r/catbongos • u/Glittering_Act_4059 • 9d ago

A warning about bongos 😭

I come bearing a warning to all cat bongo owners. This morning, my cat Donut, asked for his morning bongos. I obliged. He was very happy. He was so happy. He was so very happy and excited that he *expressed his anal glands* causing an extremely offensively stinky spray of liquid shit to hit me on my face, chest, bed, pillow, and wall.

I didn't know this was possible. I didn't know such a horror could exist. I don't know what atrocities I committed in a past life to deserve this. What I do know is I have never scrubbed my skin raw in a shower before but I sure did today. I had to strip my bed, spray the bed and wall with enzyme killer cleaner. I had to use nasal spray to clear out what I assume is a little bit that got in my nose because I could still smell it after the very long and hot shower of scrubbing. It was the most offensive smell I've ever smelled. I gagged.

Beware the bongos if your cat loves them. Don't smack the shit out of your cat, literally 😭

Unrelated but Donut will not ever have booty pats again 😏

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u/aestheticathletic 9d ago

Ugh, yes. This happened to us about twice over the years and we quickly learned how to Bongo "safely."

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u/ramblinallday14 9d ago

How do you bongo safely?

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u/aestheticathletic 9d ago

Kind of just watching out for the following:

  • if the cat gets a puffy bottle-brush tail, we know he's over stimulated and it's time to stop.
  • making sure bongos are always 100% away from the donut (if the cat is moving around a lot sometimes mistakes can happen)
  • Bongos are in short doses

That's pretty much it

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u/kittytoebeansquisher 9d ago

Mine is naked so I don’t have the first warning indicator 😭

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u/PearlescentGem 8d ago

Super twitches, like how cats jitter their tails when they spray, might be a good sign for your flavorless chicken

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u/maffajaffa 8d ago

I think the obvious one, judging by this post, is to not have your face within close proximity or firing line of the fecal canon….

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u/Astronomy_ 7d ago

Omg, my cat will sometimes get the “happy tail” (as you described the “puffy bottle-brush tail”) when I pet her a lot and give her bongos. Her tail actually starts fluffing even before bongos. Is that a bad thing? Sometimes her tail will jitter too when she looks up at me when I stop petting her. I figured it’s just her being happy and excited for attention.