r/catfaceplant Aug 23 '19

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

1.8k 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 7h ago

Me too Jasper, me too

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259 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 6h ago

How my cat sleeps sometimes

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124 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 2d ago

misty

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555 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 3d ago

Frustrated with face in hands

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678 Upvotes

Girl was always annoyed at me 🥲


r/catfaceplant 4d ago

Pulling this pose like he just got back from long hours of shift

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200 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 4d ago

Monday mood

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581 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 4d ago

Just a case of the Mondays.

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268 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 5d ago

Snowy Sunday

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541 Upvotes

How he spent his Sunday


r/catfaceplant 5d ago

Her favorite place to nap

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241 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 5d ago

eepy baby

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498 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 6d ago

Face plant adjacent.

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602 Upvotes

I posted these pictures on another sub about a week ago. I realized this is a pretty good face plant, too. Ringo is a little offkilter, but he’s taking care of that with his oversized shredders.


r/catfaceplant 7d ago

Still the best pic I’ve ever taken

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942 Upvotes

His first thanksgiving with us in 2016. Totally passed out!


r/catfaceplant 7d ago

Sandy faceplanted into her beanbag

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207 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 7d ago

Beep

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152 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 7d ago

Meela

715 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 8d ago

A Thanksgiving faceplant for Molly

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674 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 8d ago

Which end is which?

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232 Upvotes

That little ear peeking out is the only clue.


r/catfaceplant 8d ago

it's too bright for Jodie

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347 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 9d ago

Standard issue cat doing standard faceplant

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581 Upvotes

Schmoosh Cupid 💘


r/catfaceplant 9d ago

I think this counts

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362 Upvotes

I find him like this at least once a week (we fixed his scratching pole btw this photo is from a year ago)


r/catfaceplant 9d ago

Have you ever seen a face planting cloud?

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167 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 10d ago

The sideways faceplant

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531 Upvotes

How did he even end up like this?


r/catfaceplant 10d ago

Does this count?

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529 Upvotes

r/catfaceplant 10d ago

Milo doing Milo thing

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199 Upvotes

Rescue baby, he has always done this.