r/cats • u/No_Possibility_6881 • 1d ago
Cat Picture - OC What is actually going on inside her brain?
She keeps showing up to visit me, and every single time she goes absolutely feral for no reason. 😭
She'll roll all over the ground, sprint in random directions, do little jumps, her pupils get huge and her ears are all over the place... then suddenly sit there like the calmest cat on Earth before immediately going back to being a complete menace.
I'm literally doing absolutely nothing. I'm not playing with her or anything—she just decides it's chaos time.
What is actually going on inside her little brain? Do your cats do this too, or is she just a little weirdo?
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u/GhostWatcher007 1d ago
I notice she keeps checking to be sure you're still there with her. She feels safe to enjoy. And, normal cat behavior.
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u/Mr_Abe_Froman 1d ago
She can't frolic unsupervised.
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u/brelywi 8h ago
Yes, the greebles must be SEEN to be vanquished
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u/rachelwildx 4h ago
normal orange cat behavior. she can only show her peakest whimsy to her most favorite human ❤️
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u/Heavy-Suit-4217 20h ago
I chase my cats around the house and people are like, "You're scaring them."
Then, people act dumbfounded when my cats come when I call.
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u/Vintage-Grievance 19h ago
One of our cats loved to be chased when he was younger.
My younger sister would chase him down the hallway into one of the bedrooms, then she'd take off in the opposite direction, and he would turn around and chase her back.
Sometimes the game would be mixed with 'hide and seek', where my sister would run and hide somewhere, he'd chase after her and find her, then she'd burst out of her hiding spot and chase him.He had specific "Chase me!" behaviors that would kick the whole thing off (unless people were too busy or tired to indulge him).
He kind of phased out of it as he got older.
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u/BRUHmsstrahlung 12h ago
I love that story. Ive had a similar experience too. I spent some time on an intentional community with some decent acreage. Most visitors camped in tents on the property away from any artificial structures.
A young tortie on the land decided that I was an easy mark, so on my 10 minute walk to my tent at the end of the night, she would follow me. Every now and then, she'd disappear, wait a minute, then burst out of the bushes and ambush me straight on! I'd usually laugh and she'd run off and do it again. One time she got me so good I legitimately screamed in terror. The absolute sweetheart chirped at me and rubbed my legs until she knew I had my shit back together, then she recommenced the ambush game. <3
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u/StormyAmethyst 8h ago
Lmao! I love that story! She must have known you’d be open to this type of play, the great huntress and her prey, lol. 😆
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u/Heavy-Suit-4217 19h ago
Yeah, when the kitten gets too old for chase it's time for another kitten. Then, old cat just watches.
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u/Ornery-Remote-9763 11h ago
I loved playing hide & seek with my two Burmese boys I had a long time ago. I miss them so much. 💔❤️🔥🐱🐱
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u/nostradumbass7544678 20h ago
Mine only attacks when I stop the chasing. Then he spends an hour sleeping on my lap, snoring and twitching.
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u/Joeness84 16h ago
I get to have a cat at work (shes working too, mouser ftw!) and its so fun to see people do a double take when I go "Mewnshineeeee come say hi" and she bolts around a corner like a dog lol
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u/Capital-Debate7619 11h ago
my first cat she loved to stalk us around staircases, slooowwwly, step by step eyes locked on us then she’d run up on us all at once. she’d even stalk me while i was taking a bath lol. my adult cat Loved to be chased-every morning at my bedroom door doing the dance. i didn’t chase her hard, i’m like hopping chasing her and giggling. after a circle around the house she’d be done and we’d end up on the bed lying down looking at each other. miss her.
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u/MagnetCarter 22h ago
No, no, no. She's fighting aliens invisible to us ordinary beings.
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u/Fridge9444 22h ago
Is this a gantz reference?
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u/Tasty-Jump-2011 22h ago
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u/Mysterious-Cake-7525 22h ago
Came here to say this! She clearly needs you to see her handling those greebles!
