My 9 year old Missy does this sometimes, I don't know why, either..! Can't
help with the long fingernails problem though ;-)

Ivor

Yes, the kitty is teething, but he also does it because it gets your
attention.  React when he chews your fingers, the same way you would do when
he does something else you don't want him to do. Say no, and redirect him
into something else.  Do not reward him with love and attention, it will
just encourage him to continue

My 11 yr, old tabby does that
too. All you can do is either
hit her VERY LIGHTLY on that
tiny nose when she does it or
scold her for doing it and when
she learns, you might give her
a treat of her favorite thing.
          As for the long fingernails,
I wish I had them!!!!!!

           Perky 1

He's probably teething. Beats the heck out of my why anyone would want to
have long painted fingernails in the first place, but if this works for you,
perhaps wearing gloves to bed will be a solution.

I am not 100% certain why cats lick us, I read somewhere it could do with
either cleaning us up to their standards, or to lick the salt of our skin.
My Tigger usually does it just after he wakes up, so it could be some
instinctive feeling.I don;t know for sure. My QT used to love to lick my
nose,and only nose. Go figure. I let them do what they want, but do make
sure you wash afterwards as cats mouth contain lots of germs.

As for chewing, yes it is most likly teething, but not nececerily. Tigger
also likes to chew on people's toes, although he is 3yrs old. The way to
deal with it is really to simply scream when he hurt you. Really loudly and
in as high pitched tone as you can do. Cats hate high pitched loud noises,
therefore will stop doing what thery are and look at you in shock. As soon
as they stop biting, you stop screaming, and give them praise. You will need
to repeat this each and every time he bites/chews. He will soon associate
noise with chewing and naturallly stop doint it.It will take less then a
week to train him, that's my promise.  I've done this on all my 5
kitties,and they have NEVER bitten anyone and Tigger only chews on my toes
gently, becuase I let him really.

NEVE HIT AN ANIMAL like someone here suggested!

Gee& Cat co

Lol...Cat's can be funny little creatures. I agree that you're cat may very
well be teething...however...when I have long nails...my cat tries to chew
them. I just have to put my finger under her nose and she rubs her face on
my finger and then tries to bite my nails. It may be incurable...too bad you
fancy your nails so much. lol
Oh...and an alternate method of training...as I see here someone has advised
you to lightly hit your cat...what bull!! Try having a spray bottle with
some water in it. One squirt of that and your cat will be running quickly in
the other direction. Eventually the cat will learn that biting
fingers...means getting wet...they hate that.
Hope this has helped!
Melanie

Wash your hands...  and don't put moisturizer on them.