ickplant@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoJudgmental catlemmy.worldimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1760arrow-down15
arrow-up1755arrow-down1imageJudgmental catlemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareZarobi@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoI see it as enrichment, like when they give bears at the zoo something to smell to entertain them. Makes my cat happy at least just to smell stuff
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·37 minutes agoAgreed; I always let my cat smell things that I’m holding/working on because they clearly are interested in what their human is doing. So I let him sniff it so that he can get a better idea of what’s going on and feel like he’s helping. It goes both ways too:
I see it as enrichment, like when they give bears at the zoo something to smell to entertain them. Makes my cat happy at least just to smell stuff
Agreed; I always let my cat smell things that I’m holding/working on because they clearly are interested in what their human is doing. So I let him sniff it so that he can get a better idea of what’s going on and feel like he’s helping.
It goes both ways too:

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