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u/jazzminarino 16h ago
I was like oh noooooo the greebles moved outside!
I legit reference greebles all the time now and have to explain it both personally and professionally. 🤦🏼♀️
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u/HoochieKoochieMan 19h ago
These appear to be greebles with a 90-degree offset. Hence, the sideways fighting style.
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u/AniNgAnnoys 21h ago
To me it almost looks like the cat wants the person to play with it. That posture is the universal signal for play. I feel like the cat wants to be chased or a play fight.
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u/Hearthgroan 20h ago
Mine does this too.. If she is sitting outside, she is just chilling, the moment I appear, she starts rolling around on the ground and pouncing at interdimensional beings
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u/Substantial_Rush_703 14h ago
yeah the little check ins are the cutest part like she just wants to make sure her human didnt disappear
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u/SaulsAll Tuxedo 1d ago
The being near you situation causes physical reactions of happy energy. The brain then tries to interpret the physical signals into actionable desires, thus the rolling and sprinting and twitching. If you were another cat, you might begin engaging in play rough-housing: chasing and pouncing along with kitty.
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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 1d ago
If my cat does this kinda stuff its impossible for me to not fight her. Act like a lunatic and your belly is getting got, i dont make the rules.
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u/Justanotherbone420 1d ago
Same. Don’t have a second cat and my dogs don’t want to play with the kitten (yet, hopefully. They’re lightly terrified of her), so I play with her so she’ll let me sleep at night 😂 and it’s fun!!
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u/Bendlerp 22h ago
When we brought the kittens home the dogs were afraid of them because our adult female hated the dogs and basically everything except our son lol The smallest of the two kittens immediately started wrestling with one the dogs and I was like "YEAH! Establish dominance early!" lol. The bigger of the two treated him like a surrogate mother. Trying to nurse etc... The smaller one and him still have wrestling matches and the big one still loves snuggling with him. Hopefully it works out similarly for you.
The other dog they don't care about whatsoever.
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u/Joeness84 16h ago
My bosses dog (2yr goldendoodle) and my shopcat (1yr calico) are super besties and roll around and chase each other, then the cat rubs all over her
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u/coolcoolcool485 20h ago
I sometimes will get on the floor with mine when they do this (when I get home usually) and omg mine immediately turn into the biggest mushes. They just roll and rub all over and purr, they're so sweet.
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u/Jon_E_Mammoth 1d ago
Agreed, she wants to play, but, given that she’s out in the “wild,” she is also periodically checking for dangers. Looks like she hears or notices something when she pauses, aka the calm moments, but otherwise she wants play time!
Also your dry grass probably feels good on her back and sides.
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u/Ryoko_Kusanagi69 22h ago
All of this! Probably each thought cycles though the brain “ Happy! play! what’s that-check. Happy! play….”
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u/ScaredPractice4967 21h ago
Yeah my neighbours cat had me on their approved himan list. Would walk up all freindly rub his head on me and then bite and play slap me.
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u/Assika126 22h ago
Yeah, it’s like dogs doing social posturing and inviting play fighting, it means she likes OP and wants to interact
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u/A_very_smol_Lugia 1d ago
Orange and greebles
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u/Concurrent-mind 1d ago
If cats spoke English, we still wouldn’t understand because our frame of reference’s are so different
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u/SerLaron 1d ago
I'm pretty sure I would understand "Feeeeed meeee!, I starved three times already!"
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u/drakoman 1d ago
They still would be silent, or meow, or hiss.
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u/Lost_it_all24 20h ago
Or sit in the complaint box. My tuxedos complaints were about food. My calico had occasional problems with not getting enough treats. It was funny to watch them cue up once.
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u/Lost_it_all24 20h ago
My cats spoke some limited English. Food, hi, love, no. I think that I could recognize: quick get out of the water I save you, I played with your kids I deserve treats, where were you I got hungry, why are you putting the baby in water‽, you people are so weird, no I don't want more cuddles, it's time to wake up and feed me, etc.
