Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

The litter tray

Join our community of cat lovers on the Mumsnet Cat forum for kitten advice and help with cat behaviour.

Cat obsessively licking me

6 replies

flyingant · 26/01/2022 16:13

I have a female cat, around 5 years old by the vet's guesstimate. She was a stray for several years and has been with me for around 6 months. She follows me everywhere and is always on me or right next to me. Around 3 months in, she started licking me and it just got more and more frequent, to the point now where she's licking me constantly unless I actively prevent her from doing it. At cute as it is, she's licking my skin raw and it's really uncomfortable and this obviously isn't normal. She is a particularly anxious cat. Can anyone advise about how to decrease this? I have Feliway infusers plugged in always.

OP posts:
SalsaLove · 26/01/2022 20:30

She loves you. If you want her to stop, tap her nose gently and say “no”. Give her time. She’s been abandoned and is bonding with you.

cheeseismydownfall · 26/01/2022 20:52

DD and I recently watched a Jackson Galaxy episode on YouTube about a cat with this exact issue. Have a search - IIRC he had a few different tips on how to address it and they managed to fix it

cheeseismydownfall · 26/01/2022 20:54

Here's the link

Santahasjoinedww · 26/01/2022 21:10

Please don't hit your dc at all op
.

Santahasjoinedww · 26/01/2022 21:34

Dcat...

flyingant · 27/01/2022 12:26

Thank you for the responses. The cat in the video is just like mine...literally won't stop! I'd quite happily let her lick me if it didn't hurt. I'm not joking about her licking me raw. I have scabs! She does have lots of her own things though... a cat tree, choice of beds, toys etc and I play with her every day. I'll do/provide more though, to see if it helps.

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread