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Do you light candles when your cat is around? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 7 months ago by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/cat@lemmy.world
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Hiya,

Simple question really, do you light candles when your cat is around? We've newly got our cat (5 months now), but had never light a candle around here due to the possible dangers. Are your cats curious about candles when lit? I feel like the possibility of them being too curious around them isn't worth the possible risk. We haven't really got a lot of places where the cat cannot reach either. But could maybe get some 'enclosed' candleholders.

Happy to hear what you do guys do regarding this. We quite like having the occasional candle lit.

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[–] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago

We do not for 2 reasons:

  1. Like others have already said, orange cat + flame = chaos
  2. Artificial fragrances give me headaches. However essential oils can be toxic to cats so I don’t feel safe burning those kind of candles either. Maybe I’m being too cautious but I never really burned candles much before anyway.