Kitten learns how to groom itself by watching a tutorial

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I have a cat that we found dumped out in the country when he was a kitten. He was dumped so young that he never learned how to "cat" properly from his mama. I wish I had thought of this to help him!!

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u/Intoxic8edOne 14d ago edited 14d ago

We have a cat like that. She was found on the side of the road and was about the size of my fist. Her eyes were still very blue.

But now she acts more like a dog than a cat. She plays fetch, wags her tail when happy, and is not vocal unless playing.

We don't have a dog.

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u/Willfishforfree 14d ago

Yeah before I got my dog me and my ex got two kittens. I wanted a dog so I raised the male kitten as if he was a dog. He used to act like a dog and did dog tricks, came running when called or if you clicked or whistled. When I finally got my boy as a puppy he played with the dog right up until he was an adult dog like propper rough and tumble. Tought my dog how to hunt birds though because he was still on cat software. When I started bringing the dog rabbiting the cat would come and join in. He was a big boy too, not fat but just a big muscled cat. I called the cat Batman and he has honestly been one of the best dogs I've ever had.

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u/flappjackulous 14d ago

"I called the cat Batman and he has honestly been one of the best dogs I've ever had."

This is one of the best sentences I have read in a while. 💕

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u/megalodongolus 14d ago

Also, r/brandnewsentence lmao in the best way though

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u/CyberRozatek 14d ago

Some cats are just more stereotypically "dog-like". My childhood cat is a bit like this, very vocal, likes to rough house. Her sister, the only other one in the litter who stayed with us is quiet and pretends to be sweet (she is actually a sassy little brat). We had a dog but they didn't really interact, plus the dog was NOT rough or vocal, just old and arthritic.

Before this my parents had a cat who liked to play bowling. Now I was too young to remember this but apparently he would run into my dads hand, curl up, and my dad would toss him down the hallway like a bowling ball. Then he'd turn around and run right back into my dad's hand to do it again.

Animals are weird.

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u/ateriou112 14d ago

My sister's cat adopted her when she was a tiny thing on the streets too, she behaved kinda the same!

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u/ccbroadway73 14d ago

Ummm, sounds like you in fact DO have a dawg. 😻

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u/Dertyhairy 11d ago

My boy acts more like a human than a cat lol

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u/thegreatmulie 15d ago

Not a cat expert but…. maybe it’s not too late. If your cat can even stand to watch a video these days lol

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u/pe4cebeuponyou 14d ago

Same here. Also adopted my little furball as a baby when I found him in a drain and he lived in my apartment without any contact with other cats. He didn't know it how to cat either. Always ended up accidentally scratching his face while grooming. Even after I let him live with my parents where they had lots of space and lots of other cats, he still contorts himself into weird and awkward angles when cleaning himself.

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u/Kangaroo_8689 14d ago

I watched the cat over and over again because of her cuteness.

Thank you for taking such good care of the cat.