*moahahahahaha*

All my cats had ass buttons.

(have!)

The lick spot though.. Not seen that phenomenon.

I even took it to MetaTalk it made me laugh so much.

I think most of my cats have had lick spots. Fun with kitty - good times!

I've never really seen the lick spot in action, but in this house we have this insanely cute but spastic little runt of a tortoise-shell long-hair calico. And by runt, I mean literally. She's like a cat chihuaha. 3 or 4 pounds or something, and at least half of that is fur. Anyway. She kinda freaks out if...

Sorry, she just came in for some ass button action. I think she knew I was talking about her. She's a slut.

...if you touch her sides. Like she'll turn around towards whatever side you're touching and just gets wigged out. And before I moved in with her and her mom, she wouldn't sit still for an ass button thumping. Didn't really know what elevator butt was all about.

She still won't sit still for anything, though. She'll come up and wants to be petted and everything, but can only stand about 5 seconds of it before she's overstimulated and has to run away. She won't sit in laps. Being held is the worst torture. I'm still working on chin scratches with her.

My dad's cats have ass buttons and love to have them, er, pressed. I have noticed no lick spots.

On a related note: my dog has an ass button, too.

My cat developed (or I just finally found) a lick spot a few years ago. I didn't know what it was, and demonstated it at his next vet visit. She had to keep a straight face and tell me that it was normal. The dark days before Ask Me.

The cat we had when I was a kid did the ass button/tail-lift, with the added response of squity eyes, side-to-side head lolling and air licking. We called it the Little Stevie Wonder. (Little because she was little--I was too young to know that Stevie Wonder had once been Little Stevie Wonder.)

cats have an ass brain
in the nerve cluster close to the base of the spine
don't be pounding their pressure points to death
now i must scrub up

the lick spot is a different story

So does anyone here have an ass button or a lick spot?

*prepares to take notes*

Well, as an oversexed, housewife...I'm willing to volunteer for your study iconomy. Please send me your brochure and tell me where to report for my tailjack testing. ;)