A solid 100% of the times that I pick Newt up, she bites me.
When she sits on my desk – and I dare to type – she bites me.
If she’s on the kitchen counter or on the table and I reach out to, say, answer my phone, she bites me.
She does not bite John. He contends that all this biting is her trying to entice me to play.
But…
Every morning when I wake up, I open my eyes, and I’m greeted with this:
Despite all the biting, Newt chooses to cuddle up with me every night. She sleeps on my stomach or nestled in the crook of my knees, dozing peacefully. Well, until I reach over, turn on my phone, and snap her pic…
Then, back to evil glares.
She loves me.
She loves me not.
Aww how sweet!! The cuddles, not the bites. 🙂
Hah! Exactly…
Never figured it out, although the only cat that did that with me, was also black 🙂
Cats are confusing. But that is a coincidence… 😉
I’m told that biting is a sign of love, but I’m not sure I believe it when I am the bitee.
Exactly, Jan! I picked up a book on cat behavior, so I’ll see what I can find out. But being the bitee? No fun. Even if it’s meant out of love.
I guess they are love bites?
Your Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
Cats are weird, right guys?
I think she loves you. Love hurts…
Cue the 80s rock ballad…
Cats don’t make any sense. That’s what I’ve observed from my friends’ cats, anyway.
Nope. They sure don’t. Not one bit.
She is quite finicky isn’t she? LOL I think you are warm and snuggly to her, so she loves you.
Mary, I think that’s exactly it. I think she’s cold. I’m warm. Therefore, she will use my body heat.
This is why I’m a dog person. The only games they play are tug and fetch!
YEP. Dogs are incapable of deception. Cats? It seems to be their MO!
Cats are like that….very moody! Samantha likes to bite me when I’m petting her. I’m pretty sure they are just love bites. She’ll start out by licking, then sneak that bite in there!
Love bites are just no fun. Newt is a first cat for both of us, so we’re really learning all about that moodiness as we go along!
I agree they could be love bites. I think cats bite to communicate and definitely when they get over stimulated. Many times I have been lovingly petting a cat, it is purring, then, BITE. It’s just what they do.
I was reading about the over-stimulation thing recently, and I suspect that some of the times, that’s the case. I wish instead of love bites, she’d give me love snuggles or something!
It sounds like you have a loving but complex relationship! Kitty cats are confusing that way. I wonder if it is similar to the way some dogs are just mouthy?
That’s a good point, Kirsten. It could just be that she’s a “mouthy” cat. I honestly don’t know enough about cats to even know if that’s a thing! But I like that idea!