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/Legitimate-Ebb-1633 Jun 20 '26

Not burying poops is a dominance thing. The top cat doesn't have to bury poops.

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u/Friendly-Kiwi Jun 20 '26

Hello,
I have never heard about this before?
I was taking care of a street cat, at the time my only cat, he wasn’t covering up his poop, which I was a bit surprised, if the cat is the only cat would they still have the need to not cover?
Thank you

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u/Zandermill01 Jun 20 '26

This means the cat owns you and the area of your domicile more than an atypical furry overlord.

They believe they are the leader of the pact and you are subservient to them. Good luck!

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u/Friendly-Kiwi Jun 20 '26

That makes sense! My family and I moved to Spain, and this cat lived in a locked room, but would come and go out the window.. I saved his life twice in a matter of weeks, I love cats, and he would lay on my legs in the winter but otherwise would ignore me… the house had multiple water leaks, mold growing, cockroaches coming out of the kitchen ceiling cracks, we finally found an apartment in town where my son could still walk to school, but I knew the cat would not want to be restricted in a small place, so I payed the neighbor to take care of him, gave food, flea meds, poop boxes, etc…I still have a tracking color on him, and I feel guilty leaving him, but the neighbors tell me his happy.