cats

To feel the weight of their sins on their bellies instead of their backs.

Like a weighted blanket

It's comfy

He’s bored and wants to play.

It means the cat is bored

i think it means they want attention, when my cat did this she wanted me to pet her or go to her so she would have me follow and show she wants to go out or have some food.

I assumed she just knew how cute she is and deliberately wanted to be even more cute so i would have to come to her, which i always did precisely for that reason.

Showing their belly means they trust you. If they let you rub their belly they really trust you.

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.

Check eyes. Dilated pupils. Combat mode.

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

Head cup and little scratch behind ear. Quality trust time, ignore incidental cat tum for now.

Belly rubs and blood. Did you try slow blinking at him before touching? Maybe he wants you to touch him but is nervous.

Where does he run off to? Me might be trying to bring you somewhere.

Belly trap!!

Mine wants belly rubs. This goes on for a bit until he decides you are a chew toy now.

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.

Cat 🥰

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 😭😭

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Cats will often show you their belly as a sign of trust, as it makes them vulnerable. Some cats love to have their bellies rubbed, others view it as a breach of trust and will shred you, even though they flopped over. If it's a cat you don't know, the best thing is to just reach down and scratch the top of their head around the ears. If you want to see how far you can push it, give them scritches under the chin, move down to the upper chest, and inch your way lower to see how far they're okay with going.

With my cat, it's an invitation to play fight.
So I put on an oven mitt, tickle her belly and she clamps down on it and tries to kill it.
But she doesn't extend her claws or actually bite down, and when I remove my hand she goes back to the position on her back. Which tells me she seems to enjoy it.

Put on a thick leather work glove and wrestle him.

Blood (yours)

Maybe he's asking you to give it a go, too?

hes telling you he likes you and is happy youre here and doing whatever youre doing.

not all cats showing belly want belly touched, simple as.

My cat does this for belly rubs... Her software is bugged and doesn't have a limit on belly rubs. Also to scratch her back on the carpet. She will also let me spin her like a beyblade while doing this for some reason and keep laying on her back for more belly rubs

Touch but don’t touch.

Every cat is different. One of ours demands belly rubs like this.

Another one cannot tolerate being touched in any way. You go to pet her and she's like:

https://youtu.be/8DajVKAkL50#t=25s

If they lie like that peacefully and contently then it's because they find it comfortable.

If they're active and trying to get your attention, but don't want pets, then it's because they want to play.

They're apologizing. Or belly rubs.

My Siamese Mama Bear always wanted me to give her a really rough, all-over rubbing. She could take as much as I wanted to give. I always surrendered before she did.

It’s a trap!!