Question

Why does my cat purr when I stroke her?

Answer 1

Yes she is (we drool when we're happy).. . Older cats tend to drool a lot more aswell.. . Ain't cats great!!!

Answer 2

Stroking a cat makes the cat remember its happy early days when mama cat would stroke the cat clean with her tongue. Mama cats usually would do this right before feeding as she wants her babies clean before they feed. So the drooling is just a natural response from their kittenhood.

Answer 3

Yes, my cat does this too, it means that she is very happy to be near me.

Answer 4

It is a nursing issue. So is purring. The purring is the throat vibrating mother's milk down the esophagus. The drooling is... well you know about Pavlov's dog studies? The cat is feeling very mothered and hunger issues show their charcteristics. I do not want to talk about Pavlov, because the experiments were actually very mean if you care to study how he actually did that.. The “kneading" that your cat may do is a kitten behavior to massage mother's milk from the mother's mammilary glands.. So, the drooling, the purring and the kneading are all feeding behaviors. Does your cat purr when you put down its dish and it chews food? Even lions purr as they rip humans apart. However I still believe in love and I know that is all tied in there somewhere. I love cats.. Even polar bears. I even love polar bears now, even though they eat each other if given half a chance.

Answer 5

she just has over active saliva glands a lot of cats do it

Answer 6

My cat does the same thing! Cats slaver abit when they're happy but if its really bad you might want to get a vet to have a look at her teeth. Thats my cats problem!

Answer 7

What is slavas? I dont think thats an english word.. . Do you mean she drools? Some cats just do that.

Answer 8

Do you mean she drools? IF thats what you mean then ours do it, one of them drips like a tap when he's being made a fuss of. Barring mouth problems, most cats drool like this when they're happy. Don't really know the reason for it, probably goes back to when they were babies!

Answer 9

Your cat is sooo happy! No one knows for sure why some cats display this behavior, but is appears that they get so wrapped up in the euphoria of being gently stroked that they forget to swallow. Other signs of happiness a cat may show when they are being petted is loud purring, eyes half closed, and “kneading” the surface they are standing on. Some will even seemingly fall over on their sides, close their eyes, knead the air, drool and purr all at the same time. I have one client who told me that when her cat gets like this, he would “quick as lightening” reach out and grab her if she tries to stop petting him, so she has to very carefully disengage from her cat when he gets really happy from her petting.

Answer 10

She feels afe and loved,so she's letting loose.