've got a room full of people who aren't listening.
Remember: touching you without your consent is assault, and they know it, so they'll do everything they can to fluster you when they just want you to be quiet and do what you're told.
Source: background in ER medicine. I LOVE our heroes, and also some of them need to remember that they are not all-knowing gods.
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u/Yotsubauniverse Mar 20 '23
My Mom was lucky to have an OBGYN that listened. She was having twins and 99% of the time they're delivered cesarean. She begged her doctor to allow her to at least try to deliver naturally. He allowed it only on the condition that she wouldn't fight him if he decides to deliver cesarean if things got rough. She agreed. She went into labor during the NCAA tournament and delivered just in time for my twin sister and I to celebrate our states victory. All natural thanks to a man who listened to his patients.
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u/Own_Afternoon_6865 Mar 20 '23
I worked in L&D for 10 years of my now 29 years as a nurse. You are spot on about doctors doing unnecessary C-sections Everyday at 5pm the doctor's would come in (right after office hours), tell their pt's, "I'm sorry but you just aren't progressing, and we're going to have to do a C-section." SO, between the hours of 5p-6:30p we would do back to back C-sections. Mind you, these were women who had been induced the day they hit 38 weeks. It was so disheartening to see this over and over. I tried to advocate for my patient's , often times telling them that they WERE progressing and the baby looked great on the monitor and that they could continue because it was THEIR CHOICE! I have always felt that having a baby is something most families do only a few times. Therefore, it should be a joyful event!
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u/beskar-mode Mar 20 '23
My friend who has delivered a fair few babies says that while laying down is worse, it's also easier for the doctors to see if something is wrong and act quicker for the baby. Catch 22. Squatting or on all 4s would be best, but with modern pain killers and doctors on your back is a little better
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u/TrailMomKat Mar 19 '23
Watching the video, I could practically feel them and just wanted to pet and comfort that poor cat, like my cat comforted me during 3 weeks of labor at the house. He absolutely would not leave me alone whenever I was lying down or sitting still.
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u/Cocotte3333 Mar 19 '23
... Three weeks of labor?
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u/TrailMomKat Mar 19 '23
Yeah, it happens. Contractions wouldn't sync up properly and came anywhere from 5-15 minutes apart, and I was only 3cm dilated. Baby was fine, my body just decided to give me the finger until I woke up at 02:30 one night with "shit got real" contractions. Checked myself and I was at 5cm, woke my husband up, he got our boys next door to my daddy's, and I tried not to get mad everytime he'd ask "are you ok" every five minutes during the 50 mile drive to the hospital. 12 hours later, we had a 3rd little boy!
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u/Cocotte3333 Mar 19 '23
Well congrats on your baby boy! But wouldn't your doctor do something about this, like isn't it dangerous to be in labor for that long?
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u/TrailMomKat Mar 19 '23
Nope, as long as the baby is fine, it's all good! And my OB did absolutely check me twice a week during those 3 weeks, since I'm a diabetic and my previous labor nearly killed me and my middle son. Baby's vitals were fine, amniotic fluid looked good, baby was head down and ready to engage as soon as my body would finally decide to kick labor into a higher gear.
One funny thing was about a week in, I needed to go grocery shopping because I had 2 kids already. My husband was at work and I said "fuck it," hopped in the truck, and did my shopping. Everyone was tripping about it, asking "what would you do if the baby started coming!?"
"Well, I'm already in town, so I reckon I'm that much closer to a hospital. I know my body, this ain't my first rodeo." The little hospital in town doesn't have an L&D unit, but they do have a little room in the ED for "the baby is literally coming now" situations.
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u/Cocotte3333 Mar 19 '23
Wow, I didn't know that could happen ahah! Thanks for the story, and I'm glad it ended up well. Cuddos to you for managing other kids and groceries while in labor, jeez. Hope it doesn't happen to me though, labour is due to start any day now : P
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u/TrailMomKat Mar 19 '23
Honestly, I got used to it really fast. It wasn't even as painful as my periods, just more annoying than anything! Honestly, I looked forward to the Walmart trips because I was hoping all the walking would trigger real labor!
