| Title: | Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected |
| Notice: | purrrrr... |
| Moderator: | JULIET::CORDES_JA |
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1079 |
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Mod, Please move if need be...
I have a question on something that Shilo is doing and has been doing
since we got him.
At first it seemed that he was was only doing this when he wanted my
daughter to get up, but he did it last night while she was laying on the
couch watching t.v. What he has been doing is, he gets on top of my
daughter and starts to lick her cheek and then he gently bites at her
eye lashes. While he is doing this he is also padding. After he has
done this for a while he falls asleep.
We really don't know what to think. Do you think that he was taken
away from his mother to early? We got him when he was 12 weeks old.
He seems like he is a happy go luck kittie.
Thanks, *joyce
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| 698.1 | A little padding, with a nip too! | AIMHI::BOYKO | Fri Jan 28 1994 07:23 | 9 | |
My Lilac Point female is 9 years old, and when I am laying on the
couch, she will come up on my chest and start padding as well. If I
don't pay attention to her right away, she will take her paw gently and
tap my nose. She sometimes takes a little nip on my nose as well, but
very gently. I think its just her way of getting my attention, and
saying, "here I am, pat me !" I really wouldn't be too concerned about
her padding, either, a lot of cats do that.
Nancy
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| 698.2 | NETWKS::GASKELL | Mon Jan 31 1994 05:18 | 8 | ||
The padding, or star-fishey paws as we call it, is a sign of affection
and ownership, the cat is marking your daughter as his with the scent
glands in its paws. Nipping is a sign of real affection; a mother cat
will nip whiskers off a favorite kitten. One of our cats would rub her
face in my daughters hair and then wash and pull at it.
If this were your daughters boyfriend then I would be worried, as it's
the cat then be assured kitty is in seventh heaven and really happy.
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| 698.3 | A GOOD indication... | POWDML::MCDONOUGH | Mon Jan 31 1994 06:13 | 12 | |
I agree witht he others... In fact, I've seen on some TV special and
read somewhere that a cat that does this is making a 'substitute'
mother out of the 'victim'. Some cats will do this with more than one
member of a family. I do think that this may come from the fact that a
kitten is taken from it's mother, but it's surely not anything
negative... The 'kneading-paws' is a reflexive action that a kitten
does when nursing, as the pushing of the paws stimulates milk flow...
It is definitely a contented and happy action, usually accompanied by
peacefully closed eyes and contented purring...
JM
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| 698.4 | A Sign You've Been Adopted | LJSRV2::FEHSKENS | len - reformed architect | Mon Jan 31 1994 07:17 | 9 |
My three little ones all do some form of this. Robin likes to climb on
my chest and lick my nose; Blueberry likes to lick my hair and eyebrows
(I never realized how sensitive eyelids are until that raspy tongue
scraped across mine!), and Rocky the hunk sneaks into bed at night to
knead and slurp my neck.
len.
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