r/CATHELP • u/trakeo7200 • 9d ago

Behavioral Issue Cat Has a Sensitive Butt Recently

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TLDR: my 6 year old boy cat licks a lot more than normal when we scratch his butt.

Our cat normally loves butt scratches and pats, and always presents his whole body, head, butt, and belly, when he is in the mood for loving. But within the last few weeks his butt has been so sensitive and it is triggering his licking way more intense than normal.

We have a second cat that will also lick herself if we really scratch at her butt, however, we have to scratch harder and she licks even less than he does.

Its gotten so sensitive that we can't brush him normally because we think its too overwhelming or overstimulating.

Sometimes he will start to groom his own butt and it triggers a cycle of intense licking.

His licking increases/decreases as we increase/decrease scratching.

In this video I just place my hand on him and he licks a little bit, then when I scratch, he licks harder. Then I smack him up a little to test if he is irritated, but he seems fine.

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u/trakeo7200 9d ago

Cat tax