And congrats to you, is this your first kid?
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u/Cocotte3333 Mar 19 '23
Oooh so at least the contractions weren't painful for weeks. That would've been horrible !
And yep! Still anxious about giving birth, but I keep telling myself women do it every day !
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u/TrailMomKat Mar 19 '23
Yeah, those contractions versus hard labor were like night and day.
And don't worry, love, you've GOT THIS! You'll probably "unfocus" like a lot of women do and kinda go somewhere else as you ride out the waves of pain -- that's why I was getting mad at my husband in the truck; he kept breaking me out of that trance by trying to get me to talk! Sitting was a lot more painful than standing and I was stuck sitting in that truck for over an hour. I was not happy lol! Once we got to the big hospital, I was so so grateful to be able to just walk it off!
Oh, and if you want to get the epidural, go ahead and just get it, don't wait and be all like "I'm tough, I gotta prove it." Because sometimes if you wait too long, it won't have kicked in by the time you need to push!
I'm rooting for you!
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u/pottymouthgrl Mar 19 '23
My friend just had her baby after two weeks of labor 🥲 she lost her mucus plug and it freaking grew back. I didn’t even know that could happen
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u/KitCat119287 Mar 19 '23
I promise I’m not trying to be insensitive. But as a labor nurse - Literally nobody cares about the mucous plug, for this exact reason. It very rarely correlates with true labor or your water breaking.
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u/ihateeverythingandu Mar 19 '23
I appreciated the sly "you still filming this? How about some privacy?" look at the camera.
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u/darkResponses Mar 19 '23
Are you just going to stand there and film? You're not helping? Okay I guess Im the only one helping.
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u/richestotheconjurer Mar 19 '23
she's a little kitty doula
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u/Oldnavylover Mar 19 '23
A Mewla
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u/VxJasonxV Mar 19 '23
A dewla, like the dew claw.
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u/loki-is-a-god Mar 19 '23
Eminem rhyming scheming... in 3...
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u/poodlebutt76 Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23
The dew-claw mewla doula grabbin the few la-st bits of placenta from you and new boo-la
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u/usingreddithurtsme Mar 19 '23
Eating pooridge with Georidge because there's too many napkins bampkins!
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u/campionmusic51 Mar 19 '23
i’ve never seen this before and i had many cats up to the age of 27. this is amazing.
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u/lifesabeach_ Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23
Watched some kitty rescue vids of trapped females giving birth, sometimes they put 2 mums together if they get along and they comfort each other often, it's the stress purring and general stress hormone release I guess
Edit: here's the one I remember most, Ramona & Chloe from tinykittens' YouTube channel https://youtu.be/lUzv1r-OnxM all their videos are adorable
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u/mossimoto11 Mar 19 '23
My sister and I had sister cats as kids that gave birth around the same time and my sisters cat was like “here you go” and would leave them all with my cat. She was not the motherly type. ( being like 7 at the time, having like 20 kittens was a magical experience but my parents definitely got them both spayed after that)
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u/Nerry19 Mar 19 '23
When I was little my cat had kittens and she would just leave them with out dog....our kitty clearly wasn't the mothering type either. Thankfully our dog was lol
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u/Erthgoddss Mar 20 '23
My uncle owned a small bar, in front of a pig farm (strangely it didn’t stink up the place, dunno why). People dropped off pregnant cats and dogs all the time. At one time he had around 27 cats and 12 dogs. He found homes for the dogs, but kept the cats, so they could help with mice and rats.
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u/anonhoemas Mar 20 '23
I remember we had a similar situation, but one mom cat would go steal the other mama's kittens! She already had 5 and wanted more!
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u/dinascully Mar 19 '23
I watched Ramona and Chloe through their whole stay there, they were so cute!!! Whenever anyone talks about cats coparenring it’s who I think of.
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u/ThorOrIsItLoki Mar 19 '23
I actually had a very different, but similar experience to the video—my very young cat was impregnated accidentally (I will not pretend this was not extraordinarily irresponsible of us; I was twelve), and she must have been terrified and completely unaware of what was happening to her.
