He meows. Makes hard eye contact but if I touch him , he gets mad and runs off.
What? What do you want!?!?! Why are you staring at me and meowing if you don’t actually want me to do anything?!
He also seems to get mad and run off if I just look back at him and not try to pet him.
If I try to ignore him he just rolls around and sometimes does this little ridiculous “tantrum” deal where he will stand up and dramatically throw himself down and then roll onto his back. It’s always loud cause he’s a big cat. It can’t feel very good. But he does it all the time.
Idk. Maybe he just likes being dramatic.
Anyway. Any cat whisperers who have figured it out, let me know.
Where does he run off to? Me might be trying to bring you somewhere.
Just gets up. Runs off a bit. Looks back at me. Like I did something wrong. Cause I guess I did.
I think he’s wanting to play as some others have suggested. Play with a fishing rod or wand. But no touchy .
One of my cats lays on her back and stretches out when she’s hot. If you try to scratch her belly, she will claw your arm off. So she has clearly communicated that I should not scratch her belly and that’s an easy message to understand based on the scars.
My other cat loves belly scratches, but she prefers if I pick her up for them.
The easy thing to do is try various actions and then stop doing the ones that result in you getting your arm torn off, and whatever’s left over, that’s what the cat likes
Showing their belly means they trust you. If they let you rub their belly they really trust you.
What if you stick you face in their belly and go “wuzza wuzza wuzza”?
Head cup and little scratch behind ear. Quality trust time, ignore incidental cat tum for now.
Belly trap!!
Check eyes. Dilated pupils. Combat mode.
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Mine wants belly rubs. This goes on for a bit until he decides you are a chew toy now.
It depends. It’s like when a human says “I love you.” In some cases it’s time to blow them a kiss and cook them some crepes. In other cases it’s time to double-check your safeword and tighten the straps.
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Belly rubs and blood. Did you try slow blinking at him before touching? Maybe he wants you to touch him but is nervous.
Sometimes he will do kitty winks back and forth with me. But tummy is off limits.
He has never liked that.I think he wants to play with a wand toy. He seems open to that.
Maybe he’s asking you to give it a go, too?
Try getting a feather on a stick type toy and pulling it out when he does this. I’d say he wants to play, but doesn’t want to engage your actual huge ape body when it comes down to it. In any case, it’s a sign he considers you his human. He’s really a beautiful cat.
I have a heavy cloth, like canvas, stuffed tube that I break out when he is on his back with crazy eyes. I know he wants to get a good “dig” in. I rub the tube on his belly and he’ll latch onto it a tear into it like he’s gotten some sweet prey. I’ll even hold one end and drag him around the floor and rotate him while he furiously kicks and chews it.
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My cat does this when she’s happy. She’ll fall asleep like that with a literal little smile on her face in the sun and when I see it I explode because it’s so damn cute. She’s also an old girl so I have to kinda make sure she’s breathing these days and didn’t literally go belly up and give up the ghost on me 😭😭
Pets really nailed down the manipulation through cuteness
They’ve reached the apex of survival. Find the top life form then latch onto them and get them to serve and fuss over you.
Put on a thick leather work glove and wrestle him.
I used to do this with my giant Main Coon. I could feel his teeth trying to bury themselves in my hand. Ahhhh!
