Does your cat do this?

[Archae]

I call it "loafing," making themselves look like "cat loaf." :-)

[billyskank]

1. I thought all cats did.

Tucking all the ends in.

[Archae]

2. My sister says her cat never does.

Erin's brother, Buddy.

[TZ]

3. sometimes

They tend to leave their tails untucked. Why? I don't know because inevitably one cat will pounce on the other cats tail...:)

[SoxFan]

4. Meatloaf!

[Cabcere]

23. rofl

:rofl: :spray: That's brilliant! :hi: (Although I have to say that if I came across a meatloaf as hairy as either of my cats, no way on earth would I even THINK about eating it!) :scared: :P

[Courtesy Flush]

37. That's what we've always called it.

And when they're just sitting, staring at nothing at all, we call it "waiting for a bus."

[fizzgig]

5. you mean like this?

my sweet walrus kitty, mia

[Kajsa]

11. Hi Kagehime,

Aww- Mia looks like a real sweetie-pie.

She is gorgeous!

:hi: :pals:

[Skittles]

6. my black kitty Clancy loafs like a PRO !!!

yes INDEED!!!

[Pool Hall Ace]

7. Oh, Clancy makes a lovely cat loaf!

What is the non-loafing kitty's name?

[Skittles]

9. the hairy tuxedo is the infamous Riff Raff

background on this photo - I had just moved and RR escaped and lived in a storm drain for 17 days - I took that pic about 10 minutes after rain drove RR to my window, begging to be let in. Clancy was none-too-pleased to see Riff Raff again, as is evident in his facial expression and body posturing!!! :o

[Pool Hall Ace]

10. Poor Riff Raff!

I thought kitties liked it when all the members of the kitty-team were together in the house.

Riff Raff looks none the worse for wear!

[Kat45]

54. Awww! Riff Raff looks just like a cat in my neighborhood.

An extremely fluffy tuxedo kitty with an extra-cute face. This cat is real friendly, always comes up to you, rubs against your legs, weaves back and forth around your legs as you're trying to walk, and drops on his back and rolls around on the sidewalk. So cute.

[Skittles]

55. Riff Raff is kind of a jerk

you always have to trick him into coming over so you can pet him - unless you're reading, in which case he simply collapses on whatever you're reading. :o

[Kajsa]

13. Hi Skittles, ( HB, again!)

Clancy is the mirror image of my Nemo,
who loafs the same way.

:D

[Skittles]

15. howdy K!

more meat-loafing:

[Kajsa]

16. He is beautiful!

Here's Nemo ( front) with bro, Darwin on cat tree, NOT loafing this time.




My son just came in, saw the picture of Clancy and asked me,

" when did you take that picture of Nemo?" :D

[Skittles]

18. are they "REAL" brothers?

I thought I read somewhere that black kitties are some kind of DEFAULT and there can only be one of them in a litter!

Here is Clancy begging to be let in from outdoors!

[Kajsa]

19. Aww- look at that little face

" Let me in, please!" :)

Yep, there are the real thing- brudders, discovered together
one week old stashed inside a earth mover compartment ( a Bobcat)
where the Momma had hid them at a construction site.
She didn't come back that day- ( I think something happened to her ;(
so my SO took Nemo & Darwin, and an electrician took their two sisters home.
They had been feeding them and keeping them warm all day- One Bobcat not in use
that day.

They've been with us ever since then July 5th, 2001.

[Skittles]

22. awwwwwwwwww

what a sweet story1

In July of 1998 I had to have my male black cat L.B. put to sleep at age 15....I was terribly distraught and 10 days later I decided I would go to the pound but IF I got a kitty it would not be a male black one like L.B.....so I'm in the viewing room and there's lots of people in there and of all the cats, this one.......er, male, black kitten just locked eyes with me and followed me with his eyes no matter where I was in the room. Almost like he was saying YOU KNOW YOU WANT ME. Yup, I went home with him that same day for 32 bucks. :D

[Kajsa]

35. Aww- that is so neat!

Once those beautiful, little eyes lock in on ya,
there is no escape. :D

btw; Riff Raff is one gorgeous kitty, too.

:hi:

[Brigid]

24. Just looked in my cat encyclopedia . . .

Genetically, black cats are tabbies. But they have another gene that produces the black pigmentation. The same thing happens with black leopards.

[Skittles]

26. but there can be more than one of them in a litter?

I really thought I read somewhere that there was only ever one black kitten in a litter (disclaimer: I resist researching about black cats because I don't want to read about the cruelty brought about by silly superstitions :o)

[Brigid]

27. As far as I know, there can be

I didn't read anything stating otherwise. I know very little about genetics, but I don't see what would prevent more than one kitten in a litter being black, especially since the tabby coat pattern is so common.

[badgerpup]

34. I LOVE black cats...

Had a three-cat clouder of black cats...
then MacFeegle brought white Wimsey home to be his padawan and baby brother. :pals:

We don't talk about him being 'adopted'.

