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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

1539.0. "VERY LICKABLE" by SCOMAN::JLORE (WARRIOR OF DESTINY) Mon Jul 11 1988 22:45

    
    
    	I found it a little strange that my cat Smaug would almost
        insistantly lick my and my wifes arm when ever we try to pat
        him, and I found this very interesting letter in CAT FANCY 
        magazine. For those of you who do not read it here it is.
    
    
    	LIKES TO LICK.
    
    	My 7-month old male kitten, cole, has a puzzling behavior.
        At night when I go to bed he purrs and touches my face with
        his paw. Then he licks ny cheek, nose and lips. I move away
        but he follows and starts again. After a while he stops and
        goes to sleep. why does he do this.
        When I pick him up he does not try to jump away but he shows
        affection.
    
    
    
    
    	REPLY.
    	
    	This may be a variation of persistant nursing behavior often
        exibited by cats weaned before they were ready.
        Also if you use a moisturizer, you may wish to change brands,
        because that the methylparaben in some brands smells like a
        female cat in heat. That could cause overly affectionate behavior.
    

    
    
    
    			Joe Lore
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1539.1I thought she was just giving me kissesWITNES::MACONETue Jul 12 1988 08:594
    Portia does the same thing.  And since she was abandoned as a kitten
    the answer that CAT FANCY gives explains the behavior to me.
    
    		-Nancy
1539.2so does NippaFRAGLE::PELUSOTue Jul 12 1988 09:196
    Nippa, whos mommy was too sick to take care of her babies, does
    that too.  I have always wondered about that.  I think it is kinda
    cute in a way.
    
    Michele
    
1539.3That's right. Nibble my fingers too!MARRHQ::KORCHNAKTue Jul 12 1988 10:075
    Shanti does it too, as well as nibbling on my fingers -- which she
    licked and nibbled all night long last night! (I hate it when she
    licks my nose or eyelids -- yuk!)
    
    Cheryl
1539.4Clean food!IAMOK::HTAYLORMe and my lil' pots o' purrs.Tue Jul 12 1988 11:127
    At the Boston show, when snooks was up in a ring, she began to lick
    the judge's finger.  The judge looked at her and said, "That's right!
     Clean it before you decided to bite it!"  And that's exactly what
    she did.  After she licked the judge's finger, she bit it!
    
    Holly
    
1539.5So-So was just so.PIPA::SECMAILnew kid on the blockTue Jul 12 1988 16:0014
    I had a cat when I was younger named So-So.  He was abandoned and
    we took him in.  So-So liked to suck (not lick) your hair and ears
    if he slept with you when you woke up in the morning one side of
    your hair would be soaked.
    
    After being hit by a car one day we took him to the vet, I handed
    him to the nurse and he went straight for her hair.  the nurse laughed
    I was very embarrassed.  He had abroken hip!
    
    So-So never cared who you were, he would lick anyone who bothered
    to pick him up.
    
    Linda
    
1539.6Suckie-Face Lara!EDUC8::TRACHMANTue Jul 12 1988 18:415
    My Lara sucks and licks!  Boy, she sure can soak anything
    she picks in seconds.  We call her suckie-face.  She, too,
    licks before she sinks her choppers in!  But, she really
    understands when I say: NO BITE .  Understands, but doesn't
    "always" stop!!  Brat that she is!  
1539.7Licky-Lickey, prod prodSNOC01::COUTTSBrilliance is just a sideline...Thu Jul 14 1988 21:1212
    Well, I have one, Venom, who was taken of his Mum at 6 weeks (Hes
    a sydney silver abby, and because he had a necklace the breeder
    wanted to get rid of him in a hurry - they were experimental breeds
    over here (Oz) at the time). He licks me all the time and sometimes
    his passion is almost embarressing (NO! - it is embarressing).
    
    On the other hand, wee little Sirocco licks me and my boyfriend
    and she had a "normal" childhood. With her Mum for 14 weeks. But
    she loves to mother kittens, which she has never had. I think with
    her it a strong maternal drive that has never been fulfilled.
    
    -Alison-
1539.8JULIET::CORDESBRO_JOWed Aug 17 1988 17:346
    I feel much better knowing that the reason Kalliste licks me is
    because I smell like a female cat in heat!!
    
    ;^) ;^) ;^)
    
    Jo