A question: Why do cats writhe?

Hi group,

Okay, I have a question for you. Why do cat's writhe? Sometimes when Chloe
gets outside she immediately heads for concrete, she lays on her back and
starts to writhe around. Any ideas?

Flippy in Melbourne, Australia.
My Cats: http://www.flippyscatpage.com




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Flippy wrote
Hi group,

Okay, I have a question for you. Why do cat's writhe? Sometimes when Chloe
gets outside she immediately heads for concrete, she lays on her back and
starts to writhe around. Any ideas?

Probably the same reason I sometimes scratch my back on a doorframe or
something: it feels good.

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Hi group,

Okay, I have a question for you. Why do cat's writhe? Sometimes when Chloe
gets outside she immediately heads for concrete, she lays on her back and
starts to writhe around. Any ideas?

Flippy in Melbourne, Australia.
My Cats: http://www.flippyscatpage.com

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On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 20:49:19 +1000, "Flippy"
yodeled:

Hi group,

Okay, I have a question for you. Why do cat's writhe? Sometimes when Chloe
gets outside she immediately heads for concrete, she lays on her back and
starts to writhe around. Any ideas?

To amuse you, of course.




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"Flippy" wrote

Okay, I have a question for you. Why do cat's writhe? Sometimes when Chloe
gets outside she immediately heads for concrete, she lays on her back and
starts to writhe around. Any ideas?

Frank and especially Nikki do this too. They really enjoy it a lot. I don't
have any explanation, except that it just feels good. The dirtier the place,
the nicer it is to writhe around on it. ;o)

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"Flippy" wrote in message
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Hi group,

Okay, I have a question for you. Why do cat's writhe? Sometimes when Chloe
gets outside she immediately heads for concrete, she lays on her back and
starts to writhe around. Any ideas?

I think marking might be part of that behaviour, they seem to put their
cheeks to the ground when they do it too. Other than that I suppose it might
just feel good, like stretching and and getting a bit of scratching back
from the ground. Exchange of smell?
My grey Thea, among other cats I know, always include this behaviour in her
greeting ritual - in her case it all takes place indoors.
An expression of "I feel good"?
In short - I don't really have a clue!
Lena
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On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:39:44 +0200, "lewe"
wrote:

"Flippy" wrote in message
...
Hi group,

Okay, I have a question for you. Why do cat's writhe? Sometimes when Chloe
gets outside she immediately heads for concrete, she lays on her back and
starts to writhe around. Any ideas?

I think marking might be part of that behaviour, they seem to put their
cheeks to the ground when they do it too. Other than that I suppose it might
just feel good, like stretching and and getting a bit of scratching back
from the ground. Exchange of smell?
My grey Thea, among other cats I know, always include this behaviour in her
greeting ritual - in her case it all takes place indoors.
An expression of "I feel good"?
In short - I don't really have a clue!
Lena

Well, those sound like good enough reasons. Course it could be their
way of inviting a good back rub or saying that the slave hasn't been
scritching the right spot ;-)
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Frank and especially Nikki do this too. They really enjoy it a lot. I don't
have any explanation, except that it just feels good. The dirtier the place,
the nicer it is to writhe around on it. ;o)

Waffles and Francis do it too. Marble's not bothered. My thinking is it may be
a sort of "dust bath" effect in the same way that birds will have a dust bath.

Cheers, helen s
(calming Waffles down as she reads of Frank and writhing in the same
sentence...)



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"Flippy" wrote in message
...
Hi group,

Okay, I have a question for you. Why do cat's writhe? Sometimes when
Chloe
gets outside she immediately heads for concrete, she lays on her back
and
starts to writhe around. Any ideas?

Flippy in Melbourne, Australia.
My Cats: http://www.flippyscatpage.com

My cats do it because I get all gooshy and talk about how cute they are.
If one is doing it, the other will hear me, come into view, and start
writhing too. I call it "cuteing".

Joy

My cats do it because I get all gooshy and talk about how cute they are.
If one is doing it, the other will hear me, come into view, and start
writhing too. I call it "cuteing".

Joy

We call it "doing a cute show".