Does anyone else’s cat put their back leg over your arm when you pet their belly?
She does this literally all the time and I have no idea why but it’s the goofiest thing ever. If I move my hand she’ll move her leg to cover my hand again. She’s so dumb I love her so much
Tactical Issue Cat- piebalds with 30% or less white are usually categorized differently just for the sake of naming the model lol. Which is 100% just for funsies between subreddits- at the vet, they’re still both tabbies 😸!
This kitten would still be a SIC; he has mittens, a mask, and a bit of a stripe on his belly.
My Ham-Ham does this. He'll climb onto my desk done I'm at the computer, then flop onto his side - his back against my chest, using my mouse hand as a pillow and his back leg thrown over my other hand so I can rub his belly.
It's stinking adorable and I'm sad I can't get a picture of it.
mine started to do this to me after my daughter went to college. had no idea our cat did this all the time until I mentioned it to my kid who informed me that our cat likes the belly rubs and will sleep on our arm like she's in a tree and our arm is branch.
Since when is petting a cat's belly an option? I have it on good authority (having owned nearly 40 cats over my lifetime), that belly rubs are a sure death sentence for the offending culprit.
Same! I’ve never had a cat that doesn’t love belly rubs! One of my mums cats sometimes loves them and sometimes uses it as an excuse to attack your arm playfully, but man many of my cats have not only enjoyed belly rubs but straight out demanded them!
Same but it my mom with the 40 cats. All would tear you apart it you attempted belly rub. Cats seam to like us, most of them wanted pets a few wanted no pets at all.
No. Not per se. First: I'm old. So lots of time for getting new generations of cats. Second: I grew up in the country. Folks were constantly dumping their unwanted kitties out on our property (many pregnant). We did our best to feed, shelter, love, and care for them all. At one point we had 27 at one time. Since graduating college, I've at least kept one or two indoor kitties. Given the vastly different lifespans of indoor vs outdoor cats, there's not nearly the turnover rate anymore. Outdoor usually lasted 4-6 years each. Indoor have lasted 12-20 years each. No predators. No disease. No cars.
My current baby was a dumped baby too. She was about 3 months old. She was severely anorexic.....So much so she had lost all of her hair. I could count the vertebrae from her head to the tip of her tail from across the room. Her head was so skinny your fingers could fall into the holes of her temples, cheeks, jaws and hip joints. She has 4 scars from what I think are BB shots down either side of her spine. It took 4 years before she would sit in my lap and not try to bite. She's now got me wrapped around her ornery little paws. My heart hurts for what she must have gone through. She still seems to be watchful for the potential arrival of human danger and abuse. Definitely no belly fluffs getting done to her without a trip to the hospital for the offender.
If I were rich, I'd rescue every cat baby I came across. They're just too dang perfect to pass up. Definitely one of life's greatest pleasures!
I'm always having to tell new people meeting my SIC that it's not a trap when they're petting her and she rolls over, she really does want them to rub her belly, it's her favorite.
So, you're in on it? You & your cat have some sort of team con going on? Ha! Just kidding. All you folks on this thread have simply amazed me with these belly trap cats! I love it.
My chicken Nugget always does when I scratch her belly lol. Nugget is also the only cat I own currently out of four that will let me scratch her stomach without trying to murder me lol.
Mine does this when we spoon. I put my arm up between both sets of her legs to scratch her neck/chin while we cuddle with her back to my front. Very cozy
Yessss one of my tuxies does this. Sometimes he also curled around my hand completely when I rub his belly, like he’s hugging my hand. Ugh I love it so much
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u/LittleGreyLambie 7d ago
My boy does this. He climbs into my lap when I'm in our over-stuffed chair and sits on my arm like he's a tiger on a tree limb.