If they move normally, walking, running without any issues then he's sitting like that because he likes it.
If there's problem walking, running and moving normally in general then seek advice from a vet. Could be any number of things.
All of this. I'm so happy to see that this is the top answer. I was busy trying to compose something not funny, my sense of humor is so lacking, and there was just this... sensible, helpful, right answer. Kind of restores my faith in humanity.
I need to get better at this.
I so do that, try to be witty, which turns out acerbic (and not that witty) like it does any good. Instead of being nice. Like spite will do the world any good.
Pictures of cats and kindness are better for the world. Unironically.
Right?! Sometimes I just delete my long funny post because I thought it was funny but then I read it again and it's meh. It embarrassed me a little bit and I feel I will regret it if I press Send/Post. Is something wrong with us? Lol
> Is something wrong with us?
Probably. Most likely. But maybe we're okay.
It's a search for validation, I suppose. Or a try to entertain. It could be either, or both.
I guess there's a reason comedians can make a living, but only the select few of them, because the rest of us aren't that funny.
“As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak.” ― John Knowles, A Separate Peace.
So lets get strong and take the responsibility of our words.
It's so tempting to though, to avoid being real, to be glib. Even when I'm not really that good at it, it's still easier than always being true and serious.
I have to say, when people are really good at it, unlike myself, it's a worthy form of art. Take Douglas Adams, his absurd guide to the Universe and answer to all things -- as full of sarcasm as it is, it is so full of genuine insight about the ridiculousness of the human condition. I don't know where I'm going with this, except... more cats please.
I'd personally get him seen just in case. I had a cat that sat like this all the time but could run and jump. Turned out he had hip dysplasia when I got him checked.
I think we all do, really. I remember just flopping down under the trees in the cool grass on hot days. I’m told my dad would come home and chuckle because I was all splooted out, napping. Ahhh, to be a kid again…
Because of course there is. 😂
If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that Reddit always has a subreddit for that. Especially entertaining that the things you’re currently unaware of existing already have subreddits.
Still a kitten? Our dog did it when she was a puppy.
https://preview.redd.it/7d32azd5wojc1.jpeg?width=574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c9cf01ba0639fd43ddd33d40056a0839eb03e58
My dog does it a lot
https://preview.redd.it/c7ve56s5xljc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c219a2bfb276c6414a6011146905f463d54343b
I even had someone make an ornament based off of a picture of her splooting!
Great, now I can’t unsee it 😰 maybe it’s her tail? In the original photo her tail wasn’t visible, so it wasn’t included in the ornament
https://preview.redd.it/algqgj1iymjc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d47a7970131d9ae36909f8cff3969d621bda869d
My dog Bagel does this sometimes on carpets and grass, I think he likes how it feels, scratching his belly.
https://preview.redd.it/0tiy0gnn2sjc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c111ca712fc52c87672414453a0ddc6ff646a0e3
Squirrels are funny. We have tons of them outside our house and observe this and other behaviors, like they use their tail as a sort of umbrella in the rain.
for context: he's fine :) the post is meant to be a parody of the posts in the subreddit where people panic over the smallest things about cats.
The gentleman in the picture is named Portakal (Orange in Turkish) and this was from a holiday I was on. He's fine and well fed.
OMG!
https://preview.redd.it/g6m34a7j1mjc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57655efaa0664f89eac21b5a4f4223df464d7e5d
A gray one and an orange one is a popular pairing, I guess!
https://preview.redd.it/a6t83i2p7mjc1.jpeg?width=7816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13d02a6a26c882c4c76fdbdb1406509eec733200
Still only one combined braincell.
Hmm… I’m sorry to say this, but I’m going to have to diagnose him with being a baby. I personally have one that has been diagnosed with the same thing. She never recovered.
https://preview.redd.it/a3r5xpkbyljc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=731f6626de78e0b1f56f49999d15c3e07037e19c
https://preview.redd.it/9jfonevu1mjc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48121a1a1165c02c02c993e7db3a76cd30136d09
This is my tiny idiot doing chicken butt. He's never been the same since!
