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From: larry@kitty.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: cat bite
Message-ID: <886@kitty.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 15:18:24 EST
Article-I.D.: kitty.886
Posted: Tue Mar 18 15:18:24 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 22-Mar-86 07:58:15 EST
References: <2030@uwmacc.UUCP>
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Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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Summary: Cat's just playin'...

In article <2030@uwmacc.UUCP>, wu@uwmacc.UUCP (peter wu) writes:
> My friend has a cat and I like to play with it. Once in a while
> the cat will lie on the floor with her stomach up for me to
> caress. But after caressing her for maybe 15 seconds, she would
> always grab my hand with her paws and bite my hand lightly (but
> still hurt a little).
> On one occasion she managed to scratch my hand.
> Does anybody else have the same experience?
> Is it trying to tell me to get lost or is it playing?

	Hell, that cat's just playing with YOU.  All cats do that, unless
they are some sort of an unfriendly zombie.  Cats perform what I refer to
as a "triple threat", whereby they: (1) grab your hand with their front
feet so you can't let go, and maybe dig their claws in a bit, while (2) biting
you with their teeth, and at the same time (3) raking the hell out of your
arm with their REAR claws.
	That's just plain old fun for a cat (and people, too).

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