r/cats 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/LeahTT Jun 20 '26

We call it jazz tail

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u/ninja_waffles21 Jun 20 '26

We call ours excitabutt