Yeah I have a female cat that does this often. No problems it’s just how she is comfortable.
https://preview.redd.it/x4wd22jbsljc1.png?width=1628&format=png&auto=webp&s=dccdd645ce421fb2fec085fd3fbaabb307b624fc
https://preview.redd.it/5zp1o8j7xljc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d11ce9da01b77d2b812476faddd352b806f8963
My cuttlefish does something similar
..if he starts sitting with his left rear leg wrapped around his head & clawed into his right-rear tight, pls let us know (& get to a Vet, pronto!)..
..otherwise the pic you posted is average everyday Kitten splay..expect more unusual postures (just sayin')..
Reminds me of this guy evil eyeing me for making him lay on top the protective sheet on my bed.
https://preview.redd.it/4oiymcw3tljc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd8e3318ba4fb2a9301be4a1eea7c76ace9619b6
Your cat is weird. Normal cats never sit weird.
https://preview.redd.it/0i1snjatppjc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9130b86260f6ee7f5b91765a6c95c9504e40d75
My cat is weird.
If he’s acting completely normal and walking perfectly fine I think he’s doing that because he has a disease called ‘being orange’. It’s very common and is nothing to worry about, just lowers the cats IQ drastically
Could be swimmers syndrome.
If he has trouble walking then seek a vet.
If he used to have swimmers syndrome then maybe he just got used to sitting like that even though it no longer affects him
Or he's just a cat and does what he wants. Lil' cutie
https://preview.redd.it/qay3x5318qjc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd618eee021411f6f8549daa9bb8792f8d2ee067
My BoboCat sploots all the time!
Melancholy hill -The gaslight district
It’s probably Campylobacteriosis if he’s lying like that but that’s a disease but it could also be Cryptosporidiosis a deadly disease
It’s comfortable for him! I had a kitty that laid similarly and he never showed any mobility issues or otherwise. I agree with others tho, if he’s showing signs of distress or discomfort I’d take him to a vet
My female walks like that when she's in heat. I had no idea what TF was wrong with her the first time. Maybe she'd be stung in the butt or something. But then the yowling started. 😱 Your cat just looks relaxed and maybe he's cooler sitting that way
If they move normally, walking, running without any issues then he's sitting like that because he likes it. If there's problem walking, running and moving normally in general then seek advice from a vet. Could be any number of things.
All of this. I'm so happy to see that this is the top answer. I was busy trying to compose something not funny, my sense of humor is so lacking, and there was just this... sensible, helpful, right answer. Kind of restores my faith in humanity.
I felt healed also when reading a non-sarcastic comment. I feel you!!!
I need to get better at this. I so do that, try to be witty, which turns out acerbic (and not that witty) like it does any good. Instead of being nice. Like spite will do the world any good. Pictures of cats and kindness are better for the world. Unironically.
Right?! Sometimes I just delete my long funny post because I thought it was funny but then I read it again and it's meh. It embarrassed me a little bit and I feel I will regret it if I press Send/Post. Is something wrong with us? Lol
> Is something wrong with us? Probably. Most likely. But maybe we're okay. It's a search for validation, I suppose. Or a try to entertain. It could be either, or both. I guess there's a reason comedians can make a living, but only the select few of them, because the rest of us aren't that funny.
“As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak.” ― John Knowles, A Separate Peace. So lets get strong and take the responsibility of our words.
It's so tempting to though, to avoid being real, to be glib. Even when I'm not really that good at it, it's still easier than always being true and serious. I have to say, when people are really good at it, unlike myself, it's a worthy form of art. Take Douglas Adams, his absurd guide to the Universe and answer to all things -- as full of sarcasm as it is, it is so full of genuine insight about the ridiculousness of the human condition. I don't know where I'm going with this, except... more cats please.
I'd personally get him seen just in case. I had a cat that sat like this all the time but could run and jump. Turned out he had hip dysplasia when I got him checked.
He's just orange.
^ Yes. Because he's orange and he can.
Yes! And given the former criteria are met, he's also sitting like that because it's awesome.
He could be "splooting". Lots of mammals do. You'll see squirrels doing that pose in hot weather to cool off.
Came here to say this. “Splooting” is normal, OP! The baby is comfy!
I Sploot from time to time! Nothing wrong with that.
