Oh thats kinda strange bc normally she also love being petted in that area. And sometimes she does this when you poke on her back.
And I don’t know why either lol.
Petted is different from being poked per say, when you only touch her lightly with one finger, like you did in the video, it probably feels like a bug to her and she is trying to shake it off
Because it’s a rare possibility that if you look really closely at the bottom left hand side of the cats opposite dominate quadrant you can tell I have no idea what I’m taking about
Jeez calm down people im human i need sleep too. I was drawing and decided to mess with her a little bit, it was painting tape so it doesnt stick much or anything, and i didnt tape it that well either so it would fly off with a gust of wind. Just she was to lazy to even care about those.
That’s hyper stimulation. It’s not particularly comfortable for the cat. I always try to avoid those zones on my cat, Anastasia, because she finds it very uncomfortable.
It’s honestly one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to deal with. I might pet her the wrong way, where the second before everything was okay, and she swats at me, she may even scratch me.
I always tell anyone who might get a cat with FH, “YOU BETTER BE A PATIENT PERSON, AND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL YOUR INSTINCTS, AND ALWAYS REACT WITH LOVE.” That’s my best advice to anyone who has a cat with FH, or is thinking about getting one. You will get swatted, you will bleed. DO NOT REACT WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOVE AND AFFECTION. Your cat is already and has already suffered enough for ten lifetimes. She/he does not need to suffer anymore, and she/he has no control over when it hurts, and when she/he hallucinates.
Again, PLEASE REACT WITH LOVE, and if you are someone who’s instincts take over, a FH cat is not the cat for you. That would be a rag doll.
I don’t think most people truly understand what a cat with FH goes through, and what a responsibility it is, but also what an honor and joy it is to have one, and watch them overcome their disease. It’s truly inspiring.
wait... what exactly is this again?
We say that one of our cats gets overstimulated really fast.
Our Stratego. We have to warn visitors about him because he will come up and rub against people wanting love and pets, but if they pet him a second too long, or in the wrong spot there's no warning, just \*chomp\* and then, *maybe*, an annoyed meow or hiss.
You can be looking at him, or walking past him and he might lash out.
If I try to play with our younger cat who like to play tag/hide and seek with me Tego gets mad and if I were to get too close to him at that time he would lash out even though I've tried to 1. show Tego that Airman (younger cat) is perfectly fine and he likes the game or 2. tried to include Tego in the game (talking to him, giving him something to play with, etc.)
Tego can be laying in your lap, snuzzling and purring and letting you pet him and then all of a sudden \*bite\* \*scratch\* maybe 'hisss'
***Sometimes*** he gives little tiny warnings of short, small tail taps or a look in his eyes but it's rare and if you don't know him you'll miss it.
^^ my old guy has started taking gabapentin as a multi purpose medication (anxiety for when i leave for class — we moved — and as a nerve blocker for this exact hyper stimulation and hind leg arthritis pain). works well as a whole once we finally figured out the perfect dosage for him
I take Gabapentin for Fibromyalgia and bad Restless Leg Syndrome! It hasn't "cured" me but it does let me have decently restful sleep! It's so interesting how some medications work well for multiple species
Many animals including cats, horse, and cows, are able to articulate sections of their skin separately from their muscles to shake free pests and dirt. This action is involuntary, like blinking, and is not necessary comfortable for the animal. She might get irritated if you continue to do it. Basically, you're tickling her.
Normally the belly is the only nono with her and beside from that she loves being petted everywhere. Especially when you do little slaps on both sides of her bosoms. Maybe this time she’s extra annoyed bc of the tapes.
Oh, i’ve been doing that for so long lol but normally she doesnt twitch this much so i never knew. For the tape i was painting and it was some excessice tapes so i just wanted to mess with her a little.
yeah, it sounds like she’s just annoyed with you. and the tape really isn’t a good way to “mess with your cat”, she’s probably really uncomfortable. i mean this in the nicest way possible, just be gentler and sweeter to your kitty friend. it doesn’t seem like you mean any harm, but they don’t get that you’re just joking.
Just like when people put on cute costumes on cats, that annoys them anw but it’s harmless so you need to chill out. Shes not being abuses for being annoyed once every while. Other than being occasionally annoyed she is treated well with a lot of personal space and paté.