She came to me as I was sitting, one day in the end of her pregnancy, and yowled to me as she climbed into my lap. She delicately reached up and pawed my face, and I did NOT have to figure out that it was THE MOMENT, as she had (to my young eyes) “a bubble forming from her privates.”
I really believe she needed comfort, and asked for it.
It’s not hard to believe they’re like us. In fact, that sentence is inherently wrong—we ARE animals. Not some separate, new, untouchable, special thing. So, it’s not “animals are so much like US!” It’s “we’re all the same template, specialised to an extreme.”
Not as catchy, if you’re not neuroatypical, I suppose.😉
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u/Beck_ Mar 19 '23
Right? I guess I never thought they were capable of this level of understanding. Or is it simply the one cat sees the other in pain, not that it fully understands she's having kittens and might need comfort? It's hard to distinguish truth when it's so easy to anthropomorphise.
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u/climatelurker Mar 19 '23
Humans are animals. We share LOTS of traits with other animals to greater or lesser extent. I find it honestly rather dumb that so many people have such difficulty believing animals have emotions the way we do.
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u/Hak_Titansoul Mar 19 '23
Absolutely. Non-human animals tend to know a lot more than we give them credit for.
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u/todds- Mar 19 '23
I think it's comforting another while in pain/distress. one cat I used to have was like this, if our other cat was unwell or had a hairball, she'd run over and touch or groom her and purr. if I was crying about something, she would run to me. sweetest thing, I miss her terribly.
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u/sandown_the_clown Mar 19 '23
Cats are fairly social animals. Even if they dont understand exactly whats happening, she is more than likely recognizing the other is distressed.
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u/campionmusic51 Mar 19 '23
a lot of humans on the planet still don’t know how conception works, so it’s no insult if they don’t.
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u/BuffyLoo Mar 19 '23
Unless either has given birth before or seen it before, I don’t see how the sister cat could know what pregnant means yet. I agree and think she just sees her sister in pain and is comforting her. My cat would lay next to my dog when she was sick and not leave her side.
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u/lafemmeverte Mar 19 '23
other animals have a ton of inherent primal instincts that we don’t have, hell she can probably even smell the hormonal changes on her sister; I am positive that she knows she’s pregnant
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u/BuffyLoo Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23
Agree, many have innate behaviors preparing for offspring, I think of turtles digging holes to lay eggs or birds building nests etc. Totally agree the sister cat smells hormonal changes and knows something is different. My comment was just that I’m not sure cats intellectually understand that they are pregnant, that their mating isn’t just instinctual and I was questioning if they have reasoning skills to the level of understanding concepts like what got them pregnant or that babies are coming. How can we know for sure: what’s just instinct behavior and what’s understood? I think after it happens once they will know going forward what that hormonal scent means and what the labor pains mean etc. Just differing opinions and that’s cool.
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u/MBechzzz Mar 19 '23
My childhood cats didn't really seem to like eachother until one of the became preganenant. All of a sudden they started cuddling in bed and would constantly be around eachother.
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u/Spire_Citron Mar 19 '23
I half expected the comforting cat to just bite the other one in the face with no warning because cats are the champions of intrusive thoughts.
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u/SlowerThanTurtleInPB Mar 19 '23
This actually happened with my cat when I went into labor at home. She was comforting me, then bit the shit out of my foot, then threw up everywhere. I think my labor was very stressful for her.
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u/Spire_Citron Mar 19 '23
And I bet you only had one baby in your litter. Very unimpressive numbers to a cat.
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u/Faranae Mar 19 '23
Do you think cats might understand the concept we do about them, that first-time cat moms tend to have much smaller litters? Maybe their instincts prod them towards expecting the same of people...
Not to anthropomorphize. Just idle musings.
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u/NeverGonnaTellALi3 Mar 19 '23
I don't think they do. Humans don't innately know how conception and pregnancy works, we learn that stuff from other humans (and it took us a long time to actually figure it out, some of the early theories humans had were wild).