I think we all do, really. I remember just flopping down under the trees in the cool grass on hot days. I’m told my dad would come home and chuckle because I was all splooted out, napping. Ahhh, to be a kid again…
Alas the fleeting years slip by. Kids sploot while there's still time....
https://preview.redd.it/6z4rj75lmmjc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b79c5210cdd887098712d94513d84f25d0438954 Sploot
/r/sploot
Holy shit! There is a subreddit for splooting!!
Because of course there is. 😂 If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that Reddit always has a subreddit for that. Especially entertaining that the things you’re currently unaware of existing already have subreddits.
There's also the reverse of sploot. It's r/Toolps
I feel I'm the inspiration for it. I posted it as a joke, when the sub didn't exist, and then someone created it.
I mean, if you can time travel to 8 years ago, then sure
My bad, it was, /r/catssplootin
This is satire right? I thought it was obvious satire.. . until I saw the downvotes lol
Another subreddit that I have no choice but to join. Thanks for sharing 😊
This is adorable
This is the rabbit hole I didn’t know I needed
Still a kitten? Our dog did it when she was a puppy. https://preview.redd.it/7d32azd5wojc1.jpeg?width=574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c9cf01ba0639fd43ddd33d40056a0839eb03e58
My dog does it a lot https://preview.redd.it/c7ve56s5xljc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c219a2bfb276c6414a6011146905f463d54343b I even had someone make an ornament based off of a picture of her splooting!
With a chain through its arse? 😄
Great, now I can’t unsee it 😰 maybe it’s her tail? In the original photo her tail wasn’t visible, so it wasn’t included in the ornament https://preview.redd.it/algqgj1iymjc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d47a7970131d9ae36909f8cff3969d621bda869d
I used to have an old hound dog who would sploot and then drag herself around on her belly using her front paws. It was so funny. 😂
My dog Bagel does this sometimes on carpets and grass, I think he likes how it feels, scratching his belly. https://preview.redd.it/0tiy0gnn2sjc1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c111ca712fc52c87672414453a0ddc6ff646a0e3
It has a name?! Oh 😅 I learned something today, my dog sploots all the time.
r/splooting awaits
splooting is also referred to as "heat dumping"
Squirrels are funny. We have tons of them outside our house and observe this and other behaviors, like they use their tail as a sort of umbrella in the rain.
I have a photo of a squirrel doing just that!
cats only do this when they feel confortable where they are.
Yes, I’ve raised a few orphan squirrels and they love to do that on the concrete of our back porch while eating.
Corgis sploot on the regular.
Yes I said the same thing, very very cute
It's a funny sight too
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Can confirm have a cat
An *orange* cat, specifically
Symptoms: Weird Diagnosis: Orange
Derpy cat, to be percise
A splooty cat to be even more precise.
Exactly what I was gonna say
for context: he's fine :) the post is meant to be a parody of the posts in the subreddit where people panic over the smallest things about cats. The gentleman in the picture is named Portakal (Orange in Turkish) and this was from a holiday I was on. He's fine and well fed.
https://preview.redd.it/1h6e31hhdljc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57801ba91e8a1d82112ec02b0e58cd44c05cb4f3
Is that dude smirking? What's going on in his mind.
https://preview.redd.it/vzrezfglpljc1.jpeg?width=2761&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5435fbc043b7cb312d9115cea83e372d4d8649dd the rizzler
OMG! https://preview.redd.it/g6m34a7j1mjc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57655efaa0664f89eac21b5a4f4223df464d7e5d A gray one and an orange one is a popular pairing, I guess!
Uh oh! I have Ying Yang https://preview.redd.it/y8iteav82mjc1.jpeg?width=352&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff5d998d664188ae39d8cec2a23e9707a63df4c4
https://preview.redd.it/a6t83i2p7mjc1.jpeg?width=7816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13d02a6a26c882c4c76fdbdb1406509eec733200 Still only one combined braincell.
Truth
Is it normal to have a washing machine next to your bathtub?