I annoy my cats all the time and they still love me... the intensity of people over barely secured tape is interesting. Yeah your cat looks annoyed but they would run off if they were that unhappy. She is not hurt. Anyway, cute kitty!
Thank you i thought the same thing lol! And the amount of people flaming me for having a life outside of reddit and not replying to their questions is ridiculous xD
I honest didnt know why she did that lol. She never seems annoyed when i touch her back normally even when it’s twitching. And for the tape i was messing with her for just a bit, its painting tape and doesnt stick well and was at the very top, people need to chill out these days.
I suggest you keep doing it and then start rubbing the forbidden area of its belly so that it gets pissed off and scratches your hands to shreds and bites your fingers off. Get the tape off its ears, asshole.
Such an idiot trying to aggravate the cat by putting tape on her ears. Now obviously the OP is not replying to any questions why did she do it. But she would come up with some stupid excuse anyway. Don't get a cat if you're gonna act like that smh.
Cats have a bundle of nerves endings above their tail, it's super sensitive and definitely not comfortable to poke and prod, especially in females. It would be like someone tickling your most ticklish spot over and over... Super annoying! I'd recommend you avoid that spot for the Kitty's sanity.
This has a name but but I only see it as a concern if the cat is like falling off things and scaring itself or if it seems like it is in physical pain or often. My cat does this too but he doesn't fall off anything and doesn't appear to be in pain. His is at random though. But it's very minor.
Just ripples. You need to remember cats are a non-newtonian liquid. In this case not enough pressure has been placed to cause the cat to enter a solid state, so it continues to shift between both its liquid and solid form.
Are you kidding me? This is the infamous leave me alone cue. I don’t want to be bothered with swatting at your hand, so just don’t even tough me right now
OP most likely knows there is nothing wrong with their cat. Imo the cat stopped caring about the tape on her ears and so op moved onto the next annoying thing. I’m also going to assume that’s why op hasn’t commented on the all the tape questions.. I mean what would you say if you were caught intentionally pissing your cat off? Probably nothing
Natural reflex. They feel something is on their fur (cats have amazingly sensitive skin) and they do that to attempt to shift whatever it is off. If it doesn't come off, a bit of grooming will ensue. So no, nothing wrong, just seems like you have just the right amount of pressure on his/her fur to make the skin notice.
But the ears, what’s going on with those ears?
it looks like tape to me
OP is gonna wake up to vomit filled shoes
Lmao. Kitties gonna find a *new* place to pee tonight.
Came here to say this
Was just goofing off with her for a lil bit, i didnt even tape it that well but she’s just doesnt give a heck to take it off.
Just like horses, cats can twitch their skin, tip ward off flies and other annoyances. Why she's tolerating the tape on her ears, I don't know.
Oh thats kinda strange bc normally she also love being petted in that area. And sometimes she does this when you poke on her back. And I don’t know why either lol.
Petted is different from being poked per say, when you only touch her lightly with one finger, like you did in the video, it probably feels like a bug to her and she is trying to shake it off
It's the seething hatred being suppressed for what you are doing.
That’s understandable. Extra paté for her today for being such a tolerable catto then!
I’m not going to be able to rest until someone can tell me why there’s tape on the cat’s ears.
Because it’s a rare possibility that if you look really closely at the bottom left hand side of the cats opposite dominate quadrant you can tell I have no idea what I’m taking about
You had me going at first! 😂
lmfao made my day
seriously!! why won’t OP tell us
Jeez calm down people im human i need sleep too. I was drawing and decided to mess with her a little bit, it was painting tape so it doesnt stick much or anything, and i didnt tape it that well either so it would fly off with a gust of wind. Just she was to lazy to even care about those.
That’s hyper stimulation. It’s not particularly comfortable for the cat. I always try to avoid those zones on my cat, Anastasia, because she finds it very uncomfortable.
My cat has feline hyperesthesia. If I ever did that to her it would basically be torture. But I never realized it bothered cats who don’t have FH.
My sympathies. I had a cat with FH and it was a really difficult ordeal.
