Even better is when the owner says 'wow he never lets me do that'. Gotta love it when a cat likes you more than the person that feeds them.
Amazingly, this happened to me with the neighbors cat. We were chatting with them about something, when their cat came outside, took a round around my legs, laid down and turned on the back. I bent down to stroke his belly, and he purred. Neighbors: He does not do that with other people!
And I'm not even a cat person.
I don't touch cat bellies. Puts my arm in striking range of all four paws.
Yeah, it's risky business and you need to be careful, because as you you say you are in range of all four murder mittens and many cats don't like getting their stomach petted.
I usually start petting them in other places, then progressively try petting their upper belly, going down. At the first sign that it's not received well I immediately remove my hand.
They LIE in order to make YOU feel better about yourself. They all do this. I bet that cat is actually a slut that allows anyone to pet it - a pet-slut if you will. The lying bastards...
My cat looks affronted when a stranger is not petting her. Then she's laying there with this "am I not good enough for you?" look.
I can't say everyone does, but I absolutely do. I like making someone feel special and good about themselves with my lil lie
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