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Dealing with cats standing on sensitive body parts

Cat owners experience intense discomfort and pain when their pets stand or step directly on sensitive areas of their bodies with all their weight concentrated in small paws.

Overview
People affected5 accounts across 1 forum
Workarounds found1 item attempted
Community agreement29,154 total upvotes

What people tried

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Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

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    shove her off
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In their words

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r/cats5 people · October 2025

“The sheer pain of that tiny little paw putting the entire force of that little lard ass's weight on my left titty. Absolute torture.”source ↗

youneedsomemilk23 · r/cats · 21,128 upvotes

“Mine likes to stand right on my boobs when I'm laying down, she seems to have perfected finding my nips and puts all her weight on it.”source ↗

Bittybirdwatching · r/cats · 2,899 upvotes

“But why do they have to distribute it all on my bladder?”source ↗

Bouche_Audi_Shyla · r/cats · 2,884 upvotes

“My calico specifically made a point to spring board off of guys’ scrotums when she was jumping off the couch”source ↗

TheMarkHasBeenMade · r/cats · 1,260 upvotes

“My cat finds my nips every single time. Nothing like waking up at 2 am with a paw per nipple”source ↗

BearBearJen · r/cats · 983 upvotes

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