pools-of-venetianblue:

this is the purest video you will see all day, it includes not only practical advice on how to make cats feel comfortable but also:

• the most patient and long suffering clawdia
• bob ross, but a vet 
• squish the cat
• squish the cat, but with a towel

• absolute unit mr. pirate

• a little chubby but quite beautiful

please watch this immediately

Pidge is most emphatically not a shoulder cat, but using proper holds has definitely improved her outlook on getting picked up and carried around for short bursts.