7.22.2008

Petting the Floofy Kitty

Quote of the Day
There is something about the presence of a cat... that seems to take the bite out of being alone. ~Louis J. Camuti

Well, we thought we were going to tell you the story about Praline and the Kirby monster, but Mom has been on the phone with the Dell man for 4 hours about her "new" laptop and it is now after midnight and Mom must travel to Beaufort, SC tomorrow morning, which is over a 3 hour drive one-way. I want Mom to make it back safely, so we will share that story another time.

Instead, we are g0ing to show all of the special places to pet (or rub your noses in ) the floof of a flat-face floof kitty.

The Head, the Ears, and the Chin

A cat must really trust the bean to allow their hands to touch the face, nose, head, chin and ears. I love for my mom to rub her finger along side my sweet little nose and up beside my eyes. I help her to do this by licking her finger and move my head up and down and she washes my eyes this way. I can't reach that part, so this has become a routine with the two of us. It feels so good.


The next part is the back. This is the long, luxurious fur that shines! This is also one of the parts that must be combed or brushed every day. I like for mom to start from the top of my head and run her hand all the way down my back and then to the tip of my tail. She gets some long purrs for that.



The unique spot that many beans don't think about it the floofy tail. You must really know the kitty well and he/she must really trust you, but playing with the tail is a very unique experience.



And the bestest spot for petting a floofy kitty is right on the belly. I know some kitties that don't like this, but I love it. I just spread further and further out and let my mom just run her fingers through my fur!




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24 comments:

Lux said...

You look very strokable - I'll bet your mom loves doing it! So much floof!

Anonymous said...

oooh - i like the Lady ta pet mine face too! startin' at the nose an all the way up. i hedbutt mine face into her hand if i hafto. an i like my tummy petted when we're gonna go ta sleep. the Lady lays down an then i lay down against her chest an lean on her wif mine hed on her cheek an she pets mine tummy an we fall ta sleep.
Cocoa

Mr. Echo said...

Sumtimes my mommy will move her hand up and down and let me move my face around it to the spots I wanna git skritched. Ah, feels so nice!

Teddy Westlife said...

You let your mum touch your belly? I don't understand...

Huffle Mawson

ZOOLATRY said...

You are such a sweetheart, the Zoolatry Human is very jealous. Maggy & Zoey are not too fond of petting of any kind... and brushing, combing or grooming... that is a story best never told!

Ana said...

Chica also likes snuggling and stroking all over, also her belly and tail. Well, Pumuckl is very ticklish in many places so he just allows to be petted in his face and back :-)

Hope you Mom has a safe trip!

Mickey's Musings said...

I just love,love,love to be petted too!!! Especially in my face :)
Mom really wants to rub that belly!!! You have such nice floof :)
Purrs Mickey

Anonymous said...

An excellent instruction manual, Praline! We love all those things, too!

Unknown said...

weeeeee praline me love loolz at your picturez cuz it lookz like looking at mai picturez!! we are so similar in many wayz!! Mai mom loves your stomachz...i think better than mine, cuz everytime she put her face in it i kick herr...so she doesnt like it.

jenianddean said...

That just makes me want to get some pets... Hope your Mom has safe travels.
--Jasper

PB 'n J said...

Those are all very good places to pet a kitty, you are very wise Praline! Safe journey to your Mom!

Rocky, Angie & S'more said...

Hi Praline,
That is so sweet that you like to be petted by your Mommy. We like it too - but only when WE decide it's okay, hehehehe.

Have a great day, pretty lady :)

Tybalt said...

Right on, Praline!

I love my belly rubbed, too.

Miss Henry and Marley said...

Sweet "P" what a fun flat faced floof u r! and Purrfect too! My mom bean luvs floofy kittys and woofies too! My mom bean thinks you r soo purrty!

miss henry

Brownie said...

Mom wants me to be floofy like you, how do I do that? :/

JB's Big and Small Worlds said...

My mom has been fighting with that same Dell man with her work computer she uses here at home! Bad Dell man!
I think you did a great job in educating everyone on the ways to pet a floofy kitty. You are so gorgeous, by the way!
--JB

The Misadventures Of Me said...

Oh FLOOFY belly alert, you know dat makes Mommy Bean go "awwwwwwww".

:: whispers :: Your Mom's laptop isn't a vista is it? Mommy Bean haded troubles with her vista one not hasing sound with dvd & cd's. It's fixed now but before I heard lots of bad words froms here bout it. hehe

Anonymous said...

Oh, sweet Praline, what a precious beauty of a kitty girl you are! And you know what, I love to have my face petted, too, and my nose rubbed, and my ears rubbed, and my belly rubbed... and scritches! I just love scritches!

You have a wonderful floofy tummy! Mom wants to give you lots of snuggles and snorgles.

Purrs and snuggles and snorgles from Marilyn!

Shaggy and Scout said...

Hello Sweet Praline! Thanks for visiting our blog...we are finally getting around to checking you out! What a floofy kitty you are indeed! And your fur is so long and silky! Your momma does a great job, and you do too for being so patient!

MaoMao said...

You know what Momma's sayin...

SQUEEEEE!!!!!!

hehehe

You sound like such a sweet floofygirl! I like havin my face rubbied and skritched, too.

Kittyhugs and purrs from MaoMao!

snowforest said...

We love tummy rubs too ~ we are also longhair kitties and like you love to be rubbed and petted ~ you described it so well...we also purr upon getting scritches and rubs :)

Ailurophile said...

SnowForest's human: thanks alot for your supportive words following the loss of our Forest ~ we love your floof and would love to give you chin scritches :)

Zippy, Sadie, Speedy and M'Gee said...

We all let mom pet our tummies...Zippy will ONLY let mom touch hers. Not daddy or anyone else. Mom would love to bury her face in your tummy floof...

The Island Cats said...

Thanks for that explanation on all the spots that a floofy kitty likes to be petted. Zoey, the floofy one, has never shared that with us.

Wally & Ernie