Hello, I’m Dr. Karyn! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and meet my 5 hilarious cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazzles.

It’s not all the time simple to inform when your cat is completely happy, and different instances, it’s so apparent that they could as nicely be holding a neon signal that claims “That is what pleasure seems to be like!”

Purring, cuddling, headbutting, and ‘making biscuits’ are all indicators that your cat trusts you and is completely happy. My little ginger ninja, Alex, has one extra method of signalling his pleasure: the somersault of happiness.

I’m not speaking about only a roll. No, this can be a somersault. The top down, physique rolling forwards excessive manoeuvre one would possibly count on from the likes of Simone Biles. Okay, perhaps I’m exaggerating somewhat, however it’s nonetheless fairly an uncommon transfer, and he all the time sticks the dismount.

Alex Is A Bit Of A Weirdo

Like all cats, Alex is versatile, coordinated, and stylish. He additionally has some unusual little quirks that set him other than the opposite cats in our home, and most different cats I’ve recognized. For starters, he enjoys extending his entrance legs in entrance of him when perched on excessive surfaces. Not merely dangling his paws over the sting, however with the entire limb protruding in entrance.

His second positional quirk is his desire for sitting cross-legged. The primary couple of instances I seen it, I assumed it was only a fluke. Maybe he’d been in the course of a flip, or obtained distracted as he was sitting down. Nevertheless, you’re way more prone to see Alex together with his dainty little entrance toes crossed than to be so boring as to have them sit aspect by aspect like some kind of commoner.

The Thriller of Motion

Why does he do that? Properly, I believe that if I might reply that query, I might be in possession of some fairly main feline secrets and techniques. What I do know is that he’s a really candy little cat with some uncommon methods of expressing himself. Which brings me again to his completely happy little somersault.

You’ve little question seen a contented cat. Hopefully, you’ve skilled the enjoyment of watching a blissful cat as they rub themselves on partitions, furnishings, even you. When Alex will get into one in all these shows of happiness, his rubbing takes a flip. A flip excessive of his head. He appears so wrapped up in displaying us how completely happy he’s, in addition to having fun with the feeling of the partitions and flooring as he rubs up in opposition to them. Someplace within the midst of all this bliss, he tucks his head between his entrance legs, and over he goes. It’s utterly lovely.

Initially, my husband and I had been the one ones to ever witness this unusual little ritual, however over time, a number of shut buddies and kin have been granted entry to this elite group. Alex is kind of cautious of recent individuals, so when he decides to exhibit his joyful tumble for somebody new, you possibly can think about how thrilled we, and the privileged recipient, are.

Happiness Is Only a Somersault Away

Happiness isn’t all the time simple to come back by on this world, and I can’t keep in mind the final time I wished to leap for pleasure, not to mention somersault. However I’ve to confess, watching Alex expressing himself by way of gymnastics, is one solution to put a smile on anybody’s face.

Keep bizarre, Alex.