If you want to relax your little cat, all you need to do is equip yourself with an accessory that we all have in our bathroom! A simple gesture that will plunge him into distant memories.
Cats have this same thing in common: they love caresses and purr as soon as we put our hand on them to cuddle them. But a new technique shared on social networks would make them particularly relaxed, and for good reason: it would remind them of their mother’s caresses, when she licked them when they were kittens.
It must be said that the tongue of cats, covered with small points similar to tiny hooks, has a rough texture that is quite characteristic of these little balls of fur. But this particularity allows them to clean themselves efficiently. When a cat licks its baby, its taste buds act like a small brush to detangle the hair, remove dirt while removing dead hair. An essential cleaning for their daily hygiene, but not only that: their atypical tongue is also used to feed them by helping them to better catch small pieces.
On the social network Tiktok, several videos were shared. We see cats feeling truly soothed after being stroked by their owner with a wet toothbrush. The latter thus reproduce the slightly raspy and moist tongue of their mother when she licked her offspring to wash them, reassure them or cuddle them. The cat would then be projected into its most tender childhood, and caressing it with this accessory that we all have in our bathroom would give it immense pleasure. Unless he simply appreciates that his master or mistress takes the time to take care of him.
Regardless, certain areas are particularly popular in cats: the top of the head, on the forehead and between the two eyes, on the side of the mouth and behind the ears. And if your cat licks you in turn with its raspy tongue, it is because it is practicing nothing more and nothing less than what we call allogrooming: it is a matter of social and reciprocal grooming, as can be notice it in other animals like horses or monkeys for example. The cat that licks you in turn is therefore a sign of its deep affection.