CATDOLL : Cat licking owner's hand

Cats lick their owners' hands for the following reasons:

1. Cats are clingy and will express their love and trust for their owners by licking their owners’ hands.

2. After the cat becomes familiar with the environment, it feels safe and relaxed, and expresses its comfort and enjoyment by licking the owner's hand.

3. The smell of the cat’s favorite food remains on the owner’s hands.

4. When a cat has oral discomfort, it will lick the owner's hand to seek help from the owner.

5. Your cat may have hyperthyroidism.

6. Cats may lack certain trace elements.

7. The cat may want to attract the owner's attention, want the owner to play with it, and want the owner to give it food.

8. Cats smell odors on their owners that they don’t like, so they help clean their owners by licking them.

9. Cats treat their owners as their own kind and interact with them by licking them.

10. Cats may be feeling unwell or sick, and are using licking to tell their owners.

11. Cats get information about their owners' contact with the external environment by licking them.

12. The cat may want to drink water or eat something.

13. Cats have a strong sense of possessiveness and will lick their owner’s hands, leaving their scent on them.

When a cat licks its owner's hand, the owner should pay attention to:

1. The owner can gently stroke the cat's head to respond to the cat's love and trust in the owner and enhance the relationship with the cat.

2. The owner gently pries open the cat's mouth and observes whether there is anything abnormal in its oral cavity.

3. The owner should wash his hands before letting the cat lick them to prevent the cat from licking bacteria into the body.

4. The owner should feed the cat some food containing trace elements.

5. The owner plays with the cats and gives them food.

6. If the cat is in a bad mental state, the owner should take it to the hospital.

7. The owner should always check whether the cat’s food bowl or water bowl is empty, and replenish it with food and water in time.