Do cats "love bite" out of affection or overexcitement?

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♥- Nina- ♥

Jellybean the- queen <3

Purred: Sat Jun 27, '09 10:26am PST


	I think it's both. If it bothers you, just walk away and ignore him.

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Jack

Look, an empty- lap!

Purred: Mon Jun 29, '09 11:24am PST


	I nibble on Mrs. H's (my housekeeper) toes and fingers when I want attention in the middle of the night and also when she goes into this little room and sits on a white chair thingy as she has time to love on me as I circle her feet. My brother, Bobby, gives love bites to Mr. H. (my other housekeeper) when he is acting like an idiot (Bobby, not Mr. H) and purring and drooling all over him while being held in Mr. H.'s arms like a baby -- disgusting display of affection. My brother, Teddy, gives his Mommy (as he insists on calling Mrs. H.) all kinds of love bites, but Mrs. H. tells me that he can get a little rough with his bites sometimes. So, I guess me and my brothers are all into love bites. Oh my, what an embarrassing admission.

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kaya skye

not fighting my- demons-we joined- forces

Purred: Wed Jul 1, '09 1:29am PST


	ever had one latch onto you and then PURRpurrrPURRR extremely loudly through their partially open mouth? it's a habit i've noticed primarily in ferals that have decided i'm okay for an outlandishly outsized kitty that smells funny. it's a bit of an unnerving habit-recently i had to get iv antibiotics, oral antibiotics and rabies shots because the friendly feral in question was startled while being purry and drooly with my hand in her possession. (cat wasn't rabid, but since she would have been destroyed if i'd called animal control...yadda yadda yadda. advantage? if i do get bitten by a rabid animal i now only have to take the first two doses...kewl! ) so could the hold possession combined with roaring purr be a feral behavior trait?

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Othello

I think,- therefore I ham.

Purred: Sun Nov 8, '09 11:05am PST


	My daughter has a very close relationship with her cat, Tushy, who is a very affectionate girl. Tushy waits for my daughter to come in from school, and will climb onto her lap before my daughter is even sitting down! Funny thing is, Tushy has only started giving 'love bites' this year (she is nearly five), and only to my daughter (who is fourteen). These nips are only ever to my daughter's chin, and always when Tushy is being petted. She is very much my daughters cat! Tushy will also break away from her kneading (usually my daughter's left boob!) to stretch out and reach up with her front feet to my daughters chin, and occasionally she extends her claws, just enough to prick the skin. She is never rough or aggressive with it. She is always in a happy, contented, loving mood when she does this, and we both find it quite endearing. Although my daughter says that it can be painful on occasion, she wouldn't dream of stopping Tushy from giving these 'love bites', as she knows it is just the cats way of showing her affection.

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Minou

Manly Minou

Purred: Sun Nov 8, '09 3:43pm PST


	If it bothers you just withdraw your affection, get up and turn away and walk away or put the cat down on the floor for a few seconds. Se'll soon learn that biting = loss of attention. Unless of course that is what the cat wants... meaning if the biting is an aggressive gesture done to put distance between the 2 of you, to make you put her down on the floor, etc., then if you do you are reinforcing the biting meaning it worked at getting her what she wanted so she will repeat the behavior. ETA If it's from overexcitement I'd definitelly withdraw my attention from the cat (you can also yelp if she bites hard, to signify that she hurt you. then turn away or walk away). As for the affection part, I really don't know that it is an affectionate behavior... Edited by author Sun Nov 8, '09 3:46pm PST

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Spazzy

Spaz - The purr-box

Purred: Mon Nov 9, '09 8:03am PST


	Spazzy never bites me but he does bite my Mom. I am not sure why he does it, he will be purring away and then all of a sudden BITE. and he bites her hard too. Then she tells him off (in a nice way) and he will whip around, turn his back to her and walk away! lol

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