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We rescued 2 cats a while back, and then we adopted a third cat which had already been socialized in order to teach the 2 we rescued that not all humans are bad.
One of the rescue cats seems to want to interact with us. While I am sitting on the couch, she will often jump up and come lay almost right next to me(It is a very big couch). Or she will come and sit on the back of the couch almost right behind my head. She will sometimes close her eyes and pretend to sleep.
She will take treats from our hands, and if we put our finger out to her, she will sniff it, and sometimes touch it with her nose. Sometimes she will reach her front paw towards me, like she is stretching, and she will just leave it there, like she is reaching for me.
If I move my hand next to hers, she will often put her hand on top of mine, with one claw on my hand or finger, and will just sit there. This is the part that confuses me. It doesn't seem like she is trying to scratch me, and she is not rough about it at all, she just grabs my hand with her claw. She does not move away at all, or growl, or hiss. I am not sure if she thinks that my hand is a toy, or if she just doesn't like what I'm doing.
I am wondering if there is a way that I can start touching her, and petting her, without offending or scaring her. Should I stop trying to interact with her when she comes and sits by me? I have never owned a cat before this, (My wife has, and this was all her idea) and the cat that we adopted absolutely loves being touched, so I am not sure of what to do, and any advice would be much appreciated.
One of the rescue cats seems to want to interact with us. While I am sitting on the couch, she will often jump up and come lay almost right next to me(It is a very big couch). Or she will come and sit on the back of the couch almost right behind my head. She will sometimes close her eyes and pretend to sleep.
She will take treats from our hands, and if we put our finger out to her, she will sniff it, and sometimes touch it with her nose. Sometimes she will reach her front paw towards me, like she is stretching, and she will just leave it there, like she is reaching for me.
If I move my hand next to hers, she will often put her hand on top of mine, with one claw on my hand or finger, and will just sit there. This is the part that confuses me. It doesn't seem like she is trying to scratch me, and she is not rough about it at all, she just grabs my hand with her claw. She does not move away at all, or growl, or hiss. I am not sure if she thinks that my hand is a toy, or if she just doesn't like what I'm doing.
I am wondering if there is a way that I can start touching her, and petting her, without offending or scaring her. Should I stop trying to interact with her when she comes and sits by me? I have never owned a cat before this, (My wife has, and this was all her idea) and the cat that we adopted absolutely loves being touched, so I am not sure of what to do, and any advice would be much appreciated.