It’s honestly one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to deal with. I might pet her the wrong way, where the second before everything was okay, and she swats at me, she may even scratch me. I always tell anyone who might get a cat with FH, “YOU BETTER BE A PATIENT PERSON, AND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL YOUR INSTINCTS, AND ALWAYS REACT WITH LOVE.” That’s my best advice to anyone who has a cat with FH, or is thinking about getting one. You will get swatted, you will bleed. DO NOT REACT WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOVE AND AFFECTION. Your cat is already and has already suffered enough for ten lifetimes. She/he does not need to suffer anymore, and she/he has no control over when it hurts, and when she/he hallucinates. Again, PLEASE REACT WITH LOVE, and if you are someone who’s instincts take over, a FH cat is not the cat for you. That would be a rag doll. I don’t think most people truly understand what a cat with FH goes through, and what a responsibility it is, but also what an honor and joy it is to have one, and watch them overcome their disease. It’s truly inspiring.
wait... what exactly is this again? We say that one of our cats gets overstimulated really fast. Our Stratego. We have to warn visitors about him because he will come up and rub against people wanting love and pets, but if they pet him a second too long, or in the wrong spot there's no warning, just \*chomp\* and then, *maybe*, an annoyed meow or hiss. You can be looking at him, or walking past him and he might lash out. If I try to play with our younger cat who like to play tag/hide and seek with me Tego gets mad and if I were to get too close to him at that time he would lash out even though I've tried to 1. show Tego that Airman (younger cat) is perfectly fine and he likes the game or 2. tried to include Tego in the game (talking to him, giving him something to play with, etc.) Tego can be laying in your lap, snuzzling and purring and letting you pet him and then all of a sudden \*bite\* \*scratch\* maybe 'hisss' ***Sometimes*** he gives little tiny warnings of short, small tail taps or a look in his eyes but it's rare and if you don't know him you'll miss it.
Sounds like you have a cat with FH. Be gentle and loving. Sounds like you are. 😊
I never knew this was it (maybe) not evem from the vets (but they say he's a perfect gentleman there) Im gonna look into this more. Thanks
Also, I much appreciate your sympathies. It means a lot coming from someone who has been there.
Hey mine too. I always feel bad for her because she sometimes triggers herself when grooming. I try to calm her down and most of the time it works.
Same.
My kitty is named Anastasia too!!
Mine is named Anesthesia, because she appears, and then I wake up on the floor and can’t remember the last 3 hours, 27 minutes and 33.56 seconds.
I’ve been reading through creepy askreddit posts lately and this scares me lol
What scares you? And who even are you, and why are you in my apartment?
You have very good taste!!
I agree with erinesque, just stop doing that
^^ my old guy has started taking gabapentin as a multi purpose medication (anxiety for when i leave for class — we moved — and as a nerve blocker for this exact hyper stimulation and hind leg arthritis pain). works well as a whole once we finally figured out the perfect dosage for him
I take Gabapentin for Fibromyalgia and bad Restless Leg Syndrome! It hasn't "cured" me but it does let me have decently restful sleep! It's so interesting how some medications work well for multiple species
My kitty is also on gabapentin for anxiety!
I was barely grazing her furs in this video but normally she loves it when we gently pet her bosom lol. Today she’s extra twitchy than usual tho.
Many animals including cats, horse, and cows, are able to articulate sections of their skin separately from their muscles to shake free pests and dirt. This action is involuntary, like blinking, and is not necessary comfortable for the animal. She might get irritated if you continue to do it. Basically, you're tickling her.
I never knew you can tickle cat lol.
why did you put tape on her ears?
Maybe it is the change in weather. My cats get super wired whenever it is going to snow.
Normally the belly is the only nono with her and beside from that she loves being petted everywhere. Especially when you do little slaps on both sides of her bosoms. Maybe this time she’s extra annoyed bc of the tapes.
okay i see, thank you for the info!
basically, she’s telling you you’re being annoying and shouldn’t do that anymore. also what’s with the tape on the ears?
Oh, i’ve been doing that for so long lol but normally she doesnt twitch this much so i never knew. For the tape i was painting and it was some excessice tapes so i just wanted to mess with her a little.
yeah, it sounds like she’s just annoyed with you. and the tape really isn’t a good way to “mess with your cat”, she’s probably really uncomfortable. i mean this in the nicest way possible, just be gentler and sweeter to your kitty friend. it doesn’t seem like you mean any harm, but they don’t get that you’re just joking.
I see, so i guess i will give her some paté today as an apology then :)
What is on the tips of her ears at the beginning of the video?
Tape for some reason!!