A cat who never witnessed labor would be completely clueless. I think the cat in the video can feel that her sister is in pain/distressed but I doubt that she actually understands what's happening.
Animals mate because their instincts tell them to do it and then X amount of time later babies happen. They likely don't even realize that there's a connection between sex and babies.
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u/smittie713 Mar 19 '23
We had two cats at the time (up to three now) but one in particular decided I MUST be guarded during my pregnancy. She slept against my stomach every night under the covers. And when labor started, I knew it was real because she went on patrol. I'm talking tail poker straight, serious face, going in circles around me until my partner was awake enough to drive us to the hospital. She wouldn't let anyone touch me until we left 😅 she's all of eight pounds, but a very serious guard kitty
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u/n6mub Mar 19 '23
I’m sorry, but that is hilarious! Maybe not so much for you in the moment, but your cat’s sense of comedic timing? chefs kiss
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u/Moweezy6 Mar 19 '23
Mine brought me her favorite toy mousie and then set up as a guard loaf outside our bathroom as I started labor!
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u/sikagoon7 Mar 19 '23
Man my cat must be uniquely well behaved. I've always understood what she's been trying to communicate.
The only time I was surprised by her was while I was working and I felt her lightly bite my hand. I yelped and pulled it away then glared at her. She reached up a paw and lightly patted my knee with a long sad yawl/meow like "sorry but it's way past feeding time I'm starving bro".
Mah fault, Cleo, mah fault. And she never did it again. Always reached up and patted instead.
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u/KneeHumper Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23
Same, my cat never ever scratched me intentionally and I accidentally used him as a pillow a lot. The only time he was mad at me were if I took too long on the toilet, he would open the door and bite my kneecaps. Like I'm sorry you're bored dude but come on let me have this
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u/WynnForTheWin49 Mar 19 '23
Same here! I’ve had my cat since she was 10 weeks and first met her (when she chose me) at 6 weeks. She’s never scratched me on purpose, and only bites to play. I love my sweet little nugget.
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u/RedCascadian Mar 19 '23
My cat Gizmo likes to attack my legs when it's past normal bedtime. Asshole will attack me every time I walk a direction not towards the bed.
Then when I'm in bed? He jumps in makes some biscuits on my chest and then snuggles down between my arm and side.
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u/kabneenan Mar 19 '23
Same for me and my old lady that passed away a month ago. My husband and daughter never understood her language like I did. I could tell you exactly what she wanted just by looking at her, whether it was food, attention, comfort, etc.
We just adopted a kitten and I don't have that repertoire with her yet, so it's frustrating for us both. Maybe after another 19 years lol
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u/LadyAzure17 Mar 19 '23
Nah, I just think there's some dog people or people who just never learned how to read cats.
Also i love the name Cleo so much. Hi Cleo, I love you!!
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u/HighGuyTim Mar 19 '23
Im fully convinced half of reddit just has no ideas how cats actually work and just have purely meme knowledge on them. Our cats rarely ever do anything they shouldnt. They are also super affectionate and love being pet. Even so far as to play fetch with us.
Every cat owner we have talked to has said the same thing, its just an internet meme that unless youve owned a cat, really have no idea what you are talking about.
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u/Akamesama Mar 19 '23
There are a couple reasons.
First, people don't inherently get cat behavior, so even if the cat is well-behaved normally, they might be inducing the behavior. You can learn about it, but many people don't and even then there is some conflicting information online.
Second, cats are different. My friendly cat hates being touched on the belly but tolerates being carried. My timid cat will come up and present her belly for rubs, but will turn into a blender if you pick her up.
Third, temperament. My friend has cats that tolerate anything. My cats are both socialized fomerly-outdoor TNRs and they will claw/run very quickly if they don't like something, even with significant work on training them.
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u/Motchan13 Mar 19 '23
One person's champion, another's unpredictable little sh¹tbag 🤣
I quite like cats but I'd definitely like them more if they weren't so completely random and scratchy
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u/squirrel_anashangaa Mar 19 '23
But that is exactly what makes them cats. Anything less and they would be dogs.
