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Our Lucy rolls on her back and shows her tummy everytime our Ricky, a chihuahua comes near her. If he doesn't say hello by licking her or nuzzling with her, she chases him down, knocks him over and then rolls on her back again. The chihuahua takes it all in stride but she outweighs him by at least 3 pounds. I guess she really trusts him. ;)
Exposing the belly is definately a sign of feeling completely secure and trusting. My Bo is absolutely irresistable when he goes belly up - which is often, so he gets lots of rubs. One day I decided to keep track of how many belly rubs Bo asked for - he got 14! From the look of contentment on his face and the roar of his purr, it must be absolute heaven. I sure wish I had someone to give me some sugar like that! LOL!
Misty loves her tummy rubbed. It is a ritual when we come home from work. She is waiting for us to come home at the door and we say do you want you bellie rubbed and instantly she is on her back for the rub. If I am laying on the floor she will lay beside me bellie up. She sleeps on the couch bellie up. I think that it means they are in total trust of us and want a bit of affection. ;)
What can I say, but Misty is a complete Cutie!!! LOL LOL :D :D
My kitty Scooter absolutly hates having his belly touched at all. He sleeps on his back with his belly fully exposed, it looks so inviting, but he will bite if you touch it.
My other guy Clyde will tolerate a few rubs but that is it.
I had a cat growing up, Oopee, who LOVED it. She would see someone coming, and she would flop over and block your way until you rubbed her stomach.
Just thought ya'll would like a dose of some kitty belly!! Here's my Marius...he's always good for a tummy rub...especially in the early mornings or the evening! I think he may just have been drying his nails in this picture...LOL LOL :D :D
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He must have those nail caps! Do you like them? Are they able to detract their claws if they have their "Lee Press on Nails" on?
4feline, yes!! Marius is the proud "wearer" of Soft Paws! :) They work great and yes, he can retract his claws :) I absolutely refused to have my cat undergo declaw surgery, so I opted for the nail caps (my husband has a declawed cat, and we thought it would be a little safer to have my cat wear caps in case they started to play a little rough). I'm lucky with him because he doesn't mind me handling his paws (a lot of cats are senstive to that), so that makes it easy for me to apply the nail caps. I fill the cap with a little of the nail glue (basically it's like super glue)and then put it on the nail. They usually last about a month, which is about the length of time there is before a cat sheds its nail. So, when they come off, I simply replace them...and it's only about 2 or 3 at a time. They work great, and I've been very pleased with the product :)
Marius doesn't seem to mind...either that or he's just putting up a macho (??? :D) front! LOL LOL He usually wears blue caps, but over the Christmas holidays we switched to red. You can see the transition from him going from red back to blue in the picture! LOL LOL
I have been feeding a semi-feral stray cat on my front porch for the past 3 months or more. He was trapped, neutered and released after the first month. I have managed to get him used to me so that he will let me pet his head and some of his back. He often rolls over on his back, but if I try to pet his tummy, I get a swift slap.
I suspect he feels as I do, that we trust each other, but not completely. Or maybe he wants to play, but I'm the one who doesn't trust those sharp claws.
He will come into the house a few feet if I'm sitting on the floor. He even turns his back on me while I pet his head and back.
Since I'm a dog person (I have 4) I'm not sure what he's telling me. What do you all think?
Our Tinker has a contagious case of RUBBER BELLY!
She flops over and whoever passes her, can not resist the urge to Rub-her-belly (aka Rubber Belly)!
You've probably all seen the symptoms, but I feel the need to post again now that the 'disease' has been identified! lol :D
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Zippy, I just LOVE that pic!!! That belly is just BEGGING for a massive belly rub from me! My hands would be so glued to that belly, you'd have to pry them away! LOL LOL LOL :D :D It's amazing how quickly I can go into "cuteness overload" when I'm around cats! LOL :D :D
I read it in a cat fancy magazine if they exposed their tummy, they are trusting their owners. My Joey, he lays on his so I can rub his tummby, he just loves that.
Storm loves to lie on the floor and expose his tummy. This is one of his favorite positions. He also loves belly rubs. Here's a picture of himhttp://www.imagestation.com/picture/...a/fdaf777b.jpg.Sunny will sometimes lie with his tummy exposed but not very often. He'll usually start off by wanting his back scratched and then he'll roll over on his back so he can have his belly rubbed. Here's Sunny's belly.http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...4/fdaf77a0.jpg Pepper will rarely expose his tummy and he doesn't like belly rubs as much as the other two do.
My Amy cat is the only one of my furkid family who willfully turns over so I can rub her tummy. Also, Mackerella will do this same behavior to an extent.
..........wayne
muffruff, I suppose, from your post, that he may have been someone's pet and that they used to rub his tummy. Any truly feral cat will not allow a person to touch them. I know that some cats will play rough when anyone rubs their tummy, and other will simply lay back and enjoy it. That it all depends on the character of the cat. Personally, I'd recommend that the next time he flops over for you to rub his tummy, that you get a pair of gloves on and proceed with the tummy rubs. If he gets too rough then you are reasonably protected. If , on the other hand, he becomes not as rough as you might have expected, then I would rub his tummy until he wants you to stop. Then there is hope to rescue him from the streets and make a house pet of him.:)
..............wayne