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Why do cats rub their heads against your leg?
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GoldenDelicious
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im fairly sure theyre scenting you
vixensghost
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Yes, they are claiming you as theirs.
Wait til she/he starts kneading your nads....
Wait til she/he starts kneading your nads....
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heatherrae
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She is trying to kill you, man. They do that to build up so much static in your courdoroys that you spontaneously combust. Sleep with one eye open, dude. She's out to get you.
vixensghost
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MrMuscle said:
Would totally fit in with your gay theme....
I figured you as a BIG kinda dawg guy.
they have scent glands next to their mouth ... he/she is marking you. next stop, peeing on you, lol. 
velvett said:
My cat stalks me in the AM and runs in and out of my legs, makes nice nice, purrs, rubs and if i ignore him, he lets me walk a few steps and then gallops, jumps, grabs my leg with his paws and bites me.
I realize that it's just a drawing or something, but i'm soooo in love with your avi. Very hawght
Whiskey
velvett said:
My cat stalks me in the AM and runs in and out of my legs, makes nice nice, purrs, rubs and if i ignore him, he lets me walk a few steps and then gallops, jumps, grabs my leg with his paws and bites me.
hahah....that's awesome
mine randomly bites my legs....little bastard
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heatherrae
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Mine waits until I pet her nicely, then she grabs my hand and gnaws on it. Her love bites HURT.Whiskey said:
vixensghost
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javaguru said:
Our cat does this. She also likes to swish her tail in your face. Drives me insane!
NJjuice22 said:
It's not like a dog whizzing on a tree. It's actually a positive thing. When a cat is feeling good, happy/calm/content, they give off phermones. They rub their faces/heads on things when they feel good, and consequently they have an area/person that they automatically associate with positive feelings ... like a feline security blanket.
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musclemom said:
It's not like a dog whizzing on a tree. It's actually a positive thing. When a cat is feeling good, happy/calm/content, they give off phermones. They rub their faces/heads on things when they feel good, and consequently they have an area/person that they automatically associate with positive feelings ... like a feline security blanket.
im an alpha male top of the food chain motherluva no furball is marking me ever again.
my brother had a cat that would catch birds and partially disect them on the front door welcome mat.....not the best thing to see/step into wearing only your socks first thing in the morning......ksharp01 said:You'll know they really love you when they start bringing you dead lil treats and leaving them by the door for you
Okay, maybe you're joking around but I want to make sure you're clear on this ... when a cat rubs on you, it's equivalent to a dog licking you. He's not saying you're superior/inferior or anything else. He's saying, "I like you."NJjuice22 said:im an alpha male top of the food chain motherluva no furball is marking me ever again.
ksharp01
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rnch said:my brother had a cat that would catch birds and partially disect them on the front door welcome mat.....not the best thing to see/step into wearing only your socks first thing in the morning......
no its not.
I was told by a cat lover to never let my cat see me throw it away because he would get his feelings hurt
at first I thought it was silly, but then I thought, who knows so I would get rid of it when he wasn't watching. lol
I can be so gullable I know.
ksharp01 said:no its not.
I was told by a cat lover to never let my cat see me throw it away because he would get his feelings hurt
at first I thought it was silly, but then I thought, who knows so I would get rid of it when he wasn't watching. lol
I can be so gullable I know.
awwww.
I did not know that! I would wait too ; no reason to hurt their feelings!!! I wish I had known that. My cat rubs against my legs ; and it does get annoying ; he likes to do it when he's hungry so I basically cant walk until I feed him. annoying. He gets fed when he demands it. lol.
fistfullofsteel
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when my cat does that, it means feed me now
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heatherrae
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My mom feed every darned stray cat in a 3 county radius when she was alive. When I would come visit her, at least 3 in a day would bring me little gifts of mice, moles and birds. One day they saw me throwing them away in the creek, and I could have sworn they were all just staring at me as if to say, "Well, that ungrateful bitch!"rnch said:my brother had a cat that would catch birds and partially disect them on the front door welcome mat.....not the best thing to see/step into wearing only your socks first thing in the morning......
Most domesticated cats do not know how to eat their kill, but the killing bite is every bit as instinctive as the urge to suckle and they instinctively understand that a kill is a prize.ksharp01 said:no its not.
I was told by a cat lover to never let my cat see me throw it away because he would get his feelings hurt
at first I thought it was silly, but then I thought, who knows so I would get rid of it when he wasn't watching. lol
I can be so gullable I know.
When your cat brings you something dead, whether you like it or not, it's "PC" to praise them and dispose of it out of their sight. Cats do experience forms of pride and shame (actually most higher mammals do). How would you feel if you gave someone you deeply respected a gift that was very expensive, and they immediately took the gift and pitched it in the toilet?
What about when they like to suck on your shirt or a comforter while purring and kneading. I've never had a cat do this before???
Every time I pet him he starts to lick and suck on my shirt or a blanket or whatever; all the cats I've had not one has ever done that before. Its wierd! lol
Every time I pet him he starts to lick and suck on my shirt or a blanket or whatever; all the cats I've had not one has ever done that before. Its wierd! lol
fistfullofsteel
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i hope my cat lives forever. most of them only live like 15 years or something. 
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heatherrae
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We had a cat named Jezebel who would creep into your room while you were sleeping and start suckling your ears HARD. It was creepy. You could not get that cat to quit.cindylou said:
Taken away from their mother a little too early. They've transferred maternal comfort feelings to the surrogate human.heatherrae said:
You won't get that with a kitten who stayed with mom until at least 8 weeks, (deally 12 weeks) But some breeders especially will take them away as young as six weeks, way too young.
I had a litter I had to hand raise from day 3 (eyedropper feedings every 2 hours were FUN) because mom got an infection. They all were excessive kneaders/sucklers.
All baby mammals have the urge to suckle, when that isn't satisfied through the nursing (because it's too easy to drink through a bottle) they will find ANYTHING (a little mates ear, for example) to suck on to satisfy that urge, just like a human baby.
Oh they're absolutely capable of being trained. My cats NEVER jump on me when I'm working (typing) because they learned I'm just going to put them on the floor. You can train them to stay off specific pieces of furniture, to not go near the front door, to jump up, come when called, etc. Most cats aren't into learning tricks the way dogs are, and you need a particularly motivated one to learn specialty stuff, but there's no reason you need to put up with shit you don't like. The trick is to just be consistent, always praise appropriate behavior, NEVER, EVER reward the wrong behavior, and punish (NOT hitting, an unpleasant sound works best, actually) wrong behavior/actions.biteme said:
Most cats find the sound that canned air makes particularly unpleasant so my cats get "Pssssst" at when they're bad, works like a charm.
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heatherrae
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a spray bottle full of water works very well, also.musclemom said:
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My aim sucks and it never fails that I see the cat doing something they shouldn't when I'm nowhere near them or the spray bottle is downstairs. Plus I've had a couple that you spritzed them and they looked at you like "WTF was that?"I'm telling you, seven cats and every damn ONE of them hates the sound of compressed air, they run like hell. It's similiar to the sound that the Dog Whisperer makes.
ksharp01 said:You'll know they really love you when they start bringing you dead lil treats and leaving them by the door for you
Or dump them in your bed next to your head as you sleep. Having the cat wake me at 4:00 AM to show me the dead chipmunk he deposited next to my pillow is always fun.
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