I love that my cat loves me, but the spit I can do with out. He does almost the same thing to my son, minus the spit and gum rubbing. So, it’s better you do not make eye contact with these animals. These animal spits are not dangerous for humans in most cases, but they can be unpleasant if you get spit into your eyes. He been doing it almost every night for a year. Llama spit when theyre irritated with each other, when theyre fighting over food, or just because they feel like it. I read somewhere that that was a sign of marking their turf, but the spit is new to me. He leaves a puddle on my neck, purrs, smushes his face all over my face, marking me with the saliva above his teeth. Then he lifts his head and you can hear the spit coming up from his throat. He jumps on my chest and lays down between 'the sisters' and crawls up as far to my neck as possible. I have a male cat, about 8 yrs old and at night he is very territorial. Please add links to help support the experience you're describing, or this answer might eventually be removed. Thank you for sharing your experience! Pets Stack Exchange answers require more context than an interesting anecdote alone can provide this story-based answer really needs some authoritative references to support it. Just like a little child screaming because they're happy and hyper. Spitting is pure excitement, energy level 100%. She 'pretends' to attack my ankles as I walk by, just pouncing on them and spitting. Then she gets hyper and playful, and starts spitting at the ball she kicks around and attacks.

If I yell at her playfully, she raises her meow even louder. She can put all her claws on my face and teeth on my nose at her most excited, but she won't sink them in.

She jumps and spits, but if I grab her and pick her up, she's all love and brumbles.

She gets very happy/excited and runs around as well, puffy tail, ears back, playful 'full of the devil' eyes. and she's 8years old now and always spits when we play ball, or 'gimme dat!' or just play/run around/sing and yell in general. I -used- to think cats only 'spat' when they were extremely agitated or angry, but now I am solidly convinced that this is a sign of extreme excitement.Įxcitement can be happy fun excitement, frustrated excitement or angry excitement, but there's no question my cat absolutely adores me, more loyal and loving than any dog. and from reading your post, I see your kitten who loves you also does it. I know exactly what spitting is, my cat does it ALL the time when she's super happy and excited.

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