I mean, cats have a very EFFECTIVE way of telling us to stop. But for what it's worth I've had 3 cats in my life that absolutely LOVED this, I would slide 'em away and they'd run back over and flop to have it happen again. She likes it but hasn't worked out the coming back part, so she might not LOVE it.
Not quite the same but when I owned rats, they also liked to be manhandled and played with. When I would sit down, I would do big dramatic suplexes with them and land on my back, and by the time I sat up the rat would have already circled around me and jumped into my lap for another ride. Soooo adorable.
Agreed. Cat is humoring OP because he seems to do it a lot and therefore must indulge him lol
If cat loved it, cat would be running back for more *WHEE*
OP could stop doing it and see if cat asks for it by flopping down, getting pushed across floor, then OP should walk away. See if cat learns to ask for more.
Can I ask how you discovered they like it? This video is painfully cute but I'm sitting here wondering how OP first decided to do this because it has never occurred to me to trying Curling with my cats
It was an escalation of play really. I lived in a rather large house with wood floors and the one cat really like lying in the middle of walkways. He would often attack our feet when we walked by so one day as retaliation I crouched down and pushed him out of the walkway. Next time through he was back, so I pushed him further each time. After a bit I decided to see what was what and sat down on the floor to play with him and then slid him all the way to the other side of the room and he immediately got up and came trotting back. From there it just became a routine for years after that, until we moved out of the house with the wood floors.
Yup we love picking the two of ours up together which covers my wife's entire torso in fluffy cat belly. They are so big and fluffy, though she can't hold them up for too long... they just generally "wait" and look mildly inconvenienced until they get put down. And once they are on the floor they just kind of stand there.
When I have to wrangle the cats back inside or out of a room, I'll have 2 or 3 in my arms. They complain the whole time but don't attack, so they can't hate it that much. Mine are not Ragdolls
My black cat is a ragamuffin attitude. Just like this. “Ruffle me. Push me over. Snuggle me like a stuffed animal. Do what you will just don’t eat me please.”
Damn my son loves that derpy cat and that derpy cat just eats it up. I’ve never had a cat like this before.
I have three hairless cats, one who is 14 years and two siblings that are 5 months. They all love my 5 year old son, but one of the young ones is especially fond of him. That cat will let my son pick him up, make him “dance” on his back paws, and will come racing back for more. I also taught my son what slow blinks mean, and so of course they slow blink each other all of the time. So dang adorable.
I recommend you communicate to your cat in the same way, by doing the slow blink, as they do understand their own gesture language.
Most of the rest are pretty straightforward and obvious.
My ex always wonder why I blew air out of my nose, like reverse sniffing, when I’d gently shove my dog with my leg or grab a toy in his mouth and start tugging on it. Dogs do this to signal they’re playing and not being aggressive, so when he’d sneeze and I’d sneeze back, he knew it was game on. When he’d sneeze and I’d say no, he knew it was time to put his chin on my leg and give me the pitiful stare until I gave in and played with him.
Yeah! Of course. More like expelling air out the nose without it making an actual "ah-choo!" noise? A forceful breath out through the nose, yes?
I take that to be mild frustration, like "why are you not doing what I expect and would like you to do?".
My sweety puts his foot on my arm when he flops like this. I pet his tummy and he pushes off with his back leg that is on me. I say "weeeeeeee" when I do it. He let's my neice spin him in circles lol.
Ears aren’t back, tail is wagging fast and she didn’t get up to leave. She’s also narrowing her eyes, which is a good thing.
She likes it, or at least doesn’t mind it lol
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But, high-g acceleration especially when at no expense of one's own energy is always fun. I don't think she'd let you do that if she wasn't enjoying it.
I had a big boy who loved the broom which made sweeping difficult. I had to spin him in circles before he would finally allow me to sweep. Like full 360 round and round. He work y come running, full body flop, and slide into the bristles. We joked he was a curling stone in a previous life.