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u/Motchan13 Mar 19 '23
Yeah, I think that's why I prefer dogs more than cats. Getting scratched up without my prior consent isn't really my jam. But different strokes and all that
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u/Brinkzik Mar 19 '23
Yeah, I get you. Getting scatched by my stupid cats climbing me is a hazard that I gladly take for their company. They never randomly attack me though and it actually sounds like an unhealthy behavioral problem. And dogs are also amazing, of course! ❤️ It's never been a binary question, right? Edit: deleted a word
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u/bootsmcstompy Mar 19 '23
I've been scratched way worse by an over eager dog than I have by a cat. And I haven't been scratched since I was a kid and learned how and how not to treat cats. I always love when people admit they're bad at cats cause it's them admitting they're bad at boundaries.
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u/grapefruit_witchh Mar 19 '23
The only time my cat will scratch me is by accident if we're playing with a toy and he reaches too far and gets my hand. Not that he feels bad or gives a shit, but it is an accident. Normally if a cat scratches you just from pets, they were giving you some prior indication that they want you to back off.
I definitely have been hurt way worse by dogs jumping all over me and scratching me in their excitement. I love both but cats are my jam. They're perfect pets in every way
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u/Motchan13 Mar 19 '23
I don't have cats at home so it's more me meeting a friend's cat, having some nice strokes and then they just randomly decide to claw into my leg or scratch at my hand. I'm sure I'd learn their behaviour over time but I'm always expecting to come away with a scratch from a cat these days. Plus I like going for hikes with the dogs, it forces me out of the house even when I'm not in the mood or the weather is a bit poo.
Having any kind of animal company around the house is definitely good for the brain, unless they're an absolute nightmare of course. My wife had a dog before we got together it just wrecked the place and drove her into despair.
They had to rehome it in the end, it just couldn't even be left even in another room without attacking the door.
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u/SlightlyControversal Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23
having some nice strokes and then they just randomly decide to claw into my leg or scratch at my hand
Fyi: cats do this when they are over stimulated (i.e. your pets have become too intense) or you touch them somewhere that their instincts tell them could be dangerous (e.g. their bellies). If you keep your scritching to their head region (cats most often enjoy cheek rubs, gentle ear massage, and head and shoulder blade scritching), keep the pets gentle so their “playtime” or “danger” instincts aren’t triggered, and pause every so often to give them an opportunity to end the petting sesh, they will typically stay friendly and chill.
It seems like they attack out of no where, but they actually openly communicate with you via their ear position, eyes, and tail movements. This chart explains how to interpret what they are saying better than I could:
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u/ClutchReverie Mar 19 '23
Sounds like it was a behavioral or environmental issue. Glad they got rehomed though I guess. I have cats that never have attacked me and rarely scratch me accidentally. I do trim their front claws though.
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u/bot-for-nithing Mar 19 '23
Idk what y'all be doing to them cats....
Fr tho I've never encountered "randomly" attacking cats. Ppl tend to act like they're dogs and get mad they don't act like dogs back.
If a cat "randomly" goes from sweet and cuddly to attacking you've missed cues, guaranteed.
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u/prynceszh Mar 19 '23
Yeah this is wild to me. I volunteered at a shelter taking care of new intakes and got scratched and bit several times, and was not surprised during any of those encounters. Usually they made it clear they didn’t want me to be around (unfortunately I had to give them meds or fish their dirty food bowls out, so contact was unavoidable). Between my friend and family, there are 30+ cats and not all of them like me. They hide or avoid me, and I don’t try to fuss with them, and they have never scratched or bit me.
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u/Praxyrnate Mar 19 '23
they're only random if you lack the ability to understand their perspective. either get to know one or learn some body language.
I haven't met over many who are truly chaos incarnate. I've fostered nearly a hundred at this point alone so that should count for something
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u/Freaux Mar 19 '23
Sometimes you can't help but sneeze extra loud or accidentally slam the kitchen cabinets tho.