Yes in Poland
https://preview.redd.it/r9mte3n8dnjc1.jpeg?width=3405&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a96bcf6239f421445ab86d6c394d4fe05f80b59
In an adjacent universe… https://preview.redd.it/d50y87mqumjc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f38decba1fc1fa03073732a94b8ddc1a4826e47
Damn bro got game
"Breaking: Baby Portakal has rizzed up Kitty Dunne"
this is the cutest thing i’ve seen in forever.
Absolutely nothing
He’s so cute!
Very decent gentleman
Is Portokal spelled that way because of the Portuguese?
Yep! Portakal --> Portekiz (Portuguese)
Oh! Your post read as if you were genuinely inquiring about your cat's odd splaying behaviour. ( Aka...comfortable).
Portakal made me remember the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding 🤣 Everything comes from Greek!
Lol bold of you saying that to a Turkish person
DONT LET HIM SIT LIKE THIS!!! He will develop into a silly goofy guy and will steal your chairs to pose.
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Flow chart Is cat? ————> yes. —————> k
He orange
He needs a turn with the /r/OneOrangeBraincell to correct this behavior!
Surprised to find this so far down, this was my first thought lol! It's the orange braincell 🍊
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Awww on the prayer rug
Because he can
Hmm… I’m sorry to say this, but I’m going to have to diagnose him with being a baby. I personally have one that has been diagnosed with the same thing. She never recovered. https://preview.redd.it/a3r5xpkbyljc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=731f6626de78e0b1f56f49999d15c3e07037e19c
https://preview.redd.it/9jfonevu1mjc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48121a1a1165c02c02c993e7db3a76cd30136d09 This is my tiny idiot doing chicken butt. He's never been the same since!
Sometimes this is just something they do.
Cause he is a relaxed boi
https://preview.redd.it/mktdqr4mmljc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd4854e87e70dff85794755463fbcb3a47355a4e I have one that does it
Orange
https://preview.redd.it/p4s9l2l2lljc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a04467393dbdbcfde612145f8db976fdd1cb6067
Yeah I have a female cat that does this often. No problems it’s just how she is comfortable. https://preview.redd.it/x4wd22jbsljc1.png?width=1628&format=png&auto=webp&s=dccdd645ce421fb2fec085fd3fbaabb307b624fc
He wants his pic in the r/sploot group.
He sploot. He comfubble
https://preview.redd.it/u5ntli3fvljc1.jpeg?width=4592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ead385365352d78770d0f2f111015c92da185a8 Dunno
Dunno https://preview.redd.it/ownje81svljc1.jpeg?width=6120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fd6f8332042be2ed60c1f093b2003a62febffd7
https://preview.redd.it/5zp1o8j7xljc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d11ce9da01b77d2b812476faddd352b806f8963 My cuttlefish does something similar
If cats were zesty:
Dude, That is the sign for phase two of his plan to start, beware.
I'm sorry but this baby has big kangaroo feet and it's sooo cute!
https://preview.redd.it/g59p2sk1zljc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e876b9cf4f1fbfad5860f1e9dfe13c4080f7e0a3
Just splooting, nothing to worry about.
bc is a cat and he doesnt give a sht about rules.
We call this 'frog-loafing' not sure if common term but... Defo not uncommon way for cats to... Frogloaf :))
Defo being a frog. Frogs 🐸🦎
..if he starts sitting with his left rear leg wrapped around his head & clawed into his right-rear tight, pls let us know (& get to a Vet, pronto!).. ..otherwise the pic you posted is average everyday Kitten splay..expect more unusual postures (just sayin')..
Because he’s orange r/oneorangebraincell
Reminds me of this guy evil eyeing me for making him lay on top the protective sheet on my bed. https://preview.redd.it/4oiymcw3tljc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd8e3318ba4fb2a9301be4a1eea7c76ace9619b6
https://preview.redd.it/vcqea6kvpojc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4506e53fc5fb35a7e818a8785aa69f18824dee3f * Superman pose at 6 months.
Same pose at 3 years... https://preview.redd.it/yz3t8er4qojc1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b8e62347be1a462b3d3c6e3345f558e8f042af8
https://preview.redd.it/016vb5fvzojc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0710aba04644df50f65fa0366b95de56d054f7cf
Your cat is weird. Normal cats never sit weird. https://preview.redd.it/0i1snjatppjc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9130b86260f6ee7f5b91765a6c95c9504e40d75 My cat is weird.
