# Scratching my cat near her tail causes her to.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 3, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratching-my-cat-near-her-tail-causes-her-to/91333 "2001-11-03T18:41:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratching-my-cat-near-her-tail-causes-her-to/91333/21 "2001-11-05T06:05:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ScottHaneda \* > \*\*Funnt thing here, we do something called pussy patting 🙂 Some cats will not like this, some will though, most do. As a matter of fact, some like a flat out wallop. My cat can not get enough of it! So start slow, and go harder, anyway, my cat is a female, and she simply can not get swatted hard enough, literally to the point where her legs collapse under herslef from the pound. I assure you, pure pleasure is what she is in, if I stop, she will come up to my face and swat me back, claws and all, untill a resume. It is truly bizarre, I find most cats love this for some reason \*\* Dude… that is so sick… You’ve got an S&M kitty and you satisfy her sexual perversion! ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratching-my-cat-near-her-tail-causes-her-to/91333/22 "2001-11-05T15:25:35Z")
hmm… I always thought it was sexual since I’ve got three female cats that all raise their tails etc when you do it. Plus my female dog would actaully move her tail out of the way as if waiting for something. MY male cat doesn’t do anything when I pet him there. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratching-my-cat-near-her-tail-causes-her-to/91333/23 "2001-11-05T15:56:10Z")
_I remember reading that elevator butt was a throwback to kitten days - an invitation for Mama Cat to examine Kitty’s anal region._ I read this, too. Unfortunately, I don’t have time to look for a cite right now. Maybe I can track something down later. RR ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratching-my-cat-near-her-tail-causes-her-to/91333/24 "2001-11-05T16:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > **In female cats, that’s the spot the male places his paws when copulating.** Actually, I don’t think that’s true. From what I’ve seen, and it’s only been on a couple of nature shows and one that tried to delve into cat ‘thinking’, it showed copulation between cats as almost a sadomasochistic endeavor. That is, the male cat doesn’t really mess around with that region with any other part of his body except for the obvious. What the male _does_ do, while in the act, is chomp down on the back of the females neck. He basically chomps down with his jaws and holds the females head down to the ground while he goes at it. Kinda strange seeing it, but that behavior goes all the way back to the big cats as well. Where their paws are during this time is basically on the middle of the females back. I don’t know what any of that adds, but it seems to me the reaction to the scratch is less of a sexual one and possibly more of the other one explained here earlier talking about defecation and whatnot. For whatever it’s worth… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratching-my-cat-near-her-tail-causes-her-to/91333.md?page=1)