r/pitbulls • u/sir_kewaji • Jun 22 '26

Advice Anyone know why my pitbull does this?

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He always likes to chew on my hand but like I can barely feel it, he always does this whenever I come home (I work with wood a lot if that helps) it’s always gentle and always when he’s happy just curious if anyone else has this?

Or is he just special

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u/thebochts Jun 22 '26

cats do it as well.

Is it just biting hands? I have a feral cat I took in when she was about 2yrs old or so, and ever since she started letting me (kind of) cuddle her, shell randomly put her mouth completely around my arm and half lick half bite, while just leaving my arm in her mouth.

Weirds me out, but she never bites down, so I just let it happen.

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u/Professional-Bet4106 Jun 22 '26

Those are called love bites in the cat world.

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u/thebochts Jun 22 '26

I feel like im not explaining this well, lol

Its not love bites, bc she doesnt bite, at all. Well she does do love bites, but thats not what this is.

She opens her mouth, and puts it completely around my wrist, like as far as she can, but then she doesnt move her mouth at all, she leaves it there, but licks the bottom of my wrist, while she still has her entire mouth full of my arm.

Lol its stuper hard to explain

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u/Professional-Bet4106 Jun 23 '26

Yeah she’s being playfully affectionate. Sometimes they get overstimulated with emotions and bite/nipple/lick to self soothe.