Weird Cat Facts: 8 Reasons Your Cat Likes to Lick You

Catster ^ | Feb 23rd 2015 | JaneA Kelley

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I read that it was salt on your skin that made them lick you.

[SunkenCiv]

It’s part of their being adorable. :’)

[RedMDer]

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[fatnotlazy]

I always thought when my cat licks me, it's a subtle hint I need a shower. ☺

[Slings and Arrows]

Could be worse. There are less subtle hints. ;^)

[wyokostur]

Thought they were taste testing me to see what I will taste like when they kill me.

[Daffynition]

Not so much.....

[Rodamala]

My one little guy loves to lick my ears and face to get me up. He and his bigger brother (littermates), from day 1 when I rescued them as abandoned 2 or 3 day-olds in the old milkhouse, never groomed each other... they were too busy wrasslin'.

For the longest while his tongue has been smooth, which tickled me even more.

I learned a ton I never knew about kittens just by hand raising them... It was extra gnarly when their adult canines started coming in... Double fanged beasts! Also never knew how newborn kittens need to be stimulated (normally momma licking their junk) to get them to excrete waste... I am so happy that only lasted 5 weeks or so.

[Thank You Rush]

“”I think my cat uses licking as a distraction before she bites!!!! HARD!””

That’s what I’ve found with a cat our daughter left with us when she got married. Her husband had two cats and they couldn’t mix them for some reason. I know when this cat reaches out and grabs my hand, he is going to smell it six ways from Sunday and then he’s going to bite it. I learned not to trust him and immediately pull my hands back when he’s reaching for them. Even when I willingly try to pet him, he has to smell the hand first and then it means the bite. I have my husband, daughter, son in law and grandson all saying, “He just wants your attention.” I know what that means and they don’t...

This one had a brother who bit my husband and he ended up in the hospital for four days 8 years ago. My husband; not the cat. That one died a couple of years later so we’re left with just the one which suits me just fine.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

One of our cats likes to lick my hand when she’s curled up in my lap.

[Redcitizen]

The cat is only taste testing you to see if you are ready to eat.

[doorgunner69]

Also never knew how newborn kittens need to be stimulated (normally momma licking their junk) to get them to excrete waste... I am so happy that only lasted 5 weeks or so.

I know what you mean here, but it was funny as hell to read!

[doorgunner69]

Posted about it before,but since the thread is about it:

My dearly departed insane Siamese Loco loved to groom my head when I would pick him up. He would wrap his front paws around my head and give me a thorough licking.

Luckily I had a small amount of hair on top back then. It would be painful now. Did not do anything like it with my wife or anyone else, I just had the funk I guess and needed cleaning? Our indoor kitties now just give us a quick one-two kiss now and then when they are in the mood.

[OneWingedShark]

I dunno… don't you think this could be in the religion forum?
After all, it's about things pertaining to Cat-lick.

:)

[Clay Moore]

(9) To get that butt taste out of its mouth.

[Slings and Arrows]

Less insulting that the other way around.

[Slings and Arrows]

Ceiling Cat’s gonna get you for that one!

[Slings and Arrows]

People think cats are inscrutable. Cats think that Siamese cats are inscrutable.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

“In Soviet Union, [cat] licks you!”

[OneWingedShark]

Ceiling Cat’s gonna get you for that one!

Purrr-rrrrrr. (Think Catbert, Evil director of Human-Resources.)