"Pat" wrote in message
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BIK Beatrice, whose smurgling on my earlobe keeps me from falling asleep
every night until I lock her out of the bedroom, has been caught in the
act
of eating DRY kibble from the 'big cats' dish'. What I don't get is why,
if
she's capable of eating dry kibbles, she still has to seek milk from my
ears. And not just while I am laying down - it can and does happen
throughout the day, anytime I am sitting down. She climbs up onto my
shoulder at every opportunity to suck my earlobe. Each time she does it I
place her down in front of a bowl of wet food. She'll eat a few bites,
then
climb right back up onto my shoulder....

I don't think it has anything to do with her seeking food, I think it has to
do with her seeking comfort and a feeling of security. When Sammy first
came to us at 6 weeks old, she used to suck on my neck (try explaining
*those* hickies at work!), until I "trained" her to suck her toe instead. I
thought it was just because we had to take her from her mom so young and
that she'd grow out of it, but she's 13 months old now, 15 pounds, and she
still hops up on my lap for a good toe suck at least 2 or 3 times a day! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped