"They can hurt me. Infected scratches or bites take longer to heal." Housecats have trouble getting through his very dense feathers and the scales on what isn't feathery. It's less of a problem now that he has such a tiny amount of bare skin. Still, it can happen. "They're not clean."

He probably shouldn't tell someone this fastidious exactly how dirty cats really are. "I can like individual cats and dogs fine, but I don't like either in general. Too many want to try and eat me. It gets old."