If you don’t have a cat to hug, please don’t feel left out. Although, if you read these blogs and you don’t have a cat, you probably already feel left out. But if you do have a cat (or a few), you would know that you don’t need a special day set aside for hugging cats.
And what do cats have to say about it?
Tiger Lily
We have been worshipped for thousands of years. You’ll worship us for thousands of years more. Hugs? They’re okay, but give me a ray of sunshine any day.
Little Socks
I prefer that you let me choose, please, and I choose to sleep on your chest at night. Oh, here. Let me lower my head and tickle your face with my whiskers. What? You were sleeping?
Kali, Ko & Mo
Kali: Pick me up and put me on your shoulder. No, not that shoulder. The other one. Yes. That’s it. Pets from top of head to tip of tail, please.
Ko: Let me climb on your lap. Pet the top of my head, please.
Mo: Ignore them. Here, let me move everyone out of the way. Yes, leave your hand right there.
Sassy Pants
You see dis big spot on my tummy? Dat’s what you aims for. I turns over an squiggles on my back an you has to take your han an rubs me an tickles me on dat big spot. Right dere. Got it?
Mr. Bean
When it’s my turn for hugs, don’t even look at another cat. And you have to kiss me on the mouth. If you don’t, or if you don’t kiss me long enough, I will take my paw and move your face back. I’ve noticed how you can have two or three cats on your lap at one time, but when it’s me, it’s only me. I need all the space.
Speckles
So this is what you do. Don’t touch me. I’ll find you when I’m ready. I will find you every night and climb onto your shoulder, and then again every morning. And sometimes during the day I might come find you. But don’t touch me unless I touch you first. Then give me lots of pets on my head and back.
Moriah
Don’t pick me up. Don’t you dare.
Mattie
This is how you hug me, okay? You pick me up and put me over your left forearm and you bring your arm really close to your chest and then you let me put my paws on your right arm and you take your right hand and you pet me all however much you can reach like my head and my face and neck and shoulders and back and legs and reach over to get my tail and just walk around and keep petting me until I tell you to stop.
In Closing
If you have to be instructed on how to hug your cat, you haven’t been listening to them.