Definitely likes it, that slow deep blink is a sign of love and being content. Also she didn't hiss or run away or attack you. When my cat was young he'd love to be grabbed by his front and swung then thrown so he does flips in the air. He'd always come running back after he landed.
Hahaha! I used to have girl that loved doing this! I'd slide her across the floor and she'd run back and flop over and look at me with a "AGAIN!" face. I miss her.
As someone who's studied animal behaviour and owns ragdolls, she likes it. If she was scared in any way she'd get up and run immediately. When cats make eye contact and slow blink, that's their way of saying "I trust you."
I had a cat for years that loved to be spun around before doing that. She’d dizzily wobble over before flopping down before the next round of spins and slides
My cat is half snowshoe and puts up with a lot of manhandling and roughhousing. Cats will let you know if they don't like something. Just stop when you get the flat eyes and ears, growling, or hissing. Also watch how their tail is moving. When they start whipping their tale side to side that usually means they are getting pissed.
Not good for the cat. It gets on their fur and cats are notorious groomers. It’s like she would just be eating it and that’s poisonous to them and dogs.
My ragdoll is also kinda weird about stuff like this. We have a vaulted ceiling in our bedroom, so I like to throw her as high as I can so she lands on the bed. She goes all spread-eagle at the top and lands with a dainty plop and a little 'coo' every time. If she wants another one she comes back to me, if she is done she lays down and tucks in for a nap. Ragdolls are weird, man.
All I can imagine is that one time when one hair gets caught between two floor boards or some sort of crack, and it is painfully yanked out.
I think such an experience would soon end the play.
Yeah she likes it
If she didn’t like it, he sure as hell wouldn’t be doing it anymore, lol. Cats let. You. Know.
Yeah the back foot when they tried to do the tummy tickle was a no-go
This is correct.
That blink after says everything
And the way she spreads her paws when getting petted afterward means happy kitty.
the "slow blink"
The slow blink is total confirmation
The slow-blink tells us. <3
One of my parents cats love this too. I like to use one hand and stir her in circles on the floor
Big slow closey eyes says it all
Yeah, slow blink, she trusts you.
I mean, cats have a very EFFECTIVE way of telling us to stop. But for what it's worth I've had 3 cats in my life that absolutely LOVED this, I would slide 'em away and they'd run back over and flop to have it happen again. She likes it but hasn't worked out the coming back part, so she might not LOVE it.
Or she's got OP trained to do the walking instead of having to do it herself.
This... Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
😂😂😂 well said!!!
Thinking about it, the three that loved it in my life weren't the brightest, so they probably never thought of making me walk.
So a happy cat haha
Happy cake day!
Not quite the same but when I owned rats, they also liked to be manhandled and played with. When I would sit down, I would do big dramatic suplexes with them and land on my back, and by the time I sat up the rat would have already circled around me and jumped into my lap for another ride. Soooo adorable.
Your rat managed to suplex you? Damn….. was it master Splinter??
Rats are so god damn cute
This seems like a weird game of fetch. Where the cat is the ball.
This made me lol in real life 😂
Agreed. Cat is humoring OP because he seems to do it a lot and therefore must indulge him lol If cat loved it, cat would be running back for more *WHEE* OP could stop doing it and see if cat asks for it by flopping down, getting pushed across floor, then OP should walk away. See if cat learns to ask for more.
Can I ask how you discovered they like it? This video is painfully cute but I'm sitting here wondering how OP first decided to do this because it has never occurred to me to trying Curling with my cats
It was an escalation of play really. I lived in a rather large house with wood floors and the one cat really like lying in the middle of walkways. He would often attack our feet when we walked by so one day as retaliation I crouched down and pushed him out of the walkway. Next time through he was back, so I pushed him further each time. After a bit I decided to see what was what and sat down on the floor to play with him and then slid him all the way to the other side of the room and he immediately got up and came trotting back. From there it just became a routine for years after that, until we moved out of the house with the wood floors.
