Comments on: Cat Affection Move: Cat Kisses

By: Pogonip

Pogonip — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:06:24 +0000

This is something that I have been doing for a long time with the feral and other cats that find my backyard (a very popular feline hangout.) But I thought that looking at a cat in the face and closing my eyes (and a cat looking directly at you or another cat and closing his eyes) was a sign of non-violence leading to trust. I certainly wouldn’t close my eyes around someone I perceived as a threat, so I thought cats wouldn’t do that either. So when I do it, I am trying to communicate to the cat that I am not preparing to attack, but am being welcoming.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:29:05 +0000

When I first heard of cat kisses I started doing it. But it seems that most the time when I give my cat a cat kiss he looks away before he sees it or if he does see it then he meows at me while staring. what could this mean?

By: donna

donna — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:56:28 +0000

cat kisses to me are either them giving me eskimo kisses (them rubbing their nose against mine) or me kissing their the outside of their ears.. (how much do cats love that!!)
tho all cats have an affinity when you do ‘sexy eyes’ (cat kisses) the narrowing/blinking thing..
If only men were as easy to work out, understand and trust as cats! x

By: Lawrence@CreditDonkey

Lawrence@CreditDonkey — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:59:03 +0000

Wow this is a superb guide! I love cats and this is really awesome, thank you for sharing this guide with us. This really helped me a lot to connect with our pet Dixie, she’s a Persian cat with black and white coating over her. Keep it up and hoping you will post again. Kudos to you!
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By: WereBear

WereBear — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:44:15 +0000

All the blinking? It's cat kisses; the way they send love, long distance.

By: sea language

sea language — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:57:16 +0000

I also apologize for responding to an old post. my cats did a strange thing I’d love to hear your opinion on. last summer, much on your recommendation I got my Sky a kitten. they are close in age, actually. he seemed bored and maybe a little depressed to me. last summer, a friend who fosters cats to keep them out of the shelter picked up a stray who seemed to be a good match. Sky lost his leg when he was a very young kitten. he was traumatized and also getting fat, even though I fed him less and less all the time. Henry is a white cat with blue eyes. he responds to sounds from time to time but he obviously has limited hearing. both of them seem to have missed some socialization training. I introduced Henry into our house using techniques from your blog as well. one day I would love to report on how that went. there was one event, while Henry was still alone in his room, that Sky figured how that there was someone in there. he practically danced with his excitement to meet this new friend. they are both young, neutered males; both between 1 and 2 years old. they love to wrestle. they will spend their awake times wrestling a few times a day. I am positive they are having fun with this game together. like young boys, they can get out of hand. from the beginning I felt the need to step in and break them up. (Henry is very OCD, he came with some very bad manners and he seems to have difficulty understanding sometimes, maybe part of the deafness; Sky does not like to share his favorite things or spots.) if the game seems to be going on too long or if one of them starts to cry I will make them stop. in the beginning I did squirt them with the mister to get their attention. now they will stop if I tell them it is getting out of hand. the plan works pretty well. it allows them to ask for help if one or the other becomes too aggressive. if they start to bang into things I’ll make them separate, too. one day I came over to stop a match and they both looked up at me and started blinking at me really fast. I blink at both of them all the time when they blink at me so they are familiar with communicating like that. it was as though they were asking me not to be mad at them. have you ever heard of this kind of response? it was such a striking moment. I haven’t noticed them responding that way again since, but they don’t get out of hand as much as time goes on, either.

By: WereBear

WereBear — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:48:47 +0000

Yes, that’s also a “kiss.” Or at least a sign of affection.

By: BeckoningChasm

BeckoningChasm — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:20:06 +0000

Sorry for replying on a thread over two years old, but what about actual cat kisses, where they lick a human finger or nose? Is this a sign of affection, or something else?

My cat would much rather give me kisses than be petted. She’s over 10 years old so this isn’t kittenish behavior…

By: Cat with a Garden

Cat with a Garden — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:32:05 +0000

I feel very lucky that the woman I got Siena from told me about cat kisses and we’ve been doing that ever since. It’s the sweetest thing.
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By: Vaan Sole

Vaan Sole — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:46:53 +0000

^-^ I always knew that look meant something more than simply, ‘i’m content’-you can almost feel the vibe they give off then, and unknowingly, i returned their kisses; smiling gently with closed eyes, kinda like in some animes or this e-face ^-^