Tugs, you have some laser eye…I just paused at 43 seconds and saw those creepy eyes in the couch. WTF? Could someone give us an answer?

OMG. That cat’s BONKERS, I tellz ya.

[howling with laughter]

Yikes! Just looked.. That is creepy.
My cat Pebbles does that. But she’s not quite as entertaining!(or scary) She just rolls around purring for ages. Then she gets up and rubs her head so hard against you that you fall over. Its funny.

43 SECS!!!! LOOK! scary…

Umm, I have always been told that the response is related to the mating behaviour of cats. I find it difficult to believe that a cat could have spasms so intense that it broke their extremely flexible spine.

Sorry bout the buzzkill Sarah, but I know because I have a cat with this condition and my vet explained it to me.
Her feral mother also had this condition and in her elder age her back muscles began to spasm frequesntly, which eventually broke her back and I had to have her euthanized.
We do not touch our cats allergic spots at all anymore, and we do not allow guests to touch her there either, our vet was very specific about this.
So please excuse me for having bummed you out, but I would much rather bum you out for one day if by doing so I am able to educate enough people to keep their cats from suffering this fate.

yankeebird – I was trying to read what the guy was signing.

My beloved late Gus used to do that, too, only if I scratched him for too long he’d drool on me. I wonder why their heads jerk around like that and why not every cat does it…

At my house this area is not the Butt which is further back but the Butt-Butt. My giant marmie tabby Tacobelly really digs it too! He tosses his head like the kitty in the video. Qte.

When I scratch that spot on my roommate’s kitty, Jezebel, she starts licking herself (usually her shoulder or arm) uncontrollably. My friend’s cat Toshi does the same thing. It’s HYSTERICAL.