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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

2085.0. "Cat Lick?" by JGO::SHERLOCK (Quid non Deo Juvante) Thu Dec 22 1988 13:13

    	We've had our pussy-cat for about four weeks now. We adopted
    her from the stray-home. She's seems to us and the vet to be a
    very healthy cat..we had her examined. She's about nine months
    old now. She settled down really well adapting to her new home
    very quickly. One thing I'm curious about, whenever she's washing
    herself, or if she is just resting and I stroke her she starts
    licking me !. I've never come across a cat that licked so much.
        I know in the case of dogs that this can mean a shortage
    of salt in their diets, does the same apply to cats as well !
        Is there anyone out there who can tell me why she does 
    this ? It's not that I find it irritating or anything like
    that...far from it, it's as though she wants to give me a kiss !
    
    Tim

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2085.1	My $.02 worth	LDP::CORCORAN		`Thu Dec 22 1988 13:38`	7
	My cat's been doing this for years, and since he's never been sick or displayed and emotional or physical problems, I take it as just plain effection! (Although it gets a little aggravating when he licks my face in the middle of the night!!) Barbara - Ebony & Ivory's mom.
2085.2	she says merry kissmas!	PARITY::DENISE	And may the traffic be with you	`Thu Dec 22 1988 17:33`	10
	It's definately a sign of affection and love. Female cats especially seem likely to do it. I guess it's more instinctive in them, where they have babies to keep clean, etc. All my females do that, but the males don't. Even the girls who haven't had kittens do it. Part of the old mother instinct, just like a women might be apt to brush a child's hair out of their eyes, or tuck in a little one's shirt, sometimes women do these affectionate moves when interacting with children almost by instinct. Same principle I guess. Take it as a kiss..... Denise
2085.3	Thanks	JGO::SHERLOCK	Quid non Deo Juvante	`Fri Dec 23 1988 05:41`	9
	Hello Barbara, and Denise, Well thank you very much for your replies, I know for definite now that there is nothing wrong with pussy's diet. and that she was just showing affection. I wish you all a Merry Christmas... Cheers Tim
2085.4		CRUISE::NDC		`Tue Dec 27 1988 11:05`	6
	Three of my four give me "kitty kisses" as I call it. IT makes sense to me...they groom each other, why not the biggest cats (us). The only trouble is when Mao grooms my eyelid when I'm in bed. OOOOOOH can that hurt! Nancy DC
2085.5	A male who grooms us	CHOVAX::GILSON		`Tue Dec 27 1988 17:09`	5
	Only one of our cats licks us, a neutered 2-year old male who has done it ever since we got him as a tiny kitten. His preference is my oldest son who has the hairiest arms in the house. Our female likes me to rub the side of her face with mine but has never tried to groom anyone.