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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2004Bizarre behavior--cat pets humans?
Kumani has an odd habit of resting her paw atop our heads. She likes to sleep on our pillows and when she does so, stretches out a forepaw and places it on our cheek or forehead. If we move, she very deliberately replaces the paw. If we are sitting, she will put her paw on our leg or on our hands. Tyche has recently started doing this too. my partner calls this "the benediction." I was wondering if anyone else's cat does this? Kumani and Tyche were raised by my partner who consider him to be their biological mother and have imprinted on him. It is my theory that since he expressed affection towards them by petting, instead of by bunting or licking, that they are attempting to imitate petting to show affection to us, hence the "laying on of hand/paw." Kumani and Tyche do not bunt/headbutt. They also did not knead until they were about a year old, eventually learning the behaviour by observing Nocturne. However, by the age of four weeks they'd learned to hit the keyboard with their paws by imitating their MomDad. --Enfilade > Kumani has an odd habit of resting her paw atop our heads. She likes > to sleep on our pillows and when she does so, stretches out a forepaw [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > --Enfilade Jake likes contact too, at night. I'll wake up sometimes "holding hands" with him. My hand inside his paws or his paws inside my hand. Daytime and he isn't even a lap cat. Jo > Kumani has an odd habit of resting her paw atop our heads. She likes > to sleep on our pillows and when she does so, stretches out a forepaw [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > --Enfilade Amigo (RB) was well know for wanting to rest with a paw attached to his favorite human. > Kumani has an odd habit of resting her paw atop our heads. She likes > to sleep on our pillows and when she does so, stretches out a forepaw > and places it on our cheek or forehead. If we move, she very > deliberately replaces the paw. If we are sitting, she will put her > paw on our leg or on our hands. Tyche has recently started doing this > too. > my partner calls this "the benediction." I was wondering if anyone > else's cat does this? No, but I wish they did! It's a sign of affection when a cat "reaches out and touches you" in that way. So, although it might be a bit inconvenient, it is indeed an honor. Actually, Licorice does this occasionally, but he has to be in a *really* cuddly mood! Joyce > Kumani has an odd habit of resting her paw atop our heads. She likes > to sleep on our pillows and when she does so, stretches out a forepaw [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > --Enfilade Oliver will do something like this. He will often pat our cheeks or lay his paw on our head or face. He also likes to put all of his paws into my hand to "hold paws." Another favorite thing is to grab hold of our arms and wrap his front paws around our wrist, arrange our arm to his liking and use us as a pillow. He is such a love bug! :-)  SignatureMargaret Fine mefine@mindspring.com >Oliver will do something like this. He will often pat our cheeks or lay >his paw on our head or face. Stinky too. He loves a paw massage. I take his paw between my fingers and thumb, and knead gently. He turns to mooosh. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Kumani has an odd habit of resting her paw atop our heads. She likes > to sleep on our pillows and when she does so, stretches out a forepaw [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > my partner calls this "the benediction." I was wondering if anyone > else's cat does this? Lately, Nikki has started doing this. She often sleeps on the arm of my chair, and stretches out a paw onto my leg and rests it there. > Kumani and Tyche were raised by my partner who consider him to be > their biological mother and have imprinted on him. It is my theory > that since he expressed affection towards them by petting, instead of > by bunting or licking, that they are attempting to imitate petting to > show affection to us, hence the "laying on of hand/paw." I's sure that's quite possible. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki My ex-boyfriend Jeff, when I first knew him almost 25 years ago, had a cat named Tigger, who liked to pet back when the twolegs were showing him his due adoration. Tigger would reach out and pat or stroke the object of his affection on the chest or arm. Blessed be, Baha > Kumani has an odd habit of resting her paw atop our heads. She likes > to sleep on our pillows and when she does so, stretches out a forepaw [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > --Enfilade Bobby Pants, our manx is a touchy boy. He was abandoned, full grown by his a.sholes.......I mean owners. I'm guessing he's still a bit messed up in the head from it, and we've had him for about 3 years now. He sleeps on our bed every night, and must be touching me somewhere with one of his front paws. He also freaks out if any of the doors inside the house happen to be shut, with us on the other side of it. Poor Bobby. I think he's getting over it, but it's a slow process. Louie sleeps on my pillow every night, and quite often rests a paw or his tail on my face. If I move around too much, or talk, he starts thumping his tail acting like he's going to take a swat at me. Time for Louie to vacate. About 10 minutes later, he comes back and apologizes by getting right in my face, doing this sort of chirrrrrrrping/purring combination thing that is the sweetest sound. I almost always wake up with a stiff neck, and no pillow, because Louie has it all. -bonbon > my partner calls this "the benediction." I was wondering if anyone > else's cat does this? Both Otis and Chester do this. I have a theory that its dual purpose. One is that it is a sign of affection and that they just like to touch us. The other is that it is prudent for them to do so when we big people are sitting or sleeping. If they are touching us, then we know that they're there and we're less likely to suddenly move and squish them. It's kind of an "I like you and I want you to know that I'm here" thing in my mind. I love it! Susan M Otis and Chester >Kumani has an odd habit of resting her paw atop our heads. She likes >to sleep on our pillows and when she does so, stretches out a forepaw [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >my partner calls this "the benediction." I was wondering if anyone >else's cat does this? Both LB and Sammy do that here. Both do it when they sleep on my chest, reaching up and patting me on the face. Also, on the rare occasion when they crawl under the bed covers. It especially obvious (and cute) when Sammy crawls under the covers. She usually sleeps at the foot of the bed, and doesn't sleep right next to me. But, since she wants that skin contact, she reaches on "hand" WAY out to make contact. >Kumani and Tyche were raised by my partner who consider him to be >their biological mother and have imprinted on him. It is my theory [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >--Enfilade SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >Kumani has an odd habit of resting her paw atop our heads. She likes >to sleep on our pillows and when she does so, stretches out a forepaw >and places it on our cheek or forehead. If we move, she very >deliberately replaces the paw. If we are sitting, she will put her >paw on our leg or on our hands. Tyche has recently started doing this >too. Sheba doesn't quite do this. But she does like to wash my hand and then lay on it all night. I suspect it is one way of keeping me all to herself so i can't pet the other cats. ;-) -- CATherine >Kumani has an odd habit of resting her paw atop our heads. She likes >to sleep on our pillows and when she does so, stretches out a forepaw >and places it on our cheek or forehead. If we move, she very >deliberately replaces the paw. If we are sitting, she will put her >paw on our leg or on our hands. Tyche has recently started doing this >too. Stinky reaches out a paw, and rests it on me when he's feeling lovey but lazy. It's part of the whole "saucer-eyed power-purring" mode. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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