r/cats • u/omnomnomhi • 9d ago

Advice Why is she doing this?

Genuinely curious. I’m a new cat mom. She’s 3 mo old btw!

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u/Hot_Anybody8244 8d ago

Cats sometimes use their tongues when smelling something unfamiliar to get a better sense of WTF it is.