Every day I watch in amazement as the Neurotic Cat contorts herself while she’s conducting her daily cleaning routine. All that licking does seem to be a bit OCD to me. The licking carries on for several minutes, and then just when you think it’s stopped . . . it starts all over again. But I have to say I’m impressed – by the ability of Neurotic Cat to contort herself, not the licking so much.
I sometimes offer to help her clean her tummy, but she usually “shows me the paw”. So I have to content myself with just watching.
Neurotic Cat has this long, skinny body which she can twist far enough around, so that she can lick her spine quite comfortably. Comfortably for her, that is. Watching it can be a bit alarming! I keep thinking she’ll hurt herself.
This is really better than watching television. Can your cat do this too?
Life with a Neurotic Cat 
Yes, she is quite impressive Rosie Bear. And very flexible. Kitty Yoga tends to do that although I’m sure you’re very flexible, in your own way, too.
My muscle-bound body doesn’t allow me to lick my own tummy though. 😦
“Kitty yoga” is such a good phrase, I might have to change the title of this post! 🙂
Rosie, Cats are just really bendy. I think it’s coz they’re part Jello. Love, Trey
Hi Trey, I was wondering whether cats are aliens . . . They behave really strangely sometimes.
Rosie – don’t have a puss of my own but have seen this ‘kitty yoga’ as Colleen so aptly calls it many times. I wouldn’t worry, methinks it’s a ‘cat thing’ that they do – well, you don’t miaow either, do you,? So I would just look and grin and leave her to it. You won’t catch any little critters from her for sure . . . . 😀 !
That’s what you think! We sleep together so she’s always passing me her fleas. I of course don’t have fleas of my own! 😉
That is one flexible cat! Instead of downward dog, it should be called downward kitty!
Let me tell you, Neurotic Cat does a very elegant “downward kitty” every morning when she gets up. My “downward dog” (which I have to do to get at her food under the chair!), is less so.
My goodness, Neurotic Cat sure looks elegant and graceful when she contorts herself like that! I wish I could do those moves….
I’ve tried to follow Neurotic Cat’s moves, but I keep falling over. Does Tuffy-Cat also do kitty yoga?
Yes, she does, but she doesn’t have quite the impressive range that Neurotic Cat has.