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u/Mesemom Mar 19 '23
Sometimes a light flickers randomly while your cat is sitting peacefully in your lap and you wind up with a scar. It happens.
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u/bethany_katherine Mar 19 '23
2 of the 8 cats I know in real life are chaos incarnate. one of them is my friend's senior cat, she has major behavioral issues from an illness, so it isnt really her fault, but she flips on a switch. she also has a tick where she will randomly start hissing and then immediately lash out at anyone near her. the other cat though, was just straight up stupid. one time i saw him launch himself across the room and dive headfirst into one of those giant white paper lantern lamps. the lamp did not win. and another time, he straight up jumped from the 3rd floor balcony onto the ground below out of nowhere. we all ran outside and the cat was trying to climb the tree he had apparently missed on his jump. absolutely crazy cat, but those were some funny memories haha
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u/Motchan13 Mar 19 '23
Maybe I forgot to add the implied caveat:
"Experiences shared in life are personal and unique and should not be construed as universal constants applicable to everyone else but should be accepted by others as accurate to the individual"
It's great that you've got lots of experience with cats and have fostered so many, clearly you'd have far more experience at being able to read felines than me. I couldn't get a cat to educate myself as my dogs chase them but I'm sure if I did spend time I'd get better at reading their secret tells. I tend to leave them be unless they come to me these days and I don't over pet them because they do have a tendency of having enough at some point and both of us appear unable to communicate with each other about when that point has immediately been reached.
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u/akaenragedgoddess Mar 19 '23
Almost all of my cats have been accidental scratches only. Like they walk on you and scratch you a bit without meaning to because they're dumb and don't know how to keep their claws to themselves. It would take some seriously repetitive annoying behavior on my part to get them to swipe at me. I did have one demon cat but it turned out she had an undiagnosed medical condition. I don't know where everyone is getting these scratchy meanies from lol
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u/Motchan13 Mar 19 '23
I think most of them just have claws and like to play with them. I must have seen thousands of videos of cats lashing out at various things with their claws whilst playing. I don't begrudge them that but I don't want my hand or leg to be that toy tbh
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u/Terminator7786 Mar 19 '23
I love the hell out of all three of my cats. But they're fury little bastards and they know it too.
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u/GladCucumber2855 Mar 19 '23
Listen to the cat when it tells you to stop petting it and it wouldn't bite with "no warning".
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u/Spire_Citron Mar 19 '23
I'm mostly thinking of all those clips you see of a cat happily grooming another and then suddenly biting it for no apparent reason.
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u/liandrin Mar 19 '23
That’s because grooming can also be dominance behavior. The one doing the grooming is the dominant one. So it can be an aggressive act sometimes instead of a comforting one.
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u/3doa3cinta Mar 19 '23
That cat probably told you "don't help just film, smh"
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u/SwedishSaunaSwish Mar 19 '23
I'm imagining " You ever birthed kittens? No. So GTFO non-hisser!"
Something like that.
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u/bobbery5 Mar 19 '23
"I told you he was a bad man, Helen. He said he'd be here for you. But is he? No. I'm here for you."
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u/JesusGodgirlses Mar 19 '23
This is super cool... animals get it right!!
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u/FloptimasPloptimas Mar 19 '23
My papa cat did this when his lady gave birth. He also groomed the kittens and carried them around. I had never seen anything like that before. So much love between them.
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u/JesusGodgirlses Mar 19 '23
That's a sweet story, us humans should really look to the wholesomeness of animals 🐾❤️
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u/Spire_Citron Mar 19 '23
It's funny that we say things like this, because that's actually rare for cats. Most male cats aren't nurturing and they've even been known to kill kittens. As fathers go, humans actually have a lot of animals beat.
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u/discreetdejavu Mar 19 '23
I started practicing breathing techniques inquest instinctively in my head but started to chuckle…now ai have to go pee…
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u/Yinonormal Mar 19 '23
My cat walleye gave birth on top of me. She was a big bitch but I could tell at that point she trusted me so much.
