Static Kitty

[penguins4me]

A shaving razor, duct tape, a fairly long strand of conductive wire, and a grounding rod should solve your side of the problem. ;)

[Lloyd Danforth]

Looks as though Dada is rubbing off on you.  'Edit line thingy'?  I don't see anything yellow, either.

[KBCraig]

A shaving razor, duct tape, a fairly long strand of conductive wire, and a grounding rod should solve your side of the problem.

Shaved kitties are good. The rest of it's getting a bit freaky. 

[Beth221]

just get a spray bottle and mist your kitty, make sure its on mist not spray, or you will give her a heart attack.

[TackleTheWorld]

 If you and your cat are barefoot
and the floor is conductive
you won't shock your kitty even if it is arid

Try taking your cat's shoes off

[Friday]

Nope, that's not it, my cat and I both leave our shoes at the door.

[Beth221]

watch the wool coats, i always get a good shock when i wear wool!

[Jim Johnson]

Nope, that's not it, my cat and I both leave our shoes at the door.

That?s just silly, cats don?t have shoes.
Cats have boots or socks or they go fuzz footed.
For one thing cats don?t have thumbs to tie the little shoe laces.  Oh they could wear loafers but not penny loafers because the pennies would be too heavy.
I know cats wear boots because I saw it on a can of Puss?n Boots. They where kind of like the boots of a  Musketeer or a hooker, knee high things.
My neighbor lady, Winnie, had an all black cat with white feet and she called that cat socks.
Did you check to see if you or your cat were wearing synthetic socks?  I think Lauren was referring to bare feet not just ?no shoes?.  In bare feet your electrical potential should be the same as your floor.  If kitty is on the floor you would both have the same electrical potential, but if kitty is on a chair or table or otherwise separate from you your electrical potentials will be different.  The difference in your electrical potentials is what the static electric spark represents.
The suggestions about making your house more humid are correct.  Humid air is more electrically conductive than dry air and will dissipate your electrical differences with your kitty.
You could spritz your cat with deionized water, but I?m sure kitty would view that as a punishment.

[Lloyd Danforth]

My neighbor lady, Winnie, had an all black cat with white feet and she called that cat socks.

We had a cat that was all one color.  We called him 'Jumpsuit'

[penguins4me]

We had a cat once, back in the late '30s...


We called 'em 'Dinner'.

[Raineyrocks]

Yikes!  I am wearing bell bottom jeans and when I got up from my chair I got a big shock (looked like a miniature lightening bolt) on the heel of my foot coming from the edge of my bell bottoms.

That's what I get for being mean about the static kitty! 

[Beth221]

i wonder if those hairless cats get static?  maybe shave the cat!

[Friday]

Nope, that's not it, my cat and I both leave our shoes at the door.

I know cats wear boots because I saw it on a can of Puss?n Boots. They where kind of like the boots of a  Musketeer or a hooker, knee high things.

Status update: I have tried out some of the tips posted (thanks, all), and have definitely raised the humidity level in my apartment.  Unfortunately, I've only managed to raise it to 30%.  I'm considering renaming my cat "Orville" until winter's over. 

[Russell Kanning]

Well 30 is better than 10.
Our place is at about 40%.