today's random pet poll

[ratcreature]

I once again failed to convince my rats of the merits of being still to let me cuddle them for longer than three or four scritches...

Poll #5584 rate your pets' cuddliness...

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 35

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How willing to cuddle is (are) your pet(s)?

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It is not the kind you cuddle (e.g. racing cockroaches or fish or the like).
1 (2.9%)

It won't tolerate petting or cuddling at all.
1 (2.9%)

It lets me pet it sometimes. If I'm lucky.
5 (14.3%)

I can bribe it with food to let itself be petted.
2 (5.7%)

If I force-cuddle it, it usually holds still and endures it.
4 (11.4%)

It voluntarily lets me cuddle and pet it for a short while, if I initiate.
7 (20.0%)

It sometimes voluntarily comes to me and initiates cuddling itself, but not for long.
9 (25.7%)

It initiates or even demands lengthy cuddles, but only on its own terms.
18 (51.4%)

My pet loves to cuddle at almost all times.
11 (31.4%)

It's not so much that it likes cuddles, as that it likes to sleep in a warm and soft spot that happens to be me.
16 (45.7%)

I dislike cuddling my pet, so this is avoided from my end, and I couldn't say what its preferences are.
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[reginagiraffe]

My cats like to be cuddled at different times. One likes curling up between us/right up next to one of us in bed. One likes to curl up on me when I'm on the phone. Both of them will let us pick them up and cuddle for at least a short period, and sometimes a long period, depending on circumstances/their mood. They both like hanging out with us while we're watching TV.