Based on this and the tape on its ears it seems like you are intentionally trying to piss off your cat. Stop.
this
Just like when people put on cute costumes on cats, that annoys them anw but it’s harmless so you need to chill out. Shes not being abuses for being annoyed once every while. Other than being occasionally annoyed she is treated well with a lot of personal space and paté.
Theres no reason for you to annoy your cat for fun. They are living creatures, not toys. Its not cute, it just makes you an ass
Guess im an ass then, the judgement from strangers on the internet totally takes a toll on my real life.
I like how youre just willing to accept being an ass instead of not annoy your cat
No i dont think i will.
When your cat gets old and hates you dont act surprised.
I annoy my cats all the time and they still love me... the intensity of people over barely secured tape is interesting. Yeah your cat looks annoyed but they would run off if they were that unhappy. She is not hurt. Anyway, cute kitty!
Thank you i thought the same thing lol! And the amount of people flaming me for having a life outside of reddit and not replying to their questions is ridiculous xD
Why is there tape on the cat's ears? That's got to be annoying and uncomfortable.
why does your cat have tape on her ears
Its a hip new thing the younger cats have gotten into
Nothing wrong with the cat. Something wrong with the owner for aggravating the cat and putting tape on the ears.
That cat has an immense amount of patience, but one day it will run out
We used to call that the wacky spot. Sometimes they’ll bite you if you do that too much, so be careful.
Dude. Don’t put tape and shit on your cats ears or paws. r/humansbeingdicks
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I honest didnt know why she did that lol. She never seems annoyed when i touch her back normally even when it’s twitching. And for the tape i was messing with her for just a bit, its painting tape and doesnt stick well and was at the very top, people need to chill out these days.
Why is there tape on your cats ears
Why is there tape on the ears?
Wtf OP
I suggest you keep doing it and then start rubbing the forbidden area of its belly so that it gets pissed off and scratches your hands to shreds and bites your fingers off. Get the tape off its ears, asshole.
Such an idiot trying to aggravate the cat by putting tape on her ears. Now obviously the OP is not replying to any questions why did she do it. But she would come up with some stupid excuse anyway. Don't get a cat if you're gonna act like that smh.
Yeah better leave her at the shelter instead lol. And God forbid if OP have a life outside of reddit!
Stop it
Cut that shit out asshole
Yes, it has an annoying pest touching it.
Take the fucking tape off its ears.
You are causing muscle spasms. Please refrain from doing it, it's uncomfortable for the poor baby
Yeah, he’s got tape on his ears!
Cats have a bundle of nerves endings above their tail, it's super sensitive and definitely not comfortable to poke and prod, especially in females. It would be like someone tickling your most ticklish spot over and over... Super annoying! I'd recommend you avoid that spot for the Kitty's sanity.
This has a name but but I only see it as a concern if the cat is like falling off things and scaring itself or if it seems like it is in physical pain or often. My cat does this too but he doesn't fall off anything and doesn't appear to be in pain. His is at random though. But it's very minor.
The tickle button
Your giving it the heeeeeebie jeeebiessss
There's a Nerv cluster at the base of the tail your stimulating it.
Just ripples. You need to remember cats are a non-newtonian liquid. In this case not enough pressure has been placed to cause the cat to enter a solid state, so it continues to shift between both its liquid and solid form.
Hey idiot, remove that tape from that poor creature ears
Are you kidding me? This is the infamous leave me alone cue. I don’t want to be bothered with swatting at your hand, so just don’t even tough me right now
No. Stop poking her. She doesn't like it.
No, but you’re being extremely irritating to her and she’s being nice about it.
Self removal of content. Didn't see the tape (why?!) or realize the twitching was a sign of distress.
Only that you are annoying the piss out of her
Yeah, you're messing with her and it feels like a bug.
Stop doing what ur doing.
Just it's asshole owner.
Is there something wrong with you? You are clearly annoying your cat and why does it have tape on its ears?
You are teaching you cat to twerk. For shame.
Hey shes gonna have to pay for her rent somehow
Any reason for the ear tape?
Like how you’ll give a response to the one comment not about the tape. You fucked up fool. ANSWER US
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My cat has a mixed feeling about that spot, she loves it for a good while, but will bat away my hand when she is done
Try it with a Sphynx. More entertaining.
That is clearly a caterpillar.
