Cat question

[SwimOdin]

So my cat is about 7 months old, she’s a tuxedo, and she loves me. She might be in love with me. I don’t have experience with a cat that wants to literally put her lips on my lips. She licks my nose, lips, and ears and even nibbles on my ears. Is this normal? She is my sixth cat (as in, in my life; she’s my only current cat), and this is behavior I’ve never seen. Do y’all’s cats do this?

[stilgar]

Seems pretty normal to me. 

[scoobdog]

Yeah, that seems perfectly normal.  Cats will bond to people in differing degrees.

[GuyBeardmane]

Katana likes to lick and bite my nose.  Some cats just like to be affectionate in different ways.

[Mix]

She's going to eat you.

[katt_goddess]

That is a form of grooming. Two cats that are friends will clean each others faces so cleaning their favorite hooman is the same thing. 

I think tuxies are particularly into grooming their hoomans because Potato Bug likes to pull on the hair on the top of my head which I've never had a cat do. She hasn't gone full face licking yet but she does get extra affectionate in the early morning when she wants to be snuggly right in my face. 

[smiradenius]

On 12/11/2024 at 5:48 PM, SwimOdin said:

So my cat is about 7 months old, she’s a tuxedo, and she loves me. She might be in love with me. I don’t have experience with a cat that wants to literally put her lips on my lips. She licks my nose, lips, and ears and even nibbles on my ears. Is this normal? She is my sixth cat (as in, in my life; she’s my only current cat), and this is behavior I’ve never seen. Do y’all’s cats do this?

What you have is a cat that would be your best pal for life.  It's normal for some cats to show this behavior, especially when you take them in as small kittens.

[SwimOdin]

Thanks for all the advice everyone, it’s good to know this is normal behavior. She’s quite a bowling ball.

[stilgar]

At least she ain't a Siamese. 

[SwimOdin]

2 minutes ago, stilgar said:

At least she ain't a Siamese. 

I had an ex that had a Siamese, and yeah they’re a lot.