Does your cat let you touch their - paws, tail, belly? Do they mind being held...

it really is up to the cat where they let you touch them remember all cats are different

Devin only lets me and my boyfriend pet him. He'll let you pet him if he's in one of our laps though. He loves to be stroked (even his tail) and if he wants his belly touched, he'll roll over. As soon as he moves his foot, the belly has had enough! He'll demand pets and general love; he gets rights into our face, head butting and hugging, licking like crazy if he feels he hasnt got his fair share for the day! He'll sit in my lap and meow at me if I dare stop petting. You can pick him up, but only for a few minutes.

Zakk only likes to be touched on his head and back. He will let you pick him up and he will sit perched on your shoulder until he decides he is done. You don't touch him anywhere he doesn't want to be, or else face the conseqences. Ouch!!!
Rocky doesn't seem to mind it except his belly and back legs. He asks to be picked up sometimes. If you touch him where he doens't want to be touched he meows loud, then he scratches!
cookie doesn't seem mind being touched anywhere yet, but his attention span is very short!! He still puts up with being held like a baby! Suzie doesn't like to be touched at all usually. (they are both former feral kittens). too bad b/c she is very silky soft.

PJ is our belly kitty. She will yell at us and beg for belly rubs, and she likes being rubbed all over every part of her belly.
She also loves having the base of her tail rubbed, really hard. She'll let my fiance' pick her up, but he has to hold her over his shoulder for her to be okay with it. She doesn't like it when I pick her up, unfortunately.

Teddy is much less tolerant. No belly rubbing, no tail base rubbing. He loves chin rubs, but is nippy after lots of petting in general. He doesn't really like to be picked up, either.

We tend to stay away from their paws since they came to us declawed - we figured they'd be sensitive about paw touching. Teddy has let us clip his back claws a few times, but that's the only time we go there.

Miya pretty much tolorates me petting her anywhere. When I want to pat her on the head, I try to remember not to pet her from the front until she's relaxed because she flinches a bit. I thought she was a very friendly and affectionate cat, but so far she won't let anyone but me hold her--this kind of upset my dad.

Tola has come a long, long way since I got her. She will now let me pet her anywhere, stomach included, and I also hold her paws and squeeze them a bit to push the nails out.

She used to flinch and scoot away when i tried to kiss her anywhere on her body, but now she totally lets me, even on the top of her head!!! I think she even likes it!

She does not, however, like to be held. I have tried for so long to pick her up every day and get her used to it and give her treats and a lot of "good girl!" afterwards, but she is still resistent so I am guessing she does plain old doesn't like it. maybe when she is older.....

Our new baby Casey LOVES armpit scratches! He will lie there and purr like a maniac. He is also very fond of belly rubs (and everywhere else rubs). Charlie prefers to have his head and cheeks petted/scratched but will tolerate a little bit of petting pretty much anywhere.

From the instant we got them I have made sure to play with all of their feet so that they would get used to it (besides it makes claw triming so much easier).

When I was a kid we had a cat who loved it when you would scratch between the toes on her back feet. She would lie there with her toes all spread out and purr for hours.

Scooter likes his tummy rubbed, but does not always like his head to be scratched. He does not like his paws touched much, but will tolerate it a little.
Pearl has let me rub her tummy a few times, and loves her chin to be scratched. She will raise her head and look sideways at us like "you may pet me NOW." Her paws must be left alone, or you will get a sound cursing.
Pepper is funny about her petting. She likes her paws rubbed a little, but will shred you if you touch her tummy.
The new girl, Fluffy, is funny about her patting, too. I have not attempted a tummy rub yet, since she is new and I have been shreded twicw over different things. She has the cutest, daintiest paws, and lets me pet them.
One of RB kitties, Leo, lived for tummy rubs. He spent most of his time lying on his back so it would be available at all times to almost anyone. He was a BIG boy, and had a lovely fuzzy tummy for a short haired cat.

Snickers is the most touchable... he will belly-up, spread eagle & lay there purring while you rub his furry belly. He also loves for his paws to be kissed. And, the top of his head, he'll push is head into your mouth just so he gets kisses! He loves to be held, he'll motor so loud you can hear it in the next room.

Zorro... only on his terms... and when he's done, he's done, and he will bite your hand off. We do not hold him, he does not allow it!

K.C. only likes to be petted at nighttime, and only by me. No one really sees her except for me. No one touches her but me. Can't hold her, she's too small & wirey.

Jessie begs to be brushed, she'll cry & meow really loud til ya Zoom Groom her... she likes it on her back & face...

