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submitted 1 month ago by daannii@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Never had cats, but is that not a playful pose? At least, I believe they do this when they want another cat to play with them.

Of course, there's the trouble that you're not a cat, so can't really wrestle with them like another cat would. But yeah, maybe you can poke at them or next to them, so they can avoid your 'attacks' as a game.

[-] daannii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I have a few of the wand toys, I'll give that a try

[-] mech@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

can’t really wrestle with them like another cat would.

You can, if you put on an oven mitt.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

My hand is covered in little scars and I have no regrets

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