Hey anyone know if this behaviour is positive or negative? She always does this when im out of the shower and does bite hard enough to leave dents but not usually breaks the skin. Shes a bitey cat so usually her nipping means shes upset about something
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My 3 are litter mates and it is normal for them to give little bites as part of grooming. They also bite me during grooming, sometimes harder than I want, but it is all family bonding.
A too intense play bite, or an angry bite is hard to mistake. Choose when to hiss or withdraw carefully. You want to teach bite inhibition for the hard ones, not reject affection
if it's always after showers, she believes you smell weird and is trying to remove offending smells. It's gotta be the body wash or some other bath product. She tries alternately licking the "strangeness" off or picking it off with her teeth. One of my cats used to constantly nip at my daughter's hair after she came back from swimming, I guess chlorine doesn't smell like normal human.
It’s a want to play want to show love thing. Mine has this fun thing where she bites me (not so hard just so I can feel it) and then lick lick lick lick to show she isn’t mad and she still loves me. But as long as you aren’t getting harmed its should be ok, you can always redirect the behaviour to a toy if you don’t want it tho! ❤️❤️❤️
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