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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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.593 / Virus Database: 376 - Release Date: 20/02/2004 |
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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. -- David Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI Bp+W B 10 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P B+ PA+ PL+ SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 1 Y++ L-- W- C+ |
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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 Ecstacy. -- Irulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.593 / Virus Database: 376 - Release Date: 20/02/2004 |
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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. Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) |
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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) -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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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? 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 -- :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi |
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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 ;-) -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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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...) --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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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 |
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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". |
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