I is a limber kitty

Sometimes it's hard work keeping clean, as a cat.

I has to wash and wash and wash... particularly after my hooman has petted me and covered me in hooman smells.

Some bits are easier to wash than others.
I can easily reach my front feets and my front bib.

To get to my side and my belly, I has to lay down.

To get to my head and ears, I has to lick one of my front feets and rub it over them.

But the hardest bits to reach are my back feets.
I don't think hoomans understand how much effort goes into keeping these clean.

To reach my back feets, I has to get into special positions... and perform catrobatics.
I has to balance very carefully and stretch out.

This is why I don't like my back feets touched. I work too hard on them to have them smelling of hooman.

I think it's a skill that we all learn as kittens - catrobatics.

I hasn't seen my hooman do this to clean his feets - maybe that's why they always smell when I sniff them...





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