• Greystripeycat@lemmy.today
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    3 hours ago

    Have a marmalade boy, he hated being touched on the tummy. Now he’s older (11) and loves the tummy rubs. He mellowed out lol. There is hope!

    • zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 hours ago

      Yep! Same here! My girl used to never let anyone touch her there. Now she asks me for tummy rubs regularly! It’s so very sweet. It only took her about 13 years to warm up to it, haha! I’m just glad she knows she’s safe enough to do so. <3

  • houndeyes@toast.ooo
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    2 hours ago

    Have you tried rubbing your face on their belly instead?

    My cats seemed to know not to use their claws if I did that. They still grabbed my head and tried to chew my hair though 🤣