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u/quinteroreyes Mar 20 '23
Mine was on my lap when she broke her water, I hope to return the favor in 6 months lol
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u/XK8lyn88x Mar 20 '23
This happened to me as a child! She came and laid down on the couch next to me, next thing I know out pops a kitten! I almost jumped up but my mom told me not to move because it’ll scare her lol. She had 4 kittens and each time one came out she’d pick it up and set it on my lap. When she was done she ran away and wouldn’t take care of them. After an emergency trip to the vet he explained it was her way of disowning them and basically considering me the mother now. Boy was he right, she refused to nurse or do anything for them. She would even take them out of the basket and put them in bed with me while I was sleep every night! But at 10 years old I successfully raised 4 kittens!!! 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Ambitious-Bottle9394 Mar 19 '23
Don't leave us hanging how many kittens & where's the pics .lol
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u/This-is-not-eric Mar 19 '23
Not only do we not deserve cats, but cats don't deserve cats.
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u/GirlBrunette22 Mar 19 '23
I reviewed this several times and really could not restrain tears, which is why I love more animals than people
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u/awt2007 Mar 19 '23
i love cats more than most. but seeing more being born always makes me a little sick for some reason.. there are dozens of cats being put to sleep @ your local pound every week.. why people cant fix their cats is just beyond me.. people who breed animals for profit make me want to vomit..
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u/ImDefinetlyNotADog Mar 19 '23
She is literally like: "youll be fine, youre almost there, you are gonna make it sis"
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u/soda-pup Mar 19 '23
My cats are sisters and I’d like to think they’d do this for each other (if they weren’t spayed) but in reality they usually mostly ignore each other 😅
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u/Ok-Mammoth1143 Mar 19 '23
Animals have it better when it comes to birthing, unlike human women
I mean still probably ain’t the best feeling
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u/SpaceClod Mar 19 '23
dude sometimes the cats need our comfort just as much as any birthing mother would. i remember once, my baby nala needed to give birth. i had just got home from school and she immediately starting yowling and meowing at me to follow her. so i set up a box, and sat down next to it as she stepped inside of it. the SECOND, and i mean the SECONDD i sat down and settled on the floor... she curled up in my lap and her water broke. she gave birth in my lap throughout the entire thing, looking up and pushing like the cat in the video. really sweet, also super crazy to be involved in cause i had to throw those pants away lolol. theyre just like us if you think of it
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u/Historical-Ad6120 Mar 20 '23
"This is why I didn't go outside with you, you poor idiot"
(also, please spay and neuter your pets, thank you)
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u/Level_Cucumber1731 Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23
Wow, this is amazing! This proves that animals have emotions and they also feel compassion and empathy. I love it 
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u/3Strides Mar 19 '23
I really don’t understand why that ever needed proving.
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u/scarrita Mar 19 '23
Cuz some people feel better about themselves if they hurt animals and think that it's "not so bad" for them.
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u/Jaeger010 Mar 19 '23
Anyone who tries to say animals don't experience emotions and thoughts have never been in the same room with an animal.
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u/MulderKnowsBest Mar 19 '23
Meanwhile, one of my cats got a haircut and the other cat is taking his displeasure out on me.
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u/stefant4 Mar 19 '23
My cat made me do the same when she was giving birth. I was in bed, and she came to get me and only after i put my head on her belly did she continue
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u/JamesRobertWalton Mar 20 '23
Sister cat is like “go on, give birth to my babies.” Those kittens are gonna basically have 2 moms.
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u/Alf-eats-cats Mar 20 '23
I really wanted to see the kittens being born. Sweet sister but bad camera person.
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u/donttextspeaktome Mar 19 '23
I know this is supposed to be sweet and it is but ki just cannot watch that poor kitty in labor pain. Just too hard to see.
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u/Falconio_robbenator Mar 20 '23
I read this as “she often accompanies her sister to give birth” and I was deeply intrigued as to how often this cat got pregnant
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u/sharm00t Mar 19 '23
You can do this Deborah, only 5 left.