{"id":638097,"date":"2024-08-14T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/?p=638097"},"modified":"2024-08-30T14:34:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T18:34:37","slug":"cat-carpet-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/felines-weekly\/cat-carpet-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpet Sharks & Their Shark Bites: Biting Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, I\u2019m Dr. Lauren!\u00a0Read my introduction<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about me and my two adventurous cats, Pancake and Tiller.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Love biters. No, not that kind\u2026cat love biters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all probably met them: the loveable cat that gets excited, then bites you. Or the one that comes up to you and gets a pat, and gives you a gentle bite.<\/p>\n

Tiller is one of the world\u2019s great love biters. In fact, it\u2019s far more likely you\u2019ll get a love bite than a pur if you interact with her. Even Pancake is not immune- a few licks, and then a good bite. No wonder Pancake no longer shares the bed with Tiller-zilla.<\/p>\n

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But beware the carpet shark…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And Tiller is not alone.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve met a variety of different types of cats in my work: dog cats, people cats, cat cats, and biters. Clients often come in saying: my cat bites me<\/a>. You might think that people are talking about a cat that is an aggressive or fear biter, but that is rarely the case. Most clients that talk about their biter cats, refer to those cats that intermittently exchange a friendly pat for an equally friendly bite. They don\u2019t break the skin, they cause surprise more than pain, and they are sometimes adorable, when they do it slowly, gently, and just hang there.<\/p>\n

But just why do cats do this familiar, gentle, persistent biting?<\/p>\n

To be honest, no one really knows! If only cats could talk\u2026 But here are a few theories:<\/p>\n