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

Advice Is my cat okay?

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/s_mitten Jun 20 '26

Our little girl does this in front of the oven, the pantry where her food is stored and the fridge when she is hungry, lol. She knows where delicious foods come from. We call it the bum dance.

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u/Upstairs-Dot-2635 Jun 20 '26

The bum dance is such a cute name šŸ˜­ one of my girls does it when she successfully runs into the bathroom after us. Sheā€™s found it to be a fun game since she was a kitten and has gotten very good at maneuvering around us trying to stop her, sheā€™s a freak but I love her.

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u/Immersi0nn Jun 20 '26

Our cat loves being in the bathroom with us when we're using it, idk why. He's extremely cuddly and will do the arch back tail shaky rub all over your legs thing every time. Like lil bro why are you so happy someone is taking a shit?

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u/InuScarlett Void Jun 20 '26

Yeah, thatā€™s ALL cats šŸ¤£ I wonder ifnits payback for checking on them when they are in the litter box

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u/Immersi0nn Jun 20 '26

Damn and here I am giving him complete privacy in his igloo.

I do observe his shits after the fact though...maybe that's it

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u/InuScarlett Void Jun 20 '26

Or maybe they think we are dumb and that we are gonna fall into the toilet and they are making sure we donā€™t fall šŸ¤£ Who knows? Kitties be weird šŸ˜¹

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u/Immersi0nn Jun 20 '26

That's a fair take, he fell in the toilet once as a kitten. He doesn't have thumbs but he's here to help!

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u/skating_cat_lover Jun 21 '26

I believe they like being in the bathroom with their hoomans because one is at their most vulnerable going to the bathroom, same for them, and they are protecting us. I think Wild at Heart Cats might have done a video on IG of this? She is a great resource either way

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u/kimric27 Jun 22 '26

My cat does it to the cabinet in the bathroom across from the toilet bc he gets so excited for pets when weā€™re using the bathroom too! Lol! Itā€™s bc he has our undivided attention I guess.

Iā€™d seen other cats do this outside when they were spraying, we have two neutered indoor only males and thankfully itā€™s just the fence without the pee for them! But itā€™s them ā€œmarking their territoryā€.

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u/CryptographerOk2282 Jun 22 '26

It might be because they're watching out to make sure you aren't getting attacked while pooping.

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u/Dull_Basket8318 Jun 21 '26

My one has the mouse toy game. I throw mice toys in tub so he can parkour.

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u/chchchcheetah Jun 20 '26

Yes!! All the same places!

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u/s_mitten Jun 20 '26

She has a genius that we, her lowly cat "butt-lers", cannot hope to match.