32 Purrfectly Squeezable Cats Surrendering to a Sweet Smooshy Squish

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Jun 2, 2026 9:30 AM EDT

Why do we love to squish our cats so much?

It's almost a given that all cat people would love to squeeze their cats, giving them a big bear hug like they have a chiropractor appointment. Sure, we all want to squish our cats because we love our cats, but that's not a detailed enough answer. Cat people don't just stop and think about why we all love to squish our floofy feline friends, they just go and squish the fluff out of them.

But the fact that we don't think about it doesn't mean there's no real answer, based on science and research. Did you think we were going to give it to you right meow? Sorry, we're way too busy grabbing our cats like hamburgers and pretending to eat them because we love them so fluffing much. We can't resist. Come and see other squishable cats with us, maybe the answer hides there, between the smooshy feline faces.

01
Is this how the Joker was created?

via CmdrThunderpunch

That's the biggest smile in a picture since people started saying "cheese" to the camera.
02
Squish the cheeks gently, like a cashmere dress

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Oh, the squish on this one.
03
Head is round like a mini-hamburger

via colesense

So sweet you could eat him.
04
Manual airplane ears mode

via DeadMoonKing

Stretched like a t-shirt after Thanksgiving
05
Tried to grab, got the lick

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Mlem mlem mlem that thumb.
06
Weeeeeeeee

via P0werFighter

Smiling like a Formula 1 driver with the windows open.
07
Rear grab also counts

via akprowling

So grabbable you can't resist.
08
No, don't listen to the bad people who say you're not squishy

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Technically, every vat is squishy.
09
A dual-bladed grab

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He's going to get these murder mittens out.
10
Grumpy cat is a void now

via SlowbroHomoMomo

Such a grump, understandably so.
11
A happy grabbed blepper

via setardo

This blep is truly a winner.
12
Squished mid-movement

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Was going to zoomie, now going to attack.
13
Grabbed, but offended

via IrosSigma

Be careful there, hooman.
14
Put your nose in the grabbing limb.

via FireflyWindrose

Yoink, got your nose!
15
Trying to fir through the squishing hand

via JoeMamasasama

Success of attempt: 17%
16
Grab them from above... because cats are short

via Flat-Limit5595

Haha, short and smooshy.
17
Yelling because his ears are gone

via jammie-jellies

Also his brain cells, because he's orange.
18
Grabbed, but photogetinic

via omegaequalsone

What a meowing model.
19
Beauty is in the eyes of the grabbed beholder

via Due-Bumblebee3687

We can hear this picture.
20
this one's having the time of his life

via Barfotron4000

Let us grab you with every finger!
21
Black worm

via daniteaches

Wiggly, squishy, adorable.
22
He doesn't know where it came from

via oliverpeets

"Mother, why?"
23
The definition of "Halp"

via Free_Lobotomy

That floof is irresistible.
24
Where did his ears go?

via MadMechem

Into the grabbing hand, squisy squish.
25
Surprise grab!

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It's very effective.
26
Make him smile

via ASTEMWithAView

The good mood will come right after, for sure.
27
That's a large burnt cookie

via captain_lampshade

Om nom nom.
28
Woop! You're in someone's hands now.

via cozytrees

Clearly, he has no idea what's going on.
29
Like a grandma squeezing your cheeks

via Malteaser19

"You've grown so much this summer!"
30
Face, gone

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Blinded by bliss
31
Long like a snake

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Snakes have no ears.
32
Pet pet pet

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Pawdorable