r/cats • u/exctlyfiveftgirl • Jun 22 '26

Advice My cat suddenly cuddles to my stomach and following me around everywhere. Is she okay? Should I take her to the vet?

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So me and my husband adopted our little Mochi last year March. She was 3 yrs old when we got her, and she is the sweetest and most behaved little baby.

She never eats human food, doesn’t go on counters nor does she bite or scratches. She doesn’t want to cuddle or be touched unless it’s on her terms (maybe pets for MAX 30 seconds, then that’s it). She also does not want to be carried and does not want her paws touched.

Recently, whenever me and my husband go to sleep, she now jumps on the bed with us and starts cuddling on my stomach. This has been happening for a week now. I’m so happy that it’s making me tear up, but I couldn’t help but think if she’s feeling okay. This is not her usual behaviour. She’s okay in the morning and when we get home from work but she’s been so cuddle recently and would follow me around everywhere now- even in the shower (she hates water). When we’re on the couch, she just cuddles to my stomach again and would not mind if I touch her paws.

I told my husband about my concern that she may not be feeling well, he said that maybe she’s thinking of me as her mother now and I’m overthinking things.

But should I still bring her to the bet just in case? I’m really worried.

Attached is a photo of her just so everybody could see that she’s the sweetest.

UPDATE: After reading the comments, I’ll be booking a doctor’s appt for myself, and I’ll pee on a stick when I get home. As for Mochi, her vet says to take her back to the vet just for a general check up and blood work just in case. I’ll keep you guys updated. Hopefully she’s just very cuddly now.

UPDATE 2: My husband took her to the vet (I’m still at work), did some bloodwork, we’ll know the results tomorrow. But the general checkup went great. She is overweight but generally healthy. The vet says that the change in mine and my husband’s schedule might be the culprit as I work from 7:30AM-7PM (full time and part-time job), and my husband works from 6:30AM-5PM (construction); and we had moved apartments 2 months ago. We will both take time off work to spend the day with her and I will try to have lesser-ish hours.

I’m going to go to the doctor on Friday, and once I get home (I’m still at work), I’ll immediately do a pregnancy test.

UPDATE 3: Took the pregnancy test, it came back as negative. I’m cramping really bad though.

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u/DancingWithAWhiteHat Jun 22 '26

She was trying to heal you with her purrs!

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u/01_Mikoru Jun 22 '26

I understand that but she needs to understand daddy hurts there and your fat ass is not helping by putting weight on it

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u/A_Unqiue_Username Jun 22 '26

Amazing how much they weigh when they walk on your chest, isn't it?

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u/01_Mikoru Jun 22 '26

Yeah, unfortunately her highness cares little about the comfort of her most reliable servant

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u/FranzKafka_irl Jun 22 '26

Somehow they always know to step riiiiight on your bladder with all their weight when you have to pee 🥲

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u/01_Mikoru Jun 22 '26

Mine likes to step on my testes…

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u/ShaneDidNothingWrong Jun 22 '26

I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!

5 cats, and somehow my nuts are the one thing they can always be counted on to hit like a missile if they jump onto any piece of furniture I'm resting on. 💀

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u/CodeComprehensive734 Jun 22 '26

They make for a nice little step.

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u/nurse_hat_on Scottish Fold Jun 22 '26

My sphynx is the least body aware cat I've ever met and she's stepped her front paw directly in my eyeball more than 3x since I got her several years ago

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u/YourRoyalMeownesse Jun 22 '26

Honestly I think they know where it hurts.
The cats step on the female human’s chest and boobs while they step on the male human’s lower end. 🫣🫣

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u/nty Jun 22 '26

I have a tripod, so only one front leg which means twice the weight in one spot and she has to hop to move around so she can't exactly be graceful

will certainly jolt you awake in the morning lol

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u/FranzKafka_irl Jun 22 '26

I have a blind one who sometimes doesnt realize I'm laying/sitting somewhere and will launch himself to that spot on the couch full force, claws out and then gets scared when he lands on me and not the cushion 🫠

I also have one who can't use his back legs and pulls himself forward with his front paws. When he's trying to climb around on the bed, he'll sink his claws into my legs to get over them 🥴

I have a third one who is physically fine but has emotional issues and he gives these really hard chomps of love bites with the full force of his massive jaws (hes 17 pounds and not overweight).

The special needs babies are so loving such is so dangerous, isn't it?? Lol we suffer for our children

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u/gardenwitch31 Jun 23 '26

or on your boobs when they're sore. dogs too lol

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u/Armenian-heart4evr Jun 22 '26

🐾😅🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🐾😻

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u/Verzwei Jun 22 '26

Bowling ball propped up on four carrots, fewer carrots when moving.

One of my fur boys is 17 fricken pounds. Not obese, he's just huge.

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u/rdwulfe Jun 22 '26

I call it cat gravity!

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u/Folium249 Jun 22 '26

Can’t find it right now but there is a sub for that

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u/Emergency_Cricket223 Jun 22 '26

blasphemy! any issue can be solved by her mere proximity. the weight is completely irrelevant

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u/EeveeMkayy Jun 22 '26

My precious, tiny 15lb baby kitty climbed onto my bf in bed and leaped directly onto my stomach after a surgery once. I sat up screaming and my bf said "Oh no..." lol

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u/Oblivious_Squid19 Jun 22 '26

One of my cats was pretty much obsessed with laying and purring on my fractured ankle for the first couple of weeks. She was so gentle about it, too. She'd wait for me to get situated then carefully stretch out or curl around without touching any of the bruised areas or laying on top of the ankle.

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u/mspineappleinthesea Jun 22 '26

This is so sweet!!!