Hammie, he loves to be petted and pops wheelies (when a cat pushes up with all his might & headbutts REALLY hard) if you hold your hand out. He's a snuggler, will lay right next to you... but hates to be held. Hates it!

And Dusty, she is right here with me. Always. Either on my chest or on my back at night while sleeping, at my side while I'm on the puter, on my lap while I'm sitting. She is THE people-cat; she hates the other cats. Dusty likes to be carried around like a baby versus walking.

Both of our cats like to be held, one more than the other.

But my mother-in-law has a HUGE long-haired cat, that is black & white, and he has a black spot on him, and if you touch that spot, you are in big trouble. Everyone that knows that cat, knows not to touch that spot. He will actually attack you out of pure anger, and hold a grudge on you for at least the rest of the day.

Lily likes to be scratched everywhere. I have seen her pulling on her own whiskers, but I am not willing to start pulling her whiskers. Twitch is a different story. She likes to be petted when she is sleeping, but if she is awake she likes to be petted when she asks for it. She wants to be petted from the tip of her nose to the tip of her tail. SHe gets petted 4 times down her entire body before breakfast & supper, not one time more, not one time less. All in all, she has her own routine, but she never hisses or bites aobut being petted, she just walks away. If she is really angry she will growl a little.

No belly rubs for Tia and she doesn't like her back paws touched. I tried to get her use to having her paws touched because of trimming her nails, but it never worked on the back ones. I can pet her everywhere else. She's not a lap cat but will let me hold her like a baby or upright forever.

My cat Pretty, who I had before Tia, was a complete opposite. She hated to be picked up but was always on my lap the moment I sat down. She wasn't much for belly rubs either.

Beth
(Tia's Mom)

Pouncer is okay with anywhere but her back feet. She's not a big fan of people touching the pads of her back feet for some reason- if we catch a back foot and hold it, she'll violently kick and try to pull it away.

Sometimes she's not okay with us holding the end of her tail, too.

Neko pretty much loves being rubbed anywhere, although her favourite is her head. She only likes being held in a weird way, its hard to describe-laid out along my arm with her bum in the crook of my elbow and her shoulder in my hand so her legs are free floating in the air. I think she just doesnt like to have her legs trapped. Some of the time she will beg to be rubbed but when it starts to feel "too good" she will bite.

Originally Posted by edithtippett

Neko pretty much loves being rubbed anywhere,

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Aww.. I love that name! I never thought of naming a cat "neko".. maybe since it's just "cat" in japanese. Either way.. I love it!

Anyways.. Lucy doesn't like to be touched on the paws (declawed), and gets kind of fussy when people do it. Stinky doesn't like his belly touched at all (he'll scratch.. ), and Sassy pretty much lets you do anything.. she just doesn't like to be held for long periods of time.

paws: Not a chance.. Seth pulls them away and gives the evil glare if you touch her paws

tail: only when you are petting her at a surface that is above waist level (actually she doesn't like to be petted much unless she's at that level or above.

belly: nope, but she likes to show it off when she's happy

being held: she hates it and usually tries to bite if we pick her up, but we are working on it we try to distract her and talk sweetly to her while we pick her up and then reward her with a treat or an activity once we put her down.

Originally Posted by h~chan

Aww.. I love that name!

I never thought of naming a cat "neko".. maybe since it's just "cat" in japanese. Either way.. I love it!

Anyways.. Lucy doesn't like to be touched on the paws (declawed), and gets kind of fussy when people do it. Stinky doesn't like his belly touched at all (he'll scratch..

), and Sassy pretty much lets you do anything.. she just doesn't like to be held for long periods of time.

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I just looked at your profile and noticed you are also a fan of anime as well as nippon ichi games (such as disgaea)! Nice to meet yah!

Bella will let me touch and stroke her anywhere. She especially loves having her armpits and tummy tickled. In fact, if I stroke anywhere near her tummy, she automatically lifts her back legs so that I can get to her tummy easier!

Cinders is a different matter - cuddling and strokes are all on her terms but when she is tired, she will roll onto her back, meow at me and then let me tickle her armpits and tummy

I used to train my kittens to accept any amount of touching, holding on back, etc. from when they were a month old. One reason is I perfer them to be more/less on their backs for nail clipping. But even so, some like being held a lot more then others.

Ling is sorta a lap cat but she doesn't like to be restrained for very long. Spooky is and always has been a lap/cuddle cat who doesn't care what you do with him

my kittie kramer LOVES his belly rubbed! he'll love you forever if you rub his belly for him :-) penny likes her belly rubbed when SHE wants it to be rubbed... kramer lets anybody pick him up... once again, with penny, it's on her terms.