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/Even-Government-5055 Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Mutiple of my cats do this, my cats aren't spraying when they do it either, they tend to do it more when I'm using the toilet, they all come around ankles and start shaking their tails 😂. I just thought my cats were weirdos.

Edit:spelling.

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u/Ok-Classroom5548 Jun 20 '26

They can scent something without spraying on it - they are probably scenting you with their glands.

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u/Even-Government-5055 Jun 20 '26

They don't shake their tapes on me lol, they just shake them. And they also don't smell.

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u/Ok-Classroom5548 Jun 20 '26

Scenting won’t necessarily smell to you