Source checked 12 November 2026. PawLine editorial team. Not professionally reviewed.
Editorial information, not veterinary advice or an assessment of your cat. Do not test a myth through food, falling, handling or stress. Health, pain, injury and welfare concerns need direct professional advice. Do not delay care for a worksheet or an app reply.
A small word carries a large promise
Cats only purr when happy excludes every other situation. Blue Cross explicitly describes other contexts for purring. Removing only makes room for those contexts, but does not tell you which one applies now. Do not turn the corrected sentence into an automatic reading of a real cat.
A general tendency is not a guarantee
A source may describe a typical behavior, an ability or a common response. None of those forms establishes an outcome in every circumstance. Blue Cross and Cats Protection both reject the claim that cats always land safely on their feet. A capability does not make a fall acceptable.
Keep the exact statement
Before sharing a correction, note the actual wording you saw rather than a stronger version of it. The claim note does not retrieve the original or authenticate its author. If you cannot recover the statement, mark the wording as uncertain instead of attributing a quote to someone.
Replace certainty with a useful question
An appropriate question might ask what the source means by usually or which situations its guide covers. That is different from asking an online tool to certify a cat as safe. No percentage, traffic-light result or waiting period is generated by this desk.