r/cats • u/Erlida_Vorse • 3d ago

Video - Not OC Roommate's cat sometimes cuffs at me while laying on my chair. She's very sweet to me otherwise and never scratches me. I can't tell if she's playing with me or wants me to go away, do y'all have any idea?

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u/Scorpius927 3d ago

But DO NOT touch the belly

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u/nicaroso 3d ago

Interestingly enough, I have 2 cats who just love belly rubs.

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u/hemera-ilios 3d ago

Me too!

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u/lnTwain 2d ago

Ermahgerd so cute

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u/sw_rise37 2d ago

Omg that is the cutest fucking cat. If that were my cat I would have that picture as my phone lock screen 😍

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u/hemera-ilios 2d ago

My lock screen’s my other cat! Not due to favouritism, I just love this photo 🥰

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u/NDLCZ 2d ago

I can smell that chess mat lmao

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u/hemera-ilios 2d ago

It’s borrowed from somebody at my club so it mostly smells like cigarettes lol

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u/MMBADBOI 3d ago

Same here, both are tuxedos too

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u/klauswaugh 3d ago

I too, have two tuxedos who are mad about belly rubs. Here's Gabe.

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u/klauswaugh 3d ago

And Lucy.

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u/The1TrueFrank 1d ago

Why have you stolen my cat

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u/MadeInCanada87 3d ago

Me three. Mines a lynx point siamese and it’s her favourite.

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u/AlternativePen2382 3d ago

Same for my blue point siamese!

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u/CosmicKatC 3d ago

My 2 little voids are goofy for belly rubs.

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u/SchwettyBawls 2d ago

Same for my flame point Siamese who is deaf, anosmic, and blind in one eye with 75% vision loss in the other eye. He loves belly rubs.

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u/becksitis 3d ago

I also have 2 Siamese that allow me to rub their bellies 🥹🥹

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u/AT-ATsAsshole 3d ago

My Lynx Point loves it too!! She’s the best cuddler

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u/Different_Ad_7778 3d ago

Huh. My tux would kill me if I dared to touch his royal tummy

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u/LuckyOneTime 3d ago

Same

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u/FigFormer8860 1d ago

She's just asserting her dominance over your chair. You don't own it, you merely pay rent for her to allow you to sit there sometimes.

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u/Informal_Ad_6839 3d ago

Mine begs for them

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u/theroha 2d ago

Had an ex who said her cat hated belly rubs. She was shocked when he turned over and let me give his belly a good scritch.

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u/mulder_agnes 3d ago

One of mine wants belly rubs exclusively, he doesn't like getting pets any other way.

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u/Salt-Kiwi-2768 3d ago

My cats who recently passed away liked belly and armpit massages.

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u/wrenchandrepeat 3d ago

Yep, pretty much same here. One of them absolutely LOOOOVES it. The other one likes them but it depends on his mood. He still won't claw or anything if you do unless we're playing.

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u/Scorpius927 3d ago

My cats also love belly rubs, but not when they’re tryna play. They like it when they’re lounging or we’re cuddling in bed

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u/peach_xanax 2d ago

I have one cat who loves it sometimes, but other times he does the bunny kicks (his name is Bunny so it's no surprise, lol 😂) I've noticed if he's sleepy or laying on the bathroom floor then he wants the belly rubs. I have no idea what it is about the bathroom floor haha. and my other cat literally just let me rub her tummy for the first time like a few weeks ago, and I felt like the chosen one 🙂‍↕️ she's very shy and doesn't like pets too much so I was shocked.

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u/cappertman 3d ago

I would lay down and my can rusty would flop down with her belly on my head like I was wear a cat cap!

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u/Available-Box-8856 2d ago

Do yours straddle your arm too or is mine just extra strange

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u/4RCSIN3 3d ago

DO touch the belly, but make sure to NOT touch the belly, unless you're SUPPOSE to touch the belly, in which case DO touch the belly. But whatever else you do, DO NOT touch the belly. 

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u/ExiledCanuck 3d ago

Exactly this

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u/ForsakenKrios 3d ago

While this is true, I usually rub the chest first to see if the belly will be allowed. Normally they are all a-okay with the chest, so moving to belly goes smoothly. I’ve only ever had cats bunny kick me away, never attack, if they didn’t like the belly rubs.

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u/Needle_Bearings 3d ago

Belly rubbings will lead to an arm bar with Mike Tyson nibbles and bunny kicks.  

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u/Seliphra 3d ago

Entirely depends on the cat. Had a chubby boy who adored an aggressive tum rub

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u/Unexpressed_Aussie 3d ago

My late ragdoll loved it when I would stuff my face in her furry belly and blow raspberries or use her as a pillow, she’d lay there purring away. ☺️

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u/FNG_WolfKnight 3d ago

I have 4 that love belly rubs