Puffed tail when happy...?

thejackieblues · **Joined:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:53 am **Posts:** 6

For some reason when my bengal is super happy usually when I am brushing him or petting him and he is purring up a storm and kneading he puffed up his tail fur. I've loved on many cats and have never seen one do this. I was wondering if it was a bengal thing or just a Mosi thing!

brianj12 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 5:01 pm

I have not seen that in that circumstance, but young cats seem to puff up their tales pretty frequently when just goofing around. They are basically practicing it for when they need it, is how I interpret it.

spitspot · **Joined:** Mon Jan 12, 2015 2:26 pm **Posts:** 734

Yes Oscar has a huge fox tail when he is racing round the garden and being plain silly :lol:

Sherry · **Joined:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:21 pm **Posts:** 9217

The puffed tail is very common. Usually cats puff themselves up to make them look bigger when confronted by another cat or creature! Raiden used to do it all the time when he saw a neighbor's cat (they moved away last year). The tail gets gigantic!

thejackieblues · **Joined:** Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:53 am **Posts:** 6

He is around 2 years old and only does it when he is super happy... so it's a Mosi thing... hahaha

Sherry · **Joined:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:21 pm **Posts:** 9217

On our walk this morning, a dog got out of a house and came running up to Raiden. His tail puffed up really huge. The dog did nothing to us and I picked Raiden up and carried him a ways. The tail was still puffed when we got into the house. He doesn't seem to like being scared by a dog and this one was a pretty big dog. Raiden has also encountered a little boxer and he attacked that one.

DeputyMP24 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:31 pm **Posts:** 212

My Suri puffs her tail up when shes being playful. She will race around with it all fuzzed up. Its obvious shes not scared or anything. Its cute when she does it.

Sherry · **Joined:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:21 pm **Posts:** 9217

I think kittens do it more when they are playing than as an adult cat.

cranberry · **Joined:** Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:42 pm **Posts:** 641

I've seen it more in Ada and Babbage as kittens, but sometimes when he gets really excited he gets that "I just sat on a battery" fluffed up tail.

LadyKay · **Joined:** Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:48 pm **Posts:** 276

Does he also shake a bit on the hind end? That's definitely happy!

Genevieve · **Joined:** Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:20 am **Posts:** 133

Both Phaedra and Lilith puff up their tails when they are goofing around together.

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