On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 22:37:39 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

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news On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 22:30:25 +0100, Tim Streater
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They also don't lick you,

That's not always true.

My new cat is a licker. I am not joking - it licks my hands.

Could be after salt from your mitts. Could be also that it doesn't
distinguish between you and itself when licking. Does it come up and
(say) lick your leg, or is this happening when it's (say) on your lap
and your hand is next to where it's licking itself?

It is deliberate and it is only hands that it licks.

Righto.

As I say, they vary. The brother/sister we got now, she laps water from
the bowl. He'll only drink from the tap, utility room. SWMBO's cat when
we got married (since deceased), also a boy, also loved getting in the
bath and drinking from the tap.

Mine prefer drinking form the stagnant pond than a bowl of tapwater. I guess it's got more flavour.

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Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. -- Oscar Wilde