Maine Coon picks up owner's body language to come over and say 'Hi!' (with a head butt)

Cats head butt when greeting in a friendly way. This is a good example from a Maine Coon (MC). He is called over from his cat tree and obliges promptly. The bloke did not call his cat vocally but with his body language by lying down. His MC immediately picked up the signal and came. Clearly many times in the past this has happened and the MC remembers the pleasantness of it and wants to do it again.

Maine Coon responds to owner's body language to come over and say hello with a massive head butt
Maine Coon responds to owner's body language to come over and say hello with a massive head butt. Screenshot.

The first thing he does is head butt the man's face. This is a video from maxiecoon on TikTok. The allow others to download their videos as it helps to spread the word.

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You probably know that the feline head butt is a both a friendly greeting but also the depositing of scent from the head to the recipient of the head butt. This is 'scent exchange' as the MC picks up scent from the human in exchange; a merging of their scent to bind the family and the relationship.

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