When I moved to Kansas City, I anticipated there would be some snow (not as much as all you canadian pro's are uesd to) and that it would be humid in the summer. I had no idea the air would get SO dry here in the winter though! Every time I touch my kitties I shock them!! Poor Yoshi with all his long fur shocks himself without me even touching him. :ack: Monkey shocks his nose all the time when sniffing things, and his nose is getting cracked.

Does anyone have any suggestions on static relief??? :sos: Would a humidifier help the poor babies to not get hurt?

I'm sorry if it seems obvious, but I have never lived in this kind of climate before...

One of my pair of slippers causes more static so maybe it's what on your feet, the carpet??? Poor Milo hate the static shocks. :nana: sends him running everytime. :lmao:

A humidifier would definitely help! Winters the worst. I always feel so bad when it happens to my furkids!

How long have you lived in KC, PJ? This winter, winter hasn't even arrived, yet. :brows:

Yes, I agree, a humidifier will help. But don't crank it up too high because you don't want too much humidity in the home, either. You run into problems like mold and mildew, among others.

My cat get shocked occasionally, but they've never held it against me. I think they understand I'm not doing it intentionally. ;)

Another thing you can do in the meantime is place bowls of water in front of the registers, assuming they are on the wall and not on the floor. The air blowing out of them will help add moisture to the rooms. I do this and static is not a problem for me.

:confused: I just noticed that the only time I get static shocks so far this year is when I'm leaving our building. We had bad static in our apartment last year but this year I think the fish tanks have been helping with that. :thumbsup:

Oh yeah, what little bit of moisture the air gains from evaporation may be enough to reduce the static.

I have to chuckle a bit because when I shock my cats, they just look at me like what the heck did I do to them? Unless it is a really strong shock, they just sit there. Munchie and Tooties are the ones most likely to run away from a shock whereas Willie has never walked away from even the strongest jolts. :D

We need a humidifier, too! When I run my hand accross Jones & Sasha, you can just feel the static shocks. Their fur sticks up, too. :rotfl:

I always laugh when they shock themselves, I am in Canada but I generally don't notice that it is dry, I open my windows in different windows when I am home to clean out the stale air in each room, I really don't have any ideas for ya sorry, Everything else that was mentioned seems good to me :thumbsup:

Oh, I hate static electricity!

Poor Ossie seems to get it the most here. She simply must smell you every time you try to pet her, so her little nose gets a shock every time.