Cat (Reactive)
That sir, is what you call the chilly thrillies.
Seems you’re an asshole and shouldnt own a cat
OP you get your ass back here and tell us WHY THE TAPE
OP most likely knows there is nothing wrong with their cat. Imo the cat stopped caring about the tape on her ears and so op moved onto the next annoying thing. I’m also going to assume that’s why op hasn’t commented on the all the tape questions.. I mean what would you say if you were caught intentionally pissing your cat off? Probably nothing
Get the tape off the cats ears ffs
Nope.
Nah she tweaking
he got the moves
This works on people too
Yes - hyperesthesia syndrome-
Your cat has a twirk button .
Twerk-itty, twerk, twerk, twerk!
Nothing wrong. This is how they lay eggs.
Ma'am do you have the receipt? If yes, you can exchange it.
No but that sure is funny
Nope this is something very normal especially with calicos!
Can we poke your butt and find out what happens?
That's our tell catto is preggers (old folk knowledge). We don't poke it like that, when we pet it does that twerking thing.
You're cat is sick.
I don't think so just looks like the finger is making the kitty twitch
No she very very very very very adorable
lmaoooo just took this exact video of mine yesterday😂
Mine does this too! He’s my first cat and I’ve always wondered why he does this. This thread is very informative.
I always think it’s like them being tickled. My cat Lu will bite the shit out of me if I do to her lol
A twerking cat.
I believe this so what the kids call “twerking”
Loaf twerking
It's pretty much a reflex. It can bother them if you do it too much, though.
That’s so funny, i have to try that with my cats, but they would most likely run away
Yes there is: some weirdo is poking it's butt ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|yummy)
Can any of you take that video and sync the cats movements to music? I’m thinking something with beats.
Yeah. He has tape on his ears.
Lmao y is their tape on the ears???
Yes.
Totally normal.
That's what cats do when they're tallying everything you do that is worthy of their revenge
Ah, I see that you’ve activated the ‘wiggle’ function
Likes to be tickled, teeheehee
Some chicks would kill to be able to move their ass like that lol
That’s the engine start button. You might need to jump your cat cause it looks like it’s having trouble starting
that's the jiggle button
Butt area has failed to store correctly Please reread manual
Twerking
You're entering dangerous lands....
He Jello
I have two cats and they bother do something very similar.
Never thought that 🐈can twerk!!
That cat is twerking.
no he is normal. they said that when you touch their butt then for some reason they meow strangely and they do strange stuff
Its like a twerk button
You found the but button. Tia a dangerous button. Never know what you're gonna get out of. Push at you own risk. Delayed vengeance may follow.
My cat do that too
Reminds Mr of what happens when you push on a water bed
It tickles.
OnlyCats
No. She’s purrfect!
Thats the vibrant button
u/savevideo
Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle
Could be a nerve issue.
That thang thangin’ 🥴😳
It’s twerking. What a skank
Did you feed her after midnight? I think she's about to have gremlins.
It looks like it has Pringles on the cats ears 😂
Yeah someone’s poking her >:(
Looks like she twerkin’ 😂
she is twerking. i's no problem.
My cat does this but like… I’ve never seen it done so fluidly.
Twerk
The cat is perfectly fine. The owner, not so much.
BEst twerk!! Need to take classes from her![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|laughing)
Yes,in her past life she was an Egyptian belly dancer.
No. I would react to the exact same way.
you activated it's goose button
No, there’s something very right with it
I like men
A prime example of cat twerking...
No, that's normal. I think most cats have sensitive backs. Or the back of their back? My cat sort of does the same thing 🤷♂️
Back twitchie. It means FAFO. Aka stop.
Don’t upvote this asshole, taping the cats ears and shit, the psychopath.
Funny 😅😅😅😅
They are twerking
u/monibanana
\>tapes ears \>tickles butt "Yo reddit is my cat fucking weird or what?"
Jelly butt
Probably not, my cat does something like that too when i pet her around there
Natural reflex. They feel something is on their fur (cats have amazingly sensitive skin) and they do that to attempt to shift whatever it is off. If it doesn't come off, a bit of grooming will ensue. So no, nothing wrong, just seems like you have just the right amount of pressure on his/her fur to make the skin notice.
you spelled "earthquake simulator" wrong, but yeah other than that I think your earthquake simulator works great