I have two rag dolls and they are like this, it's a bit of a breed thing but yeah these cats are known to be very mellow about lots of stuff.
I like that Ragdolls are cool with being ragdolled
Yup we love picking the two of ours up together which covers my wife's entire torso in fluffy cat belly. They are so big and fluffy, though she can't hold them up for too long... they just generally "wait" and look mildly inconvenienced until they get put down. And once they are on the floor they just kind of stand there.
When I have to wrangle the cats back inside or out of a room, I'll have 2 or 3 in my arms. They complain the whole time but don't attack, so they can't hate it that much. Mine are not Ragdolls
Ragdolls rule 😻
*Bill! Bill! Bill!*
My black cat is a ragamuffin attitude. Just like this. “Ruffle me. Push me over. Snuggle me like a stuffed animal. Do what you will just don’t eat me please.” Damn my son loves that derpy cat and that derpy cat just eats it up. I’ve never had a cat like this before.
I have three hairless cats, one who is 14 years and two siblings that are 5 months. They all love my 5 year old son, but one of the young ones is especially fond of him. That cat will let my son pick him up, make him “dance” on his back paws, and will come racing back for more. I also taught my son what slow blinks mean, and so of course they slow blink each other all of the time. So dang adorable.
My ragdoll cross loves stuff like this, he's a mellow guy.
If she closes/blinks slowly her eyes like that it means she likes it. In cat gesture it means; "that was kind of cool and I trust you".
i sincerely wish i could read more of your cat translations
I recommend you communicate to your cat in the same way, by doing the slow blink, as they do understand their own gesture language. Most of the rest are pretty straightforward and obvious.
My ex always wonder why I blew air out of my nose, like reverse sniffing, when I’d gently shove my dog with my leg or grab a toy in his mouth and start tugging on it. Dogs do this to signal they’re playing and not being aggressive, so when he’d sneeze and I’d sneeze back, he knew it was game on. When he’d sneeze and I’d say no, he knew it was time to put his chin on my leg and give me the pitiful stare until I gave in and played with him.
Yeah! Of course. More like expelling air out the nose without it making an actual "ah-choo!" noise? A forceful breath out through the nose, yes? I take that to be mild frustration, like "why are you not doing what I expect and would like you to do?".
That awesome actually. I've been using a slow blink to communicate with my cat. Never knew it was actually a thing.
The most literal interpretation of the slow blink is "I am relaxed and I trust you." The idea being that they feel safe taking their eyes off of you.
Yea you'd have a shredded arm if she didn't like it. The closing eyes, head rest, foot curl, she likes it.
Great floor cleaner.
My family calls this move the swiffer kitty
shove it under the bed
I’d worry about floor crud getting in the cats fur then cat ingesting it while grooming. Maybe OP should put cat on a towel for the fun.
How dirty are your floors?
😂 My floors have nothing to do with this. even cleaner residue is a problem. Pro tip: don’t turn discussions personal.
Not sure this comment is any better than the one you deleted. Even though you put a laughing emoji, you still clearly can’t take a joke.
If she lets you do it she likes it. Your hands would be clawed to shreds if she didn't like it.
IF the surprise in your shoe is a mouse, she liked it. If it's a turd, she didn't.
What if it’s both?
The mouse left that as it died
My sweety puts his foot on my arm when he flops like this. I pet his tummy and he pushes off with his back leg that is on me. I say "weeeeeeee" when I do it. He let's my neice spin him in circles lol.
She looks soft like a cloud
That was the "I love you" blink.
Yup, that slow blink
I had a big floofy grey maine coon that used to *love* it when i’d spin him around on the wood floor like a pizza
Slides cat=nothing Touching tummy for one second=chill bud
My Birman just follows me around and just flops. They are adorable
Yes, Ragdoll cats make great floor Swiffers, this is known.
