It mostly depends on weight. I can lift my Yorkie by his butt skin and neck skin, and he loves it. If I did that to a heavier animal without loose skin, it would hurt them. Cats tend to lose that extra skin pretty fast. They just like getting squeezed there. (Mostly if they're hand raised).
When you're out, use DEET and cover yourself. Try to only apply it to your clothes. It's toxic to humans. Are you out a lot? If so, I'd be worried about ticks and toxic plants as well.
If you have control of the land around you, make sure there's no stagnant water nearby. If you want to keep a pond, manage your mosquito population using local species if possible. In some places, you can also report stagnant bodies of water.
If they're inside, check your window screens. If you can't afford that, use a mosquito net and check my first answers.
As someone with sciatica and bursitis, I'm going to take this advice while standing. I've heard the opposite lying down, but my problem is neurological/ inflammation. My rest postition is crossing my calf over the adjacent shin and then pulling both upwards towards my head. Let's test it out! I'm queer though, so I'll miss making homophones scared.
Now cops can pretend trans people are hiding their "identity" for representing themselves, again.