[pink-o]

53. I have a Bombay--not pure bred, but they're all black

I got her from the shelter so I don't know anything about her sibs. But I imagine a female Bombay has more than one kitten at a time, and they'd all be black.

BTW, LOVE my Bombay! My dad has her now, I left her at his house when my mom died to help him over the grief, and she basically took over and adopted him. They're completely bonded, mostly cuz the Bombay has to sleep on one's lap or very near a human body all the time.

[CatWoman]

25. lol

clancy HATES Riff Raff!!! :rofl:

[Skittles]

29. pretty much

they do goof around and play fight but there's 8 years age difference between them - Clancy wants it to stop long before Riff Raff does so eventually Clancy starts screaming like a little girl. Doesn't help that Riff Raff sits on top of the cat box and bops Clancy's head while he's tending his business, either :(

[Firespirit]

30. Your fuzzy tuxedo kitteh could almost be the twin of my cat

Sox:



But no, your kitteh is a Texan and mine is a Masshole (and I mean that EMPHATICALLY!). And yours has a bigger white patch on his face.

Sox does like to loaf like Clancy, though. I wish I had a pic of it.

[iris5426]

52. Triplets!!

This is Roger...I don't have a good full-body pic online anywhere to show his white belly and feet, but seriously, I think they could all be triplets!

[Skittles]

56. is Firespirit slighly cross-eyed?

his eyes are spooky! :D

Whenever I see the hairy tuxedo devil Riff Raff "meatloafing", he just looks like, well, a hairy meatloaf :D

[CreekDog]

44. didn't know your cat reads the bible!

:rofl:

[Skittles]

57. lol

actually, that book is a 1965 Reader's Digest compilation of crime stories I got at Half-Priced Books :D

[drmeow]

8. I call it a loaf of kitty bread n/t

[SeattleGirl]

12. All three of my cats love to "cat loaf".

:7

[Brigid]

14. Oh, yes.

My two girls do this all the time. :)

[ThatsMyBarack]

17. So do my two BOYS!

;)

[MorningGlow]

20. That usually means "turn up the heat" in our house

My familiar, Jasmine, will tuck all the ends in and then fall asleep on her face. Too funny! Mr. MG whispers to her, "Jasmine! Yer gonna suffocake!" but by then she's snoring.

[Cabcere]

21. LOL - "cat loaf"

:rofl: Love it, and yes, both of mine do. :D :hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. My tabby Jeoffry is doing it right now.

Loafing on the top shelf of the cat tree.

[yardwork]

31. The meat loaf position!

My cats are mad at me right now because I just gave them their monthly flea and tick treatment.

[huskerlaw]

32. Very rarely

and it usually means they're not happy about something...or at least they're not relaxed.

I've had cats who did "the loaf" constantly and were perfectly comfortable when doing it, but the three I have now don't/aren't.

[MilesColtrane]

33. Perhaps the late, great cartoonist B. Kliban can help out here.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

36. Oh Yeah !!

:)

[Phillycat]

38. We call that "chicken form".

Because it looks like a chicken roosting over her eggs. If they have one paw tucked under and one stretched out, we call it a "half chicken". :D

[sammythecat]

49. I replied before reading your post.

That's just what it makes me think of too.

[raccoon]

39. Yes, mine does. What a treasure! nt

[unpossibles]

40. great name for that! I call it Bumper Cat and my wife calls it Cat Boat

Loafing is good though.

[nam78_two]

41. Don't all cats? We call it "henning"

We think our kitty looks like a hen sitting on eggs when she does that :D.

[SoxFan]

42. "Chicken Butt"

When Pippy sits a certain way, her back legs stick out like a chickens wings. It's the Chicken Butt, and she usually does it when she's tucked in a cozy windowsill or next to the radiator.

[stuntcat]

43. precious kitty there!

My Tonka does it sometimes. But his front legs aren't totally under because he folds his little wrists around on each other so they show, like little soft balls under his cat loaf :loveya: so cute

[Orsino]

45. I call it cat-loafing, too...

...as opposed to "chicken-winging," when their little elbows are pointing outward, or "drumsticking," when they wash themselves with one hind leg straight up.

[Eurobabe]

46. Both my cats do, but the older one is meatloaf color

the younger one is a ginger tabby.

Cute!

[sammythecat]

47. I always called it "roosting"

They look like a chicken incubating eggs to me. I never thought of "cat loaf" but I like that. I can picture a shelf full of loafs.

Here's an interesting view from below a glass topped table that shows just what's going on there. I like how they tuck in their front paws.

[Brigid]

48. So that's how they do it!

:rofl:

[Lasher]

60. What a great picture!

Way cool!

[baby_mouse]

50. We call it the "chicken" position.

... I don't really know why...

[Mrs.Matcom]

51. Both of my cats and my dog do it!

Yes I have a pug that thinks he is a cat half the time, and he does it too! He even washes his face like a cat!

[DainBramaged]

58. BIG meat loaf here

[Jamastiene]

59. I always called it meditating.

Cats really DO seem to meditate sometimes.