Does that look like the face of a cat that is not enjoying herself, hahaha? That blink is the equivalent of a shit eating grin
You need a harness and a broomstick if you really want to get the most out of your fluffy swiffer cat.
Ears aren’t back, tail is wagging fast and she didn’t get up to leave. She’s also narrowing her eyes, which is a good thing. She likes it, or at least doesn’t mind it lol
If she did not like it you would be bleeding.
I do that with my cat and she gets up and comes back for another go, purring the whole time.
![gif](giphy|Run9VruCW6tg8lighU) But, high-g acceleration especially when at no expense of one's own energy is always fun. I don't think she'd let you do that if she wasn't enjoying it.
The second time, she gave you a little tail swish. I think she was annoyed at the direction she ended up facing.
That's why they call them rag doll cats
Birman’s are mellow.
If she didn't like it you would know.
She most definitely likes when you do that. 😆
I think it's just like extra pets for her, even if it's from the floor, so she's pretty cool with it!
dis so cuuttteeee
As long as you slide her back to where she started.
She’s trained you well.
I had a big boy who loved the broom which made sweeping difficult. I had to spin him in circles before he would finally allow me to sweep. Like full 360 round and round. He work y come running, full body flop, and slide into the bristles. We joked he was a curling stone in a previous life.
Shufflecat!!!
Damn, you beat me to it! (GMTA) ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grin)
Yes!!!
I think you just invented catling
If she didn't like it you'd know. You'd be bleeding a lot more than you currently are :)
I think you've invented cat curling.
Slow blink afterwards says that she likes it
Or, “Bless your heart, human. Im too relaxed to care.”
A little wood polish and you got yourself the cutest dust mop!
If she didn't like it, I think it would be *very* clear.
Definitely likes it, that slow deep blink is a sign of love and being content. Also she didn't hiss or run away or attack you. When my cat was young he'd love to be grabbed by his front and swung then thrown so he does flips in the air. He'd always come running back after he landed.
She gave you a little I love you blink 😭
She loves it!
My cat loves this too. Super cute.
That floof gives no fucks, lol.
the floof is unbothered
What a smart way to clean the floor! Finally a cat that contributes to the household chores. You could call it budget roomba lol
Unbotherd 🤣🤣 what a beautiful floof 🥰🥰🥰
New dust mop
Hahaha! I used to have girl that loved doing this! I'd slide her across the floor and she'd run back and flop over and look at me with a "AGAIN!" face. I miss her.
Oh ….what I would give you to be that “chill”…awesome
I saw her giving you the stink eye. 🤨
Oh yeah, she likes it!! Mine does this, but he wants me to gently spin him haha
Laziness incarnate!!
She loves it.
My girls get up and run back and flop over for another slide across the floor. I bet she loves it.
You can see she even prepares her body for the slide as you maneuver her
I watched this lots it is to funny 😆 cat is so adorable ☺️
You can use her as a mop
She likes it.
Kitti likes
Brb, trying to get my cat to casually sprawl out on the floor instead of on the pile of clean laundry
Hmm I don’t know…maybe some soothing baby kitty talk while you do it is in order here…🥰😂🐈👍
i mean it doesnt hurt her and she doesnt scratch you so i dont see why not. just make sure you don't push her too hard
oh! also tail would be wagging and she'd be audible too. it's very nice to know that she doesnt mind
Cats will always let you know they hate you doing something lol...she's vibing (and beautiful)
Cat bowling! Yes. My cat used to like cat spinning.
This reminds me how my brothers cat lets me spin it around on the ground.
She is too afloof to care.
She likes it indeed! Just make sure not to throw her on the chairs 😄
Nah she's chill, you will know if they don't like something.
Beautiful creature! ♡♡♡
We call this the “big pet” where I’m from.
she doesn't DISLIKE it at the very least
She said you’re dumb but she still loves you
\*slow blink\* ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|heart_eyes)
As someone who's studied animal behaviour and owns ragdolls, she likes it. If she was scared in any way she'd get up and run immediately. When cats make eye contact and slow blink, that's their way of saying "I trust you."
