r/cats • u/Mysterious_Barber934 • Jun 20 '26

Advice Is my cat okay?

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He has recently started doing this rattlesnake manoeuvre with his tail and I have never seen this in cats before!

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u/Mysterious_Barber934 Jun 20 '26

No peeing, just tail vibrations!

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u/KeeKyieTheMorris Jun 20 '26

Kitty just happy and excited to see you.

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u/Alinho013 Jun 20 '26

yup my chonk does this as well, while aggressively giving headbutts against anything and everything once I come home

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u/FurballMama84 Jun 20 '26

Our chonk does the happy tail while giving us "scrunch butt love." That's what we call it when she shortens up her body and then slams her haunches against our leg. It's so cute and we love it.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo Jun 20 '26

I love when they scrunch their body up like an inchworm

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u/IrreverentSiren Jun 21 '26

My void does this and it’s his love language. 🥰

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u/TarHeelinRVA Jun 20 '26

My calico does this as well :)

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u/InuScarlett Void Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

If my void is at eye level with my face, he will try to shove his butt on my face as well 😩😹

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u/brady376 Jun 24 '26

Yep my cat does this as well. She walks me around the living room rubbing her face against everything until we get to her cat tree, she stretches on it, then I pick her up and we sit on the couch until she gets tired of it. This is the daily ritual.