: Cat biting me, seems odd So my cat has a strong bond with me. But I notice sometimes he will give me a love bite when I scratch his back or pet his belly. More often it happens when I scratch him. Why does he give me a love

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Properly socialised cats communicate with their butlers. They want food, they will let you know. When they want to be petted, they will get it. But sometimes it can be a bit much, you know. That spot has been properly scratched and is done now. You should stop.

My cats will tell me to stop in the following escalating steps:

Move
Vocalise (miuow)
Growl
Put offending thing in its mouth
Bite softly
But claws into action, but not hard
Bite hard
Use everything, hard!

With the note that the escalation from #5 can scale fast, in less then 2 seconds to 8. So I had better stop before that.

So, I think your cat is communicating that you can stop scratching that spot now, thank you very much.