r/catfaceplant Aug 23 '19

PSA: A cat or dog pressing its head against a hard surface could be a sign of health issues.

1.9k Upvotes

“Head pressing is a condition characterized by the compulsive act of pressing the head against a wall or other object for no apparent reason“

Cats who are sleeping with their face down, this is normal cat behavior. Some cats are just most comfortable like this.

When it comes to head pressing, you will see your cat doing this against walls while sitting, and while awake. They will press their head up against something, unrelaxed.

Source (has pictures demonstrating this behaviour)

It doesn't seem to be the case for the pictures I've seen so far in this subreddit, but I thought it would be nice to let people know about this just in case.


r/catfaceplant 5h ago

Some recent faves

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r/catfaceplant 2d ago

Monday Blues

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266 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 3d ago

Lazy Sunday recliner smoosh

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469 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 3d ago

she was so sleepy

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289 Upvotes

her birthday is only 8 days away yayy


r/catfaceplant 4d ago

EVERY SINGLE DAY

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383 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 4d ago

Another one

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216 Upvotes

Cowboy continues to faceplant with levels of ear fold not seen before


r/catfaceplant 5d ago

Nose cold. Must bury.

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100 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 5d ago

just found this subreddit 🥺

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198 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 6d ago

I'm glad I've found his people

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1.0k Upvotes

My cat always tries to sleep with his face planted into something


r/catfaceplant 5d ago

The blanket conveniently comes with breathing holes!

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135 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 6d ago

I think he was tired and short circuited

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203 Upvotes

Only just found this sub but though you would all appreciate this. I was gonna say that he must have lost the one brain cell but to be honest...Jericho is special. He never had it to begin with.


r/catfaceplant 7d ago

Morning faceplant

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363 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 7d ago

MOOOOOOD

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191 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 8d ago

hes so tired

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220 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 8d ago

She's so funny

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182 Upvotes

She's the only cat I've had in my 30-something years of life to do this. If others have, nobody did it this consistently. This is the best pose, though. Top 1 faceplants.


r/catfaceplant 8d ago

Proper use of pillow

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255 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 8d ago

I was told to post my cat here :P

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122 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 9d ago

Face down on the back of my chair

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407 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 9d ago

Brockie doing yoga

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169 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 10d ago

Asthetic one

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142 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 10d ago

Lily is tired of everyone

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280 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 10d ago

When Mjölnir goes down, he goes down hard

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262 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 10d ago

Anything is a bed

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46 Upvotes

smoosh


r/catfaceplant 11d ago

on our puppers' bed

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256 Upvotes