In addition to pheromones, cats' senses are constantly stimulated by tape, which is also due to various reasons.
Cat paws are padded with cat sweat glands.
The main function of apocrine glands in cats is to expel sebum and protect the skin, and the sweat that dissipates heat is actually discharged from cat paw pads.
Therefore, as an important sweating organ of cats, once the paw pads are artificially blocked, cats will naturally have extremely repulsive reactions. After all, cats are extremely prone to heatstroke if they lack this kind of functional assistance.
Even if it is simply stuck, once a little adhesive tape remains on the cat's paw pad, the cat will continue licking it until it is completely cleaned or the cat's paw pad is damaged. Of course, the probability of damage will be greater!
Sticking tape on the cat's paw pad seems harmless and less challenging than cheese, but this is not what we think.
Whether it's the stress response of cheese challenge to cats or the fright of tapes, the damage of the two challenges to cats is actually the same, and no one is more or less.