I thought I had come up with another cat term... demonstrated here by Stewie... Catloaf or Kittyloaf. So called because the kitty has formed himself into the shape of a loaf of bread. But actually it had already been coined. It's also known as Compact Kitty or Meatloafing.
Okay, I love the kitties, but methinks that person spends way too much time with their cats. (I don't know if it's sadder that I read most of the definitions or that I could picture what they were talking about!)
ReplyDeleteMy cat does the same thing too!!! It's so cute they just curl themselves up and tuck all their feet under themselves. I call it the "Tissue Box" pose. =D
ReplyDeleteYour kitty reminds me of my Dante, aka Loafie. He used to fetch mice and let me do "roller coaster". I would make his front paws stick straight up into the air and he would act out riding a roller coaster. I know you totally wanna try it out on Stewie and Oscar now.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason we've always called that pose "Boat Duck."
ReplyDeleteMy cat, Linus, is a little meatloaf. She also neatly tucks her front paws under her, which results in my husband and I asking her, "Linus! Where are your feet?"
ReplyDeleteThis is met with typical feline eye rolls. But, deep down, I think she likes it. :)
oh yeah - we've been using the 'meatloaf' description for years...that's what it looks like, eh? cats are funny...
ReplyDeletemy dog does this!
ReplyDeleteWhen our cats do this we call them Decoys - since they look like duck decoys :)
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We called our cat a piggy bank when she does this pose. :*)
ReplyDeleteAh, my little Merlin can make himself look like a thanksgiving turkey. o_O
ReplyDeleteYeah, we call the cat "Duck" when he does that. What can I say?
ReplyDeleteFunny - so many different terms - we call it the VW pose - looks like a little Bug you know?!
ReplyDeleteMolasses also has a diving and snake pose, while Murphy has the upside down turtle pose.
i always called this the "breadloaf" when i was a kid... and we had this one particular cat i would make fun of.
ReplyDeleteOur kitten Mrs. Slocombe does something similar which we call "eggplanting" (or "an eggplant"). Her rear section sits up much higher than her front end, and with everything tucked in, she looks like an eggplant!
ReplyDeleteThere's a whole catloaf pool on Flickr. Very cute!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/groups/catloaves/pool/
i tell my cats they have "chicken bodies" (as though they were in a roasting pan) when they sit that way. (and i don't eat meat, ha!)
ReplyDeleteWe call it "the roast chicken" but I'm liking catloaf as well.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea there were so many names for this pose. We call it the "catloaf" too, but a friend of mine calls it the Toaster Cozy Position.
ReplyDeleteI always called this "boat position" because my kitty can completely hide all of her limbs and looks like she is floating on the ocean. I guess that's mostly because my carpet is dark blue. When she gets in that position we always make a boat horn sounds and announce that the SS Opaw is about to set sail.
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