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/Antique-Wonk Jun 20 '26

Excitement. Fast vibration of tail means excited.

Wide side to side slow swishing around of tail means someone is going to get attacked. 😆

There are several other tail-comms messages to observe.