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u/conrad_w 19h ago
"You know when the human who wears boots visits?"
Visits? I live hear!
"Please don't interrupt me while I'm ekekeking"
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u/Pocketus_Rocketus 1d ago
I once heard that the greebles they chase are just their eye-floaters catching their attention. Just like us, there's stuff in the fluid of their eyes that sometimes is visible. While we just ignore it, they see those lil floaters and think there's a bug to be chased. The wild weird head movement? You try keeping one of those floaters in the center of your vision!
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u/aurora_ethereallight 1d ago
🤭🤣 This made me chuckle. I could almost see the manical look on your face when you said that!
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u/NygirlinNashville222 1d ago
I’m sorry to inform you……you have a massive Greeble infestation in your yard😂
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u/JoshieC883 1d ago
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this is what’s going on
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u/mehow28 1d ago
Orange
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u/Fun-Choices 1d ago
Have you people not watched Talladega nights? This cat was burning with invisible fire and nobody would even help to put them out.
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u/KaelosFenrir Bengal 23h ago
All I have to say is my two most used quotes from this are I wanna go fast mamma and 6 pound 8 ounce baby Jesus (and I'm not at all religous). Thank you for the reminder.
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u/Fun-Choices 23h ago
I tell my tuxedo that I’m gonna come at it like a spider monkey all the time. She also loves to show you how big she is and puff her tail up all menacingly, when she does that, I say she’s jacked up on Mountain Dew
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u/CommitteeImmediate66 1d ago
I would try to play with her! Get a wand toy or even a ball (some cats enjoy chasing them). She looks like my cat if I ignore her asking me to play. Either that or that part of your garden has some smell she wants to replace with her own
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u/CatDogAU 1d ago
She needs to poo or did a very recent poo.
(I’ve got a grey boy and calico girl, not bio-related, who both telegraph their poos with chaos beforehand, then celebrate their poos with chaos after.)
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u/Antique-Mouse-4209 22h ago
Our calico girl loudly announces a successful poo as she's coming out of the box. Then sometimes gets the zoomies!
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u/Relevant_Host1389 1d ago
Well, you won't believe it, but orange cats don't act on their thoughts. They act on mysterious forces that only they can see😂🧡
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u/SdVeau 1d ago
This always runs through my head when my cats are acting like that lol
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u/mooshinformation 1d ago edited 1d ago
Maybe back is itchy. See how the skin right above the tail twitches right before she jumps. My cat has feline hyperesthesia and does a similar thing.
In her case, if she's feral, I bet it's caused by fleas. Can you get her treated?
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u/actfatcat 23h ago
Fleas, so obviously itchy.
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u/esperind 17h ago
yep, its kind of concerning that people dont recognize one of the tall tale signs of fleas. Any sort of prolonged twitching is suspect of fleas or some other biting insect.
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u/cslexotics 22h ago
Thanks for mentioning FHS. It’s not well known! I have one with severe mutilation and it’s NOT fun!
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u/Horror-Outside7410 23h ago
I said the same. Can't believe so many people think she's just happy when she's trying to dig her back into the ground.
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u/carriegood 22h ago
If she's feral, she probably does have fleas, but the rolling around on the ground is meant to entice the viewer to pay attention and play with her. My cats have all done this, and none had fleas. I had one who got so frantic for attention he'd practically throw himself down onto his back and wriggle like a Mexican jumping bean. Another one would get walked outside on a leash, and he was always rubbing his back on the ground because it feels good, no fleas on him either. If fleas were the issue, she'd also be scratching and chewing at her fur to get to them.
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u/mooshinformation 21h ago
It's the skin on her back twitching right before she bolts that makes me think she's itchy and/or has FHS
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u/carriegood 21h ago
My cats do that all the time, though. Especially when they're in overload mode like OP's.
