I've recently started giving Missy massages. For various reasons she jumps up on the bed and sits with her back toward me. I usually take both hands and wrap them around her, thumbs to the centre of her back. Then I stroke from the neck down to the thighs.
Then it occured to me that, her being an older cat, her shoulder muscles might be a bit stiff. That being so, I gently put my thumbs under her shoulder blades and gave a soft massage. Then I let my hands slide down her sides, massaging her ribs as I went. Next is the hip joints. She seems to love the whole thing, but it sort of makes her collapse whereupon she rolls onto her side, and takes the position for a tummy rub.
Anybody else give massages?
Then it occured to me that, her being an older cat, her shoulder muscles might be a bit stiff. That being so, I gently put my thumbs under her shoulder blades and gave a soft massage. Then I let my hands slide down her sides, massaging her ribs as I went. Next is the hip joints. She seems to love the whole thing, but it sort of makes her collapse whereupon she rolls onto her side, and takes the position for a tummy rub.
Anybody else give massages?