The correct response to this whole cucumber scaring meme is actually: it was funny once, but stop this, you are traumatizing your cats in the one place they thought was safe - their home. It is a survival instinct to fear snake-shaped things. The only time this is ok is when you live on a cucumber farm and your cat has successfully acclimatized to these things from a young age. I heard this correct rebuttal on CBC, and I think she is right: ‘You’re terrifying them. They’re reacting like this because they’re worried that something is going to hurt them.’
– Lara Chan, Calgary Cat Clinic
