Cat cannot really feel its tail anymore after accident, so brother steps in

A video of a cat grooming the tail of its feline sibling has gone viral on TikTok.

The 30-second video clip was posted by TikTok person @juwuniebug and at the moment has over 997,000 views because it was posted to the social media platform earlier this week.

The video’s textual content overlay reads: “Junie misplaced sensation in her tail on account of an accident earlier than adoption, so she forgets she nonetheless has to wash it. But Miso cleans it for her as an alternative.”

After Miso cleans her tail, Junie is then proven turning round and walking in direction of Miso, rubbing her head towards Miso’s head, as a message throughout the display says, “Thanks.”

Both cats are then proven laying on the ground. Junie is then proven in a relaxed, belly-up position, along with her again towards the ground and paws within the air, as a word throughout the clip says, “All carried out.”

A caption shared with the put up reads: “It’s the one a part of her he’ll clear (and the one half she’s going to let him clear). Also, they wrestled angrily for 5 minutes after this.”

Following a short pause, with Junie holding up one paw within the air, Miso immediately pounces onto the opposite cat earlier than the pair get locked in a throw down because the clip ends.

Newsweek has contacted @juwuniebug for remark by way of TikTok. This video has not been independently verified.

“Affiliative social contact,” reminiscent of allogrooming, which is grooming conduct directed in direction of one other individual, is “a serious kind of prosocial conduct that gives consolation to others,” notes an October 2021 examine within the scientific journal, Nature.

“Affiliative contact serves to ascertain and strengthen social bonds between animals and can assist to console distressed conspecifics [those of the same species],” the examine says.

For instance, cats are likely to lick one another’s heads, which is an indication of affection, bonding and belief. “It’s an space of the physique that cats cannot attain to groom themselves, so there might actually be a performance to it—serving to one another out in hard-to-reach spots,” LeeAnna Buis, a feline coaching and conduct marketing consultant in Seattle, mentioned in a November 2023 Reader’s Digest article.

Felines may additionally lick every on account of their survival instincts. The cat is “making a shared scent that is distinctive to the group,” Buis mentioned. “Because cats use scent—even earlier than sight—to establish good friend from foe, this group scent is extremely necessary for recognition.”

So what’s with the combating after the licking, as seen the latest viral clip?

“If a cat is being groomed and never open to it, or feels it is too intense, she or he might reply with a hiss or swat to point displeasure with the grooming session,” Jennifer Van de Kieft, a sophisticated feline coaching and conduct skilled in New York City, mentioned within the Reader’s Digest article.

TikTok Users React

Users on TikTok had been moved and amused by the interplay between the cat duo within the viral clip.

User @deeld0ugh wrote, “i need to be liked like this.”

“True love,” famous person youdontknowme2838._., whereas kelsey merely commented, “targets.”

“I’ve literal tears in my eyes at 7am,” wrote emily, whereas person kar added: “i simply awoke i am unable to be crying already.”

“Cats grooming one another/cuddling & then instantly going right into a WWE smackdown will ALWAYS be hilarious to me. my cats are the identical,” bean sidhe wrote.

User @astrolunacyy wrote: “cats are so humorous they will be doing the cutest factor ever and the combating to the dying the following.”

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