My experience has been more like
“As a cat I am no one’s… Hey, where are you going with the food? Hey, hey! HEY! I AM YOUR CAT! I AM YOUR CAT!”
Unless it’s within two hours in either direction of the cats feeding time, in which case “I wuv u, have u noticed ur poor kitty is starving and the food bowl is empty? Here let me get all up in your face in case you’ve forgotten about me…”
Apparently that’s due to their mothers licking the buttholes to clean them when they were little
So they are going, “You’re my parent now, get to cleaning”
Meanwhile their bowl has plenty of food in it, but because the bottom is visible, the rest no longer exists
I’ve heard that the issue for some cats isn’t that they can see the bottom, but that their whiskers hit the side of the bowl and that’s uncomfortable.
People often describe their cats as Hannibal Lecter, mine is just a dumb idiot creature baby
most cats i meet are just chill dogs who require a polite greeting before loving you
“oh, a random human? hm yes okay you’re nice, oh you want to pick me up? PURRRRRRR”
And a polite greeting is pretty simple. I just offer my hand limp and palm down for a sniff. If you get a nuzzle then it’s petting time, baby.
blessed be the jackson galaxy, teaching us to greet cats like adam greeted god
Cats are the original sovereign citizens.
I have a black kitten who LOVES belly rubs. He’s so weird.
I don’t think I’ve known a cat that didn’t like their belly rubbed.
I think it’s just a trust thing. Cat ain’t going to like their belly rubbed if they don’t trust you.
And the only cat I’ve known “not to like” belly rubs absolutely loves them, but he will also try to claw and bite the shit out of your hand while you do, which is why you use an oven mitt while giving them.
Like, he will literally try to bring you that oven mitt and roll over for you in anticipation.
Or maybe he just likes murder.
My kittens would grab on to you and bite your hand (not hard enough to injure you) if you pet their belly. I used to dust the floor with them when they would do it to me.
