Phaewryn, What a hoot! LOL You're just speaking cat language :0) What is it about cats being so proud of their butts? Nothing even close to the canine mentality. It's like cats come up and say -- "Hello!!! Look at my butt!!!" (turning around with tail straight up in the air) *grin* I say -- "Yes! -- I see your hiney!" LOL (they love that too LOL)
I'm no cat psychiatrist but I truly think that it is a sign of love and trust. It takes a long time and a lot of relationship building before a true feral will show you his butt -- and once he does, he truly considers you a friend. I still laugh when I think of one of my friends from college. She always called limburger - "cat butt cheese". To this day, I can't see it in the grocery store without thinking of that and cracking up. elizabeth In a message dated 11/21/06 17:43:02 Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: LOL, I have my stinky boy in my lap now. I'd never had a cat with such active anal glands until Tigger came along.... we call it "stinkytiggybootyroma". I make a big fuss out of sniffing his butt (I get really close and take a big deep sniff and say "Ewww, Tiggy, you STINKY!"), and he just LOVES it, my boyfriend, on the other hand, thinks I have a mental illness. Luckily he's never squirted them at me... they just ooze occasionally, causing the periodic need to change the bedding. Everyone else's butts smell like poopie, Tigger's is the only one that has that distinct anal gland juice smell. (We fondly refer to it as "butt-juice") Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost Spay&Neuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners: http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.html Special Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Find us on PETFINDER! http://petfinder.com/shelters/VT44.html
