As I understand it, the showing of the belly is a sign of trust, and touching the belly, however playfully, may be taken as a breach of that trust.
This was taught to me by a very patient neighbourhood cat who joined me on my back doorstep one time.
(This may have been the universe’s cat distribution system in action, but I was neither able nor willing to heed the call. Cat was pretty chill for a stranger though.)
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As I understand it, the showing of the belly is a sign of trust, and touching the belly, however playfully, may be taken as a breach of that trust.
This was taught to me by a very patient neighbourhood cat who joined me on my back doorstep one time.
(This may have been the universe’s cat distribution system in action, but I was neither able nor willing to heed the call. Cat was pretty chill for a stranger though.)