Question
When grooming my girlfriend's cat with a brush, she very often tries to push her face into the brush. The previous brush was rectangular and she would aim with her nose at one corner of it. I had the impression that she tries to clean her nose with it.
Now we have a couple curry combs lying around and once tried one of them to brush her. The cat seems to really like those but still tries to push her face and head against the brush. I also scratch her behind the ears, but she will always try to catch the brush and push against it. Trying to brush her sometimes becomes impossible as she will force her head between the brush her and her other fur.
And this does not stop after a couple times, she does that on and on, like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXPEkg6TjSc
Is she trying to tell me something and I just do not get it? Or does she just like that sensation? Is there anything I should do differently?
Answer
I think she is trying to mark the brush with her scent. If you look at this diagram you can see how many scent glands are located on a cat's head in almost exactly the spots the cat in the video is rubbing against the brush.
Unrelated: I never realized there was one on the back above the tail. That might explain why they like getting scratched there so much and do the "ratchet" thing with their butt.
Answered By - JohnFx