drferox:

Your cat, Trashbag reminded me so much of my cat, Sterling Mallory Archer. He’s the black one. The long-suffering fluffy creature with him is our other cat, Meeka. They are both very very soft. Do you notice that some cats are softer than others? Does food quality affect a cat’s coat? I know the food bags claim to but they make big claims that don’t seem to have much actual science behind them.

Aside from beautiful Australia, are there any other places you would like to live if you could live anywhere with the guarantee that you’d find a suitable job and place to live, etc.?

Nutritional deficiencies will alter the coat, but some cats naturally have a softer or denser coat than others.

I think New Zealand might be interesting to live in, and Mexico actually has a certain appeal. For a while I did want to try out Canada and the UK, but I suspect I will always call Australia home.

I know someone who has the softest cats. Like, nearly rabbit-soft. They foster cats pretty frequently, and whenever they do, the cats gradually turn incredibly soft.

Thing is, a couple of times they’ve had to re-home the cats to a relative, who lives about 30 miles away. The relative feeds the exact same food, but all the cats that go to her gradually lose their softness. 

They’re pretty sure it’s the combination of the food and something in the water, maybe a trace mineral. Whatever it is, they have one cat who’s naturally soft already, and now petting him feels like petting a giant rabbit. His name is Dragon and he’s a giant fluffy baby.