I agree with quite a few of the posts here re: the kitten being tickled relentlessly for waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy toooooooo long!
I foster plenty of cats and kittens and this little one was definitely trying to roll off his or her back. Enough already was the feeling goin on here. Very difficult to watch. Perhaps the intent was well-meaning, but the human needs to pay attention to what her "charge" is trying to clue her in to. Cats and kittens don't just purr when they feel fabulous, they also purr under stress.

That was "waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy " too much and was difficult to watch.

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and going to look at it once a day first thing in the morning. Shame kittens turn into lazy ass cats who like to sleep on keyboards.

Maybe he's squirming because he's helpless and can't get away.

I mean, almost two straight minutes of constant rubbing, in the same spot! Poor thing.

This video reminds me of how when people are being tickled unmercifully, it's the one doing the tickling who is enjoying it, not the ticklee.

petted my kitties, but not for too long at that age.

when they're being tickled, even though they hate it. How do you know the kitten also isn't being pushed past his comfort zone?

than the kitty.

contented kitten.

"Cats also purr when they are distressed or afraid. Sick and injured cats, and those in veterinary offices often purr. It is thought that this is the cat's way of reassuring and calming herself."

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/article.cfm?aid=892

They get up and away asap.

I have one right now who thinks that is the best thing in the world. He comes over, I rub his back a bit, he flops down and rolls over onto his back next to me so I can rub his belly. If I try to stop before he is ready he grabs my hand and pulls it back to his belly.

That person in the video didn't even change it up with rubbing the cat's ears or the top of his head. Just the belly, over and over. A 10-day-old kitten, smaller than her hand, who couldn't get up & walk away.

The person I was responding to wrote "I've never known a cat who liked to get a belly rub. They get up and away asap.".

Neither they nor I was talking about rubbing a cat in the same spot for two minutes, or referring to a cat which couldn't get away. In fact they referred to the cat getting up and walking away, and I referred to pulling my hand away and the cat pulling it back. So clearly neither of us was referring to a situation like you describe.

I seem to have introduced a new thought. I do apologize.

The one where you posted "I mean, almost two straight minutes of constant rubbing, in the same spot! Poor thing."

He'll roll over and ask you to give him one, and he purrs like he's going to explode. Many cats enjoy belly rubs, and especially kittens. They like it because their mother licks them there (and all over) and it feels good.

How else is a blind newborn kitty supposed to make the tickling stop?

Sometimes tickled children laugh even though they hate it. And sometimes kitties purr even though they want the tickling to stop. Purring can be a sign of distress rather than contentment.

http://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/why-cats-purr?page=2

Although contentment does appear to produce purring, cats also purr when frightened or threatened. One way to think about this is to equate purring with smiling, says Kelly Morgan, DVM, clinical instructor at the Chicago Center for Veterinary medicine of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Veterinary Medicine in Chicago.

“People will smile when they’re nervous, when they want something, and when they’re happy, so perhaps the purr can also be an appeasing gesture,” Morgan says, adding that this is purely speculation.

He doesn't look happy to me, poor thing. If he were contented, he would be laying quietly and relaxing.