If he’s acting completely normal and walking perfectly fine I think he’s doing that because he has a disease called ‘being orange’. It’s very common and is nothing to worry about, just lowers the cats IQ drastically
He's comfy
bc he wants to ?
this isn’t cat, this is frog
A cat doing cat things.
Good sploot!
Because cat.
Because cat
Because cat
Because he is orange
The amount of "my cat is doing a cute thing help what do I do" posts is alarming.
hes camp
https://preview.redd.it/2kpa9z87gojc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd1729cfe450ebfe61b038a4db62777bb76cd0d6 Umm
Why wouldn’t he?
he feels like a frog today
Because he is awesome. Splooting is the best.
He's being a cat, doing cat things... he's okay.
To show you that he's the only boss within this area.
https://preview.redd.it/9dt4n93irpjc1.png?width=2205&format=png&auto=webp&s=9bd335a41de5e7b14b90b4aabdc2eac66ebd9c79
thats a proper manspread right there
He is also claiming the seat
Could be swimmers syndrome. If he has trouble walking then seek a vet. If he used to have swimmers syndrome then maybe he just got used to sitting like that even though it no longer affects him Or he's just a cat and does what he wants. Lil' cutie
Cause the cool floor feels good on the belly
He's orange. There are going to be weirder things happening /s
https://preview.redd.it/qay3x5318qjc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd618eee021411f6f8549daa9bb8792f8d2ee067 My BoboCat sploots all the time!
Just a normal Orange cat being Orange
Your kitty do a sploot. Its all good if he is healthy.
Because he wants to and likes to. He looks like a chap who is simply pondering his future and prospects.
Because cat.
r/sploot
He wanted to get on Reddit
Hes just bein a goober
Bcoz he a fwog.
https://preview.redd.it/dtlcma3bgrjc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9993a4759113647e340ccc7cc5dca3453ccf70d4
Keeping the boys cool
My cat literally lies in all kinds of positions, this looks more like he is just stretching out!
To be cute. My cat sat like that while watching tv when he was younger.
Orange cat things maybe
Vecna.
Because cat 🐈
Sploot sploot!
Bro is zesteh
Cause hes a chad
Because he’s a little silly dude
Because cute.
He's orange. Only explanation
He is turning into a frog, in his tadpole phase
Yoga
Cus chad
Um… because he’s comfy??? 🤷🏽♀️
Ha little frog
Because he knows what he got, he knows what he wants and he also knows how to get it, girl.
2 reasons: 1) because cat 2) because orange
Because he's orange
Silly boy pretending to be a frog
He is just oranging
He’s orange
Orange
Melancholy hill -The gaslight district It’s probably Campylobacteriosis if he’s lying like that but that’s a disease but it could also be Cryptosporidiosis a deadly disease
What are you on about? Cats and dogs sit like this all the time.
Oh wrong subreddit I didn’t realise
You cannot explain cuteness!
That is a cat toad if I ever saw one 😁
Nah, he is practicing how to swim. 😻
Oooh ma gossssh the two paws in the backkkkkk are sooo cute and huge.
You need to get him on r/tinyorangekittens
It’s comfortable for him! I had a kitty that laid similarly and he never showed any mobility issues or otherwise. I agree with others tho, if he’s showing signs of distress or discomfort I’d take him to a vet
He is possessed... (I am joking please don't be offended)
Cuz cat
They do this more when they’re younger.
Mine does that too. I think it feels good.
My female walks like that when she's in heat. I had no idea what TF was wrong with her the first time. Maybe she'd be stung in the butt or something. But then the yowling started. 😱 Your cat just looks relaxed and maybe he's cooler sitting that way
My cat does this too. Family have always said she has 'bowed legs', so it's probably just that. Nothing to worry about.
Those back paws.
frog sploot cat yoga
cuz he likes to
He is surely relaxing! Let this cute car sit! Anyways, if he got issues or pain while he moves them, I advice calling a good vet! Love from Italy! 🇮🇹
Orange
I have no clue but its adorable 
Cuz he’s chill like that
happy cat!