She hisses at you? Probably doesnt like the hug- or feels like she is being grabbed or constricted?Sorry.That means my cat hates me when I hug her for too long. I must stop it.
Yes.
We made such progress from me not being able to pet her back (she'd bite immediately) to me being able to pick her up and hold her for a little while that, I guess, I keep trying to push for a cuddly hug. She'll allow me to hold her for a little while and then will squirm and meow. If I keep holding her, when I let her go, she hisses, but not in a very loud or aggressive way. I miss the year and a 1/2 or so when I first adopted her when she never hissed. Granted, I wasn't hugging her back then, but she never hissed until I took her to see a vet in between the ER vet and the specialist. That older woman seemed really nice, but she was having trouble taking my cat's temperature via her backside because my cat was fed up with vet visits. She said she was going to take my cat to the backroom. I felt I should say no, but deferred to her expertise. Well, she must have done something to my cat in the back because, after that visit, my cat started hissing sometimes. I was so shocked the first time she hissed at me. I don't think I was really doing anything. I think that vet hurt my cat? 
She'd already been to the vet repeatedly for check-ups and never hissed before when her rectal temperature was being checked.My cat does not cuddle or let me hug him. Its been a year, and while I would love a hug or two, I am absolutely fine not getting a hug if he is that uncomfortable with a hug. He is not a lap cat either. He loves it when I groom him, pet him.Actually, correction. I remember what happened next now. After that older vet took my cat into the backroom to take her rectal temperature, she wanted me to go see the specialist, so I did immediately. At the specialist's, when she went to check my cat's rectal temperature, she hissed loudly. That was the first time I ever heard my baby hiss. That was what lead me to conclude that whatever that vet did in the backroom was not nice to my cat.
I realize I'm lucky my cat sometimes comes over to cuddle next to me for a little while. I think it's when I give her food she likes or something like that. She used to come over a lot more when we had our own apartment. She'd sometimes lay on my big stomach making a funny face. Lately, I've been putting her down a lot quicker and should be very glad she lets me hold her for a minute or so.
We have a cat that is OBSESSIVE about licking our arms or hands. She will NOT take no for an answer and no matter how many times I remove her from my lap and place her on the ground, she hops back up and gets lick-drunk. It's kind of cute but mostly creepy.
Does she like the soap you use maybe? When I put a certain cream on my legs, my cat loves to gently lick it. Definitely creepy! I hide my legs under the comforter.
Maybe so! I just wash with a baking soda bar (I don't like perfume-y stuff).
I read a joke somewhere that we hugs our pets and tell them we love them while they struggle to get away. Your cat doesn't hate you. I think we all hug our animals when they sometimes don't want it. Like everything else, keep it in moderation and your cat-human relationship will be just fineSorry.
I read a joke somewhere that we hugs our pets and tell them we love them while they struggle to get away. Your cat doesn't hate you. I think we all hug our animals when they sometimes don't want it. Like everything else, keep it in moderation and your cat-human relationship will be just fine
