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Related: About this forumDaily Cute: Shelter Kitten Loves Being Tickled
Just listen to the purring.
http://www.care2.com/causes/daily-cute-shelter-kitten-loves-being-tickled.html
by Rachel SacksJanuary 8, 20153:00 pm
Tickling a fuzzy 10-day-old kitten is a sure way to get a smile during the day. This little one is tickled by his caretaker at the animal shelter where he currently resides. He squirms and rolls around, and cant open his eyes yet, but already knows he loves having his belly tickled.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)catberlin
(1 post)I agree with quite a few of the posts here re: the kitten being tickled relentlessly for waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy toooooooo long!
I foster plenty of cats and kittens and this little one was definitely trying to roll off his or her back. Enough already was the feeling goin on here. Very difficult to watch. Perhaps the intent was well-meaning, but the human needs to pay attention to what her "charge" is trying to clue her in to. Cats and kittens don't just purr when they feel fabulous, they also purr under stress.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)That was "waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy " too much and was difficult to watch.
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packman
(16,296 posts)and going to look at it once a day first thing in the morning. Shame kittens turn into lazy ass cats who like to sleep on keyboards.
eggplant
(3,912 posts)Demit
(11,238 posts)Maybe he's squirming because he's helpless and can't get away.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,806 posts)Demit
(11,238 posts)I mean, almost two straight minutes of constant rubbing, in the same spot! Poor thing.
This video reminds me of how when people are being tickled unmercifully, it's the one doing the tickling who is enjoying it, not the ticklee.
progree
(10,911 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)petted my kitties, but not for too long at that age.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)when they're being tickled, even though they hate it. How do you know the kitten also isn't being pushed past his comfort zone?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,806 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)than the kitty.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)contented kitten.
pansypoo53219
(20,987 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)"Cats also purr when they are distressed or afraid. Sick and injured cats, and those in veterinary offices often purr. It is thought that this is the cat's way of reassuring and calming herself."
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/article.cfm?aid=892
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)xfundy
(5,105 posts)They get up and away asap.
whopis01
(3,521 posts)I have one right now who thinks that is the best thing in the world. He comes over, I rub his back a bit, he flops down and rolls over onto his back next to me so I can rub his belly. If I try to stop before he is ready he grabs my hand and pulls it back to his belly.
Demit
(11,238 posts)That person in the video didn't even change it up with rubbing the cat's ears or the top of his head. Just the belly, over and over. A 10-day-old kitten, smaller than her hand, who couldn't get up & walk away.
whopis01
(3,521 posts)The person I was responding to wrote "I've never known a cat who liked to get a belly rub. They get up and away asap.".
Neither they nor I was talking about rubbing a cat in the same spot for two minutes, or referring to a cat which couldn't get away. In fact they referred to the cat getting up and walking away, and I referred to pulling my hand away and the cat pulling it back. So clearly neither of us was referring to a situation like you describe.
Demit
(11,238 posts)I seem to have introduced a new thought. I do apologize.
whopis01
(3,521 posts)The one where you posted "I mean, almost two straight minutes of constant rubbing, in the same spot! Poor thing."
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,806 posts)He'll roll over and ask you to give him one, and he purrs like he's going to explode. Many cats enjoy belly rubs, and especially kittens. They like it because their mother licks them there (and all over) and it feels good.
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niyad
(113,513 posts)cstanleytech
(26,312 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)How else is a blind newborn kitty supposed to make the tickling stop?
Sometimes tickled children laugh even though they hate it. And sometimes kitties purr even though they want the tickling to stop. Purring can be a sign of distress rather than contentment.
http://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/why-cats-purr?page=2
Although contentment does appear to produce purring, cats also purr when frightened or threatened. One way to think about this is to equate purring with smiling, says Kelly Morgan, DVM, clinical instructor at the Chicago Center for Veterinary medicine of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Veterinary Medicine in Chicago.
People will smile when theyre nervous, when they want something, and when theyre happy, so perhaps the purr can also be an appeasing gesture, Morgan says, adding that this is purely speculation.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)He doesn't look happy to me, poor thing. If he were contented, he would be laying quietly and relaxing.