My old cat Crooktail in 1997. He still had many years left when I took this.
“Touching noses, also known as “sniffing noses”, is a friendly greeting for cats, while a lowered head is a sign of submission. Some cats will rub their faces along their guardian’s cheek, hands, or ankles as a friendly greeting or sign of affection. This action is also sometimes a way of “marking their territory,” leaving a scent from the scent glands located in the cat’s cheeks. More commonly, a cat will do a “head bonk” (or “bunt”), i.e., bump someone with the front part of its head to express affection.”
My old cat Crooktail passed at 17. He used bonk me constantly. When a cat gives you a head butt that doesn’t end with a cheek wipe it really, really likes you a lot. For a few weeks after he died I would wake up in the middle of the night and think for a second he was there. But then I would remember he was gone.
” For a few weeks after he died I would wake up in the middle of the night and think for a second he was there. But then I would remember he was gone.”
That is the worst. Or maybe the best- believing they are with us. That has happened to me so many times- especially with my best friend, who was brutally murdered. I think, ‘Oh, I need to call her and tell her about...’ then remember she is gone. But for one brief moment, she is still with me here on earth.
Wow! You had a kitty named crooktail? My buddy, Crookedtail, passed away three years ago. I still lose it thinking about him. He lived to be 20. Less than a year later his buddy Goose the cat passed away. The house was so empty ...