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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Excessive Scruffy petting may lead to dehydration

I may have commented on this before, but when Scruffy is petted, he purrs so strongly that he drools. Five minutes ago, he got an extended petting/brushing session. By the end of it my face was all wet with his drool, all of the fur around his mouth was dark with drool, his whiskers were wet with drool, and several drops of drool lay on the table before us.

At this point he probably weighs between 7 and 8 pounds (a little over half of a stone), and there were probably between 7 and 8 mL of drool, at least, spread over all of these surfaces, which would account for between 1 and 2 percent of his body weight.

Maybe I should start weighing him before and after petting him.

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