Second morning of using the badger brush. I was rinsing when in walks the cat. Usually that's a signal that he thinks I'm taking too long, But today he's sniffing. I put away the brush, thinking he's wanting attention, and he hops on the counter and sniffs some more. Then I happened to think about the brush funk. I took it down and let him sniff.
The reaction was impressive. His eyes went wide and he immediately backed away, then ran from the bathroom. He stood outside the door, looking in, his back slightly arched.
Thinking this is an instinctive reaction to the badger fur. Either he was keying on the badger smell or if it was just a strange animal odor, but he interpreted it as a threat or danger.
Out of curiosity, I took down a boar brush. He's never reacted to them. He tenatively took a sniff, but it was clear he was associating that badger smell with all brushes, and he really didn't want to. He didn't react as he did with the badger.
Just found it interesting.
The reaction was impressive. His eyes went wide and he immediately backed away, then ran from the bathroom. He stood outside the door, looking in, his back slightly arched.
Thinking this is an instinctive reaction to the badger fur. Either he was keying on the badger smell or if it was just a strange animal odor, but he interpreted it as a threat or danger.
Out of curiosity, I took down a boar brush. He's never reacted to them. He tenatively took a sniff, but it was clear he was associating that badger smell with all brushes, and he really didn't want to. He didn't react as he did with the badger.
Just found it interesting.