What affects us affects cats
We experience the pleasure and bonding of the domestic cat’s thankyou kiss a lot or we should if we are in a good relationship with our cat companion. We stroke and kiss our cat and they lick our hand and come into contact with us for warmth and friendship (which included scent exchange). The …
Here is some information about cats grooming themselves and others taken from a number of studies on the Internet listed under Google Scholar. RELATED: 2 different types of backward facing papillae on the domestic cat’s tongue
The truly unique “two talking cats” video on YouTube has been seen 103 million times which is unsurprising. Or perhaps it might be fair to say that it’s unique to capture on video cats talking to themselves like this. It possibly happens from time to time but it must be extremely rare. But what …
For me the answer to the question, “why does my cat lick me?” mainly comes from personal observation. Mother-kitten relationship My cat looks upon me as a mother cat. All domestic cats do the same. Our cats are kept in a state of perpetual kittenhood with us as we provide for them and unwittingly …
My conclusion from my discussion below is that domestic cats can get confused when they are licking their owner’s passive hand at a time when there is no petting and relate to the hand as food, perhaps a prey animal and bite it. It is an instinctive mental aberration brought about because of conflict …
The feline tongue is a wonderous element of their anatomy. It can achieve a lot, thanks in part to the backward facing papillae made of keratin attached to the upper surface. These spines do a lot. Here is a list of 13 benefits to the cat when using their tongue. RELATED: 2 different types …
People ask: “Why do cats lick you?”. There are three main reasons in my opinion. The first is this. Humans are surrogate mothers to their cats. This places them in a mental state of being a kitten a lot of the time. They actually flick between being a kitten and being an adult (e.g., …
I have used the word “allogrooming” a lot. I discovered the word many years ago in writing articles for this website. You would not normally use it because it’s rather an unusual word. As you probably know it describes the grooming of one cat by another. And sometimes domestic cat groom each other simultaneously …
