weirdo cat?

[SlitherinSisters]

Lol, I call it happy paws, and "squishy". Stuart, our chubby kitty, also known as Mr. Fatty McFattington or Meatball, just loves to do it to any part of your body that is squishy, which unfortunately for me is my belly

Only two of our four do it, it's so sweet!

[mommanessy247]

i call it simply "massaging". except for when the claws get brought into play, then that's a whole different story, lol.
the only thing is though throughout my lifetime experience with cats i've noticed a majority of the females were primarily the ones to do it. i've seen/felt only a very few male cats do it...
i had a cat that used to put himself to sleep by doing that...it was always hilarious cuz he'd start out awake & alert and massaging me purring loudly, then his purr would quite down and he'd slowly close his eyes and the massaging would slow down only to suddenly pick up pace as he, it seemed to me, was trying to fight sleep...like a kid nodding off only to suddenly jerk their head up and pop their eyes open trying to stay awake.
i've actually been able to train 1 or 2 cats to NOT use their claws, starting when they were young. whenever i felt claws i'd say "ouch" sharply while tapping on their paws. eventually they figured it out.
cats are really not known for being very train-able so this process did go well into the kitties adulthood.
there's a saying i saw some time ago...
"dogs have masters, cats have staff."
kinda reflects how difficult it can be to train cats if they're simply not willing to learn that day.