Do your kitties actually like being kissed?

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Harley LOVES kisses- he'll lean in and headbutt me, because I always give him kisses on his nose
He'll close his eyes and lean in... awww


Bayley is the same way - I put his little mousey face in my hands and kiss his nose and he always meows afterwards- I like to think he says "I love you too!"
 

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Amadeus loves kisses. I started kissing him from when he was a baby, so he grew up with it. He loves loves loves them.

Sebastian is not a huge fan, but he's sort of a "don't love on me unless I come to you first" sorta kitty.
 

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Skye and Calamity dont really care I dont think. Sundance loves to be kissed. He just purrs and lays all stretched out. It makes him go limp when I start kissing him. It cracks me up.
 

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Harry likes kisses on the forehead but if I try to rub noses he bites my nose! He never hurts me; I think it might be a playful bite
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In the morning he gets on top of my chest and nuzzles my neck with his paws either side. However the past couple of mornings he stuck his tongue in my ear (yuuuuuuuuccccccccccccckkkkkk! I don't even like humans doing this!) and he has also taken to nibbling my earlobe.

He's starting to freak me out a little!!
 

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Sash loves kisses!! He better because when I'm around I must kiss him every hour or more. I just can't help myself, I'm so in love with him.
I just give him a big hug and kiss him on the cheek usually and he always closes his eyes and purrs away...he just loves love.
 

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Kinda funny Heidi, my Ophelia hates kisses too!
Twitch tolerates them, Damita LOVES them. Lily closes her eyes for a kiss. PJ & Punky, if you can catch them & hold them still will take kisses. And Dorian, he's the "smooch master", he kisses & loves them in return!
 

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Only Cindy. But she eats 'em up, and is a licky kisser and a head-butter, and just generally an old suck.
The others do not trust kisses, and will duck, or pull back, or evade however they can.
 

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Jamie loves them in the morning or middle of the night (the only times of day he's really cuddly), but just tolerates them otherwise. I actually think he'd prefer to be licked, as he loves to groom us.
 

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Mellie and Twinkie like being kissed. I taught Mellie to let me kiss her on her nose when I say "kissie kissie" and she also likes to give me a little head bump to let me kiss her on the top of her head. Twinkie just likes me to kiss him on the top of his head. Rocket doesn't like being kissed too much. Sometimes he'll let me kiss him on his head, but sometimes he turns away or pushes away with a little disgusted sound. So I guess it depends on his mood.


I think being kissed is something cats have to get used to; something they have to learn that it means they're being loved on. I don't think any of my cats liked having my big face in their face right at first. They had to learn it was me showing my affection and that I liked having them respond accordingly.
 

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Aww Nimbus likes to be kissed on the head a lot in the morning. When I'm holding him, he'll push my face away with his paws if I try to kiss him too much.

-Kristen
 

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I'm not sure if Popsie likes them but he tolerates them. Sometimes he will head butt me right on the mouth if I pucker my lips up. That's only when he's being extremly lovey dovey though. Sometimes I like to call him smoochie face.
 

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Shami likes to give kisses. He actually puckers up and everything, and then after a few he'll resort to licking, or nibbling on my ear lobes, or sticking his nose in my ear, or licking my hair. I don't give him any though, since he's always eating strange things and I don't know the last time he's rooted around the litterbox. He likes getting raspberries though, which I give him plenty of
 

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Monte loves to give kisses. He just runs up and starts rubbing his face all over ours. Katina gives quick little kisses on occasion. I think she's more of the independent kitty.
 

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Sabina tolerates kisses...when I hold her, and she's doing her raggie flop, she'll allow kisses under her chin. JinJin doesn't allow it. It unnerves her to have her face too close to mine. I've never gotten to kiss her, or hold her.
 

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Most of ours love to be kissed, but Lil Roar will pull away and look at you as if to say, what the heck are you doing?
Amber and Boris love to be kissed on their ears and Carmelo will let me kiss him right on his big wet nose
 

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It all depends on what mood their in, but My Spook, I taught him to
give me sugar! When I ask him that, he'll lick you! I can ask him to give
my dad sugar. and he'll lick his hand! But as far as me kissing them,
generally, they dodge me when I get in their space!
 

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Chuckie tolerates me when i smother him in love lol. When he's in a lovey mood he will head butt and i will give him smooches. Jazzy was the smoochy one.
 

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Originally Posted by valanhb

Do your kitties like, tolerate, or hate kisses? Or do you think I'm really a freak for kissing my kitties on the head?
mine vary... Pixel tolerates kisses, as does Cable & Firefox. Chip seems to enjoy them. Firefox likes to lick my nose. Java LOVES kisses, like Ginger, but she likes me to kiss the tip of her little pink nose, not the top of her head.
 
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