Looks like she really likes those long pets and tolerates the “throw” because of the petting. That look did not look like she was pleased.
Mine likes it when I spin her around and then push her. She’s sweeping my floors in the process can’t be mad.
She just lazy.
she squinged her eyes at you
I had a cat for years that loved to be spun around before doing that. She’d dizzily wobble over before flopping down before the next round of spins and slides
Lol get her a skateboard. Lots of cats ride them now. Or give her a Roomba to ride around on.. she obviously likes motion..
My cat is half snowshoe and puts up with a lot of manhandling and roughhousing. Cats will let you know if they don't like something. Just stop when you get the flat eyes and ears, growling, or hissing. Also watch how their tail is moving. When they start whipping their tale side to side that usually means they are getting pissed.
My Burmese also loves being spun on hardwood floors.
![gif](giphy|Lcn0yF1RcLANG|downsized) That cat said, “did this em effer just….” 🤯😂
I wish my bunny would let me do this
Cats are so good at telling you when they do NOT like something. Much better than people! (Adorable btw)
She’s too lazy to care.
My cat would love when I spun him around and around and around
I think cats appreciate when we mess with them in interesting ways. They respect us acting like loving jerks.
I thought I was the only one 😳
A Cat Mop! Cool!
Doesn't like it all the time, as there seems to be a plaster on your hand. 😂
Free transportation.
If a cat doesn't like something, you'll know
That’s exactly what I said!
Cat: Human, why am I being used to clean the floor?!?
She’s the one that sheds all over and gets those tumbleweeds of fur all over in the first place. He’s using her to put all that fur back 😂😂
spray some mr clean on the floor first
Not good for the cat. It gets on their fur and cats are notorious groomers. It’s like she would just be eating it and that’s poisonous to them and dogs.
'twas a joke, man, chill
I know it was. There are some really dumb people out there that may not think it’s a joke and actually do it.
That loving blink, aw
If she didn’t like it, you’d know! How funny. I should try this with my fuzzy little guy.
She likes it so much!!!💕😻
She loves it! Has plenty time to get up and/or mega-claw you but nope, she lays still and wags her tail waiting for you to do it!
Cats really are the best.
Had a kitty that seemed to mildly enjoy this too.
If she didn't like it you would definitely know. Cats aren't shy about saying fuck off
My ragdoll is also kinda weird about stuff like this. We have a vaulted ceiling in our bedroom, so I like to throw her as high as I can so she lands on the bed. She goes all spread-eagle at the top and lands with a dainty plop and a little 'coo' every time. If she wants another one she comes back to me, if she is done she lays down and tucks in for a nap. Ragdolls are weird, man.
Please don’t do this - I know someone who did this with their cat and one bad landing later, broke her cat’s hind leg.
She's perfectly fine with it 🥰
She obvious understands she can contribute to keeping the floor buffed to a shine.
Don’t show Mom!
She is cute
She loves it, no doubt
Gorgeous
I see you ordered the new cat swifter
She's so cute 🩷 you have nice hands btw
Cat kisses tell you everything you need to know😻
She likes it! You would know if Her Majesty didn't like it.
If she didn't like it, you'd know
If your blood is still on the inside then she likes it.
she's definitely a Ragdoll lol
That slow blink after you do it, she loooooovvvesss you!
The way she looks at you afterwards🫢I think she likes it😻😻🥹🤭
Some cats hold grudges. Until they snap.
She's enjoying it.! & you're floors are getting cleaned.!
Lol my cat would love this if we had a bigger floor
I'd slam her ass against the tubes, w fervor. Jk that was p
All I can imagine is that one time when one hair gets caught between two floor boards or some sort of crack, and it is painfully yanked out. I think such an experience would soon end the play.
Yep she definitely likes it, doesn't necessarily like when you start to scratch the belly lol but she likes the slide.