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[–] LowtierComputer 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Scruffing is not wrong.

[–] Xanthrax 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It mostly depends on weight. I can lift my Yorkie by his butt skin and neck skin, and he loves it. If I did that to a heavier animal without loose skin, it would hurt them. Cats tend to lose that extra skin pretty fast. They just like getting squeezed there. (Mostly if they're hand raised).

[–] LowtierComputer 1 points 3 months ago

Of course everything is context sensitive. You can "scruff" a healthy adult cat without ever hurting them if you do it right. You don't lift them up by that skin.