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u/El--Borto 20h ago
My cat does the weird back twitchy thing when he’s going crazy mode too, he’s never had fleas lol
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u/Hefty-Feed1400 1d ago
He’s showing you his wonderful skills in the hope he’ll be of some use in your home.
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u/EmmJay314 1d ago
Excitement to see you, wanting to play, wanting pets and wanting to run around all at once
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u/Czar1987 1d ago
No thoughts, only vibes chaos.
Also, if she does this every time she sees you, can you perhaps try to befriend/trap??
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u/Emotional_Position62 20h ago
“Holy shit, it’s another fucking day! It’s the best day ever again!
Cause I’m a stupid fucking cat, and I don’t know shit, and I don’t know what it is to be sad.
I think, I’ll run around for no good reason, and act like there’s stuff I gotta do.
I have no idea how much the world sucks, cause I have no reference levels.
Holy Hell, that guy’s bringing me food! The food sucks but I don’t even know it.
Now I’m shitting in a box, cause I don’t give a fuck, and the guy throws it out for me.
Now I think I’ll lie down here. Now I think I’ll lie down here. Cause I got no fucking bills to pay.
Sometimes I look out windows cause I’m stupid as hell! Holy Christ, it’s a piece of paper!!!
I have no idea how pointless I am, and I don’t even know I’m gonna die.
Now It’s time to get to bed. Gotta get some fucking rest, cause it’s the best day ever tomorrow!”
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u/HumourNoire 1d ago
Brainfireworks. Also causes problems with deadlines, concentrating, managing finances, maintaining more than one long term relationship, crack-like addiction to scrolling short form video platforms.
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u/Chu-chuisacat 12h ago
So she’s not your cat?? Poor cat wants attention and prob to be petted and played with. Aww she’s so cute too
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u/Jesuislameilleure 10h ago
I don’t want to he this annoying person, but her back spasms every time before she freaks out might means she has fleas, allergies, or feline hyperesthesia. Maybe you should show this video to the vet just to make sure she’s just orange and nothing else. She’s adorable 🧡
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u/CuteRefrigerator5792 1d ago
he probably laughing and enjoying his great time and most important thing about foooodd and sleepp
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u/aurora_ethereallight 1d ago
I want to say that's scents driving her... but loving the other comments here too. 🤭🤣
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u/JosKarith 1d ago
She is VERY happy to see you and it's overstimulating her so she's getting the zoomies. Is she your cat, cos if not I'm afraid you might be wrong about that...
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u/socketcreep 23h ago
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u/Wrong-Pension-4975 22h ago
Is she under the influence?
😄 I think somebody slipped catnip into her unsupervised drink...
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u/akolby89 20h ago
u/No_Possibility_6881
I’m not sure if anyone else has mentioned this BUT those are foxtails near your kitty in the grass. They can work their way into pets and wreak havoc on their insides.
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u/Hopeful_Ad_7719 16h ago
MayebThere'sSomethingToKillNoMaybeSomethingIsGoingToKillMeWhere'sMomShe'llProtectMeAndGiveMeTreatesButNotIfSheCan'tCatchMeZooooooooom
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u/Reasonable_Ease1423 13h ago
Bold of you to assume she has a brain.
Really it’s pretty normal cat behavior. She wants to play but it making sure you’re with her because she feels safe with you.
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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST 11h ago
Damn, I smell like my human, and that prevents me from hiding and catching prey, I need to smell like 'outside' as quick as possible, maybe a dirt bath will help!
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u/Nerdnificent 11h ago
Looks like a combination of zoomies, happiness, and excitement. This cat really digs you. Congratulations.
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u/DED_HAMPSTER 11h ago
If she isnt fixed, then this is in heat behavior. Unspayed female cats are pretty much always in heat, ready to procreate. Because she likes you and feels safe with you she is acting silly, overly friendly and presenting when she lies flat with her back legs slightly splayed.
If you want to make her a pet, get her spayed. She will still have the zoomies and roll around, but the belly down presentation with the twitching down her spine and hips will go away.
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