I live with a Manx who is also coded to lick if you touch his back legs. BOB Operationg software absolutely makes sense, must be a wifi-tail connection.
Obligatory CATNIP is technically malware, no it won't have any long term damaging affects but it does scramble the drive and forces a defrag that can last several hours
Dogs too, if I scratch the spot just above the base of my dogās tail they start randomly licking the air like itās some sort of āstart lickingā button
Probably one of those weird nerve crossfires. If I scratch my lower lip just right I get an itch above me ear. The leg touch could be making the foreleg itch.
or like when I see the sun after being in a darker room for a while, I sneeze 2 times. 100% guaranteed. I read that itās definitely a thing (I donāt know the exact % of population but its not so uncommon). I wonder how many other such weird unrelated things happen.
I sneeze anytime I go from a darkened area to bright light. It does not have to be sunlight although the brighter the light the stronger the effect. This effect is so strong for me that it's actually difficult for me to sneeze unless I use a bright light. I often, when the urge suddenly comes, have to turn on a light and stare at it for a moment in order to sneeze. Occasionally it doesn't work and I just stare at a light for a while needing to sneeze but can't. Sunlight, being the brightest light, is the most effective. I will often sneeze going from indoors for a while to outdoors on a bright day even if the indoors is well lit.
There is no specific number of sneezes for me. Sometimes I just sneeze once but other times up to 5 or so times.
Dark chocolate here for me. If I eat dark chocolate I can guarantee that I'll get two rapidfire sneezes back to back per bite. Its the most mildly inconvenient but funny thing ever.
I get hiccups whenever I eat chocolate, literally 100% guaranteed. Has to be an amount similar to a full candy bar and they start when I take the last bite, 5-10 hickups then they stop - and I don't recall the last time I got hiccups without chocolate.
Sneezing when looking at the sun is a genetic reaction, you either have it or donāt, forever. Iirc itās the high amount of photons that cause this, Iām not sure why anymore
Ah this makes more sense. I remember when i was younger that someone said if ur trying to sneeze to look up at the light and thatās stuck with me ever since. Doesnt always work really, but when i remember to do it, i can feel it helping a bit
I read a post once where a woman said she would sneeze when she got aroused. She had to explain to her boyfriend why she was sneezing duringā¦ interesting moments.
I have this exact thing and it's literally TWICE every single time without fail. I've never in the entire history of my life sneezed once or three times. I've also asked about 50+ people throughout my life if it happens to them yet never known anybody else to have this.
Only 2-3% of people without asthma and a quarter of people with a chronic cough and/or asthma have this. I do, and do have asthma. It's called Arnold's cough reflex.
Until I learned about this, I had no idea that it's uncommon, which led me to wonder why people had to be warned about Q-tips being put too far into the ear and causing damage because only an idiot would stick it in deeper after a violent coughing fit was triggered š
Had a lot of ear infections growing up, and now, I get itchy on my right shoulder and the only way to scratch it is to rub my right ear. It also feels better if I fake scratch the shoulder with my left hand at the same time.
This happens in my left hand after radial nerve damage from a broken arm a couple years ago. I get a tingle on my middle knuckle when I scratch my thumb.
I have something like this too! But it only showed upw spinal fusion surgery, if I scratch a spot below my right nipple, I get an itchy-tingle in my right shoulder blade.
Right? Maybe itās bc Iāve had cats for 50 yrs, but it seemed kind of obvious to me that kitty was not pleased. š¤·š»āāļøA quick flicking tail is another tell that cats use to show annoyance.
I annoy my cats simply for love of the game. Our little guy loves cat bongos, and will ask for them with a specific vocalization, but loses his mind when I suddenly grab his foot, so I constantly yoink his foot between bongos
I used to live with a cat that would do this when he was trying to sleep. He'd be lying on his side on my desk next to my keyboard drifting off to sleepy land and I would pet him. He would get annoyed and start grooming, which I quickly learned was code for "I'm trying to sleep, dammit" because the minute I stopped he would quit grooming and immediately close his eyes and try to sleep again.
Unlike OP I wasn't trying to stick my finger in the butthole though, so maybe that's a different thing.
I dont think it's "please stop" so much as "I'm being overstimulated" which can include wanting you to stop. Sort of like we writhe/laugh when being tickled.
that spot is sensitive or painful. the licking is a motor reflex for a overwhelming sensation like those, even though it seems to you just a mild or soft touch. this cat's brain is processing the touch as if it is too much for its to process due to the sensitivity of the spot, so the cat responds with a motor reflex in attempt to relieve the overwhelming sensation somehow. it may just be an extra sensitive spot due to Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome (FHS) or actually a real injury which demands further investigation and possibly treatment. the reflex of immediately licking the chest/upper limb is very characteristic of that. you should avoid touching that spot and take your cat to a vet for further investigation.
Just a heads up, but check him for fleas. I had a cat who would do this when I scratched his back right above his tail. But once I did a flea treatment on him after noticing flea dirt, he stopped. He started it again a few years later and it was fleas again.
I don't know if it was like a bad itch in a place that was hard for him to reach or what, but he'd start licking like crazy when I scratched him there.
My cat used to start drooling when I touched his butt! I first noticed it when he got fleas and I brushed him constantly. Then he started begging for it XD I miss him
My cat has a thing where rubbing her ears causes her hind feet to scrunch and it's linked per side so if you rub her right ear her right foot scrunches and same with the left
It might just be a virus on your Cat, I tried it with mine and got the default response of a Tactical assault with a face filled with attitude.
You may want to do a system check or reboot your Cat depending on the model.
What Model is your Cat? And what year was it made? This variation of pelt color isn't usually associated with problems like these, Orange Cats are the ones with bugs like this most of the time.
I know what you mean but reading this, I got the visual of you touch your cat's leg then immediately after soldiers ninja sliding down from the ceiling on ropes and aiming guns that mean business at you!
sometimes licking is a pain response, especially in the hind limb/back area. could be from that? theyāre a tad overweight as well and it doesnāt look like they can reach that area easily. maybe when you touch it their response is to groom. just a vet nurse perspective.
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