• ethaver@kbin.earth
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    a few weeks ago the cat jumped up on the couch behind me to start gagging right over my head. it was a whole new level of Audacity that I never even knew existed.

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      my dog wakes me up standing over my face and gagging sometimes

      lovely way to start the day

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          agreed. I’ve stepped in puke on the way to the bathroom first thing before my eyes are even cleared up and it’s not pleasant

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      Well, they see us collect their various excrements so I’m pretty sure some cats think we do that for eating later or whatever else. So they’re actually trying to be nice.

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    Is it maybe a burying instinct, like they have with their poop? The carpet might seem more like grass or lose ground, where it is possible to bury it. You don’t really want the puke rotting away on the stone ground of your lion’s den, do ya?

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      I don’t know about others but my cat does not try to bury puke. She immediately wants to get as far as from it as possible and will actively avoid the area until the puke has been cleaned up.

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    One of mine used to come in from the garden, puke on the carpet, and go back out again. I always figured it was where he felt safe at a very vulnerable moment.

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      Similarly, I figure our dogs choose the carpet over the hardwood because they don’t want to worry about slipping during a puke. Even better on something like a couch or bed.

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    My dog - she was hacking and I let her out, she didn’t puke. Let her back in and she hurled all over the rug so I let her out, she seemed fine after puking and cleaned it then let her back in when the rug was cleaned and she puked on it again.

    I threw out the rug.

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    Yesterday I was sleeping and felt my cat “shaking” trying to puke lol just threw her to the floor poor baby. I’m feeling horrible but didn’t had to change my sheets at 3am