I’m not sure exactly what to think of the fact that the cat apparently finds my maternal hair washing skills lacking. I mean, I had just scrubbed the 5 year old’s noggin and put her to bed when not 5 minutes later I find Moses taking a second pass at the task by painstakingly licking every inch of C’s entire head.
And it’s not just that he’s second guessing me. He’s also totally, clearly judging me. See? See that disapproving gaze he’s casting back at me whilst taking a momentary break from his self-assigned chore?
J*U*D*G*Y
Honestly, if the cat wants to feel all superior, he could make himself a lot more useful by sighing dramatically and rolling his eyes at me like that while he licks the damn kitchen floor clean. I can assure you that it’s far more genuinely and routinely filthy than my child’s hair.
Y’all have to stop using fish oil (Omega 3) for a cream rinse.
@JDB
You may be on to something. Or maybe I should stop suiting her up in the mackerel scented PJs at bedtime…plus get rid of the bowl of milk I’ve been setting under her pillow ay night…
I once had a cat who would lick my hair like that. I think it was a grooming thing, a caring thing – like a mama cat would do for her kitten.
My cat does that to my hair. It drives my husband crazy. He will do it when I have just gotten out of the shower with wet, clean hair or 2 hours later when I have dry, clean hair. I am clearly his favorite out of the 5 people who live in this house so I am going with he is just grooming me to mark me as “his.”
One of my cats would come up to the newest baby in the house and lick the baby’s head for quite some time. The babies didn’t seem to mind it , though it was disconcerting for me when the cat would do it while I breastfed. I think she was grooming out of affection; however, she never groomed them once they became too mobile.
Maybe this means you can turn over the baths to the cat and free up some of your time?
What a gorgeous cat! Could Moses somehow thing of C as a fellow cat? My two cats engage in grooming like that when they’re setting down for a nice snooze entwined in each other’s paws.
My brother’s dog loooves children and he also loves the smell/taste of shampoo or body wash fragrance on human skin. When my kids and I were visiting my brother last summer, my youngest took a shower, got her PJs on, and came back to the living room where we were all visiting. The dog — the sweetest golden lab the world has ever seen — immediately went up to my daughter and started licking her face and just couldn’t stop. He’s an incredibly obedient dog and so gentle, but he absolutely couldn’t help himself. My daughter was laughing uncontrollably and my brother was giggling too, so when he told the dog that was enough, it wasn’t in a convincing tone, so the licking continued. I have a fantastic video of this whole thing. At the end of her post-shower bath, after my brother finally told the dog to cease and desist in a more convincing tone, my 7-year-old proclaimed, “I’m gonna go wash up!” Maybe Moses has a thing for shampoo fragrance too?
Our cat does the same to our daughter and “makes biscuits” with her paws at the same time. L loves it and says it is a great head massage! The crazy cat also goes nuts over my make up brushes. If I leave them out she purrs very loudly and tries to clean them as fast as she can.
I hope you read my email apologizing for the misunderstanding regarding my last comment. Again, I am so sorry.
Now that’s funny, right thar.
I don’t kerr who ya ar.
This story really made me smile! I have two cats myself and man, they are a judgy bunch aren’t they? Our orange tabby cat does this too. He mostly does it to my husband who is his favorite person in the history of ever.