Sorry I missed the live chat this week, everyone. A little Wi-Fi snafu here in the cat cave sabotaged everything. I hope you enjoyed and I’ll see you next Caturday!
My dog gets embarrassed when he gets a head bonk from my cat. He seems to understand it's a sign of love and affection, but he is a bit like a teenage boy getting a hug in front of others.
My GSD is the same way 😂 the final kitty we brought into our home LOVES to rub up against the doggo but he returns the love by knocking the snot outta the kitty
Your doggie doesn’t want to be seen as liking a cat because he’s a racist! It’s perfectly fine to have inter-species friendships nowadays unless you’re some kind of doggie incel
My cat knows when I'm close to his head and I say kiss, he knows to head bonks me. Even when he's irritable, he'll do it but it has that "fine fine here's your stupid kiss" vibe lol. I love him so much.
In the final days of our boy Mr Fishsticks life who was dealing with a rare form of cancer at a young age he head butted me. He saw a bug on the floor and even in terrible pain he acted instinctual to the bug. I got down on the floor with him and after the bug ran off Mr Fish head butted me. It’s forever etched on my heart. 🐱 ♥️
😭😭😭 My cat was old and weak and the vet was scheduled for a home visit for the sake of euthanasia in the afternoon. I carried my cat around in the garden and held hear head to the watering can, and she drank a little bit like she always used to do. Precious but sad memories!!😥💔
I remember one night when our then-toddler son was screaming his head off and wouldn't sleep. Nothing we did would calm him. This went on for almost an hour until our huge orange cat hopped up on the bed, walked over the baby, and pressed his head into our son's head. Instant silence. The baby calmed down and went peacefully to sleep with the cat watching over him. We had to put that cat down a year ago because of cancer, and not a day goes by that we don't all miss him. He was greedy, rather dumb, and prone to pouting if he didn't get his way, but also the most patient, loving, cat that ever lived.
My cat does such over the top enthusiastic headbonks that he snapped the arm off my glasses and sent them flying off my face when he hit at the wrong angle. I couldn’t even be mad. It was impressive.
I love this! I have a cat friend that I see on my neighborhood walks that slobbers and loves to bonk my hand, so I sometimes end up with a slobber covered hand.
So sorry... >😻🥰< It's terribly hard to say goodbye to the elders. I have a talented flufflog full of love and health issues and I'll drop in my tracks when he goes. He's a Master-Level Butter 💛
I know this is very late but I am sorry for your loss of your amazing kitty. We love them so much and they leave their little paw 🐾prints on our hearts.🥰
@@crystalheart9 I’m not sure why UA-cam showed me your reply today (it doesn’t always!) but it did and I’m so grateful for your kind words and understanding 💖 I have been missing this kitty quite badly lately, but feel so lucky to have had him in my life. There’s no other love like that. If you know you know 🥰🐾
We use "headbutt." When one of my cousins was super young like 5 or 6, she didn't know why my cat would headbutt or "mark" her whenever she would calmly sit and pet him. I explained it was a sign of affection, and it became like our "secret handshake." She is practically 16 now and whenever I see her we still headbutt each other lol. It's hilarious seeing how other people react lol.
Head bonk is a loving action that cats do, which then results in them getting copious amounts of extra kisses from me, because they are sacred precious cottony miracles of love.
I remember a kitten I had, who had only been with me about a week, whom I witnessed dream twitching, he twitched quite violently and was obsessively having a nightmare. He woke up 'crying'. I looked into his eyes and asked if he was ok. He let out the saddest wale, walked up to me and gave me the first, biggest head bonk ever. We were family from then on. I miss him so much.
The reason why I love head bonks is that it's pretty much unfiltered love. They love you and they're showing it in the way they know best! I personally feel it's more love then any human being is willing to show to each other.
I said goodbye to my cat this week, and I've been really comforted by the fact that he knew how much he was loved. The night before I took him to the vet he jumped onto my bed and headbonked me (but gently, because he was pretty little)... this was a nice reminder that he loved me, too. Thanks, Jackson.
The head bonk montage brought tears to my eyes. After two weeks of declining health from an unidentified illness my beloved barn cat Teacup passed away August 9th…. Five days after her 4th birthday. She got special privileges and was brought in the house to share my room often. She would head bonk my hand and ankles regularly. If I slept in later than my usual alarm on my days off she would bonk me to wake me up, then reach under the blanket or pillow to tap my face when I stayed asleep, finally picking up and dropping my glasses on the glass end table just enough to make noise that I got up. Smart little fart figure out putting on my glasses was the first thing I always did when I woke up. Being a barn cat, it isn’t unusual to not see her for a few days. As the days are going by it is sinking in that I won’t see her and it’s hard. Trying to keep the good memories in mind but the tears are still coming. Being raised on a farm I’ve lost barn cats but this is different…. this was my Teacup. I miss her 2am wake-up-to-snuggle-me head bonks.
I’m sad for you, Andrea. Teacup is such a lovely name. My little baby cat wandered off before summer and I miss him still and cry for him too. We love them so much, don’t we ❤️🩹
May you find solace in knowing you gave her a good life and once the rawness of grief mellows, be comforted in knowing the bond between you will never be broken.
Seeing all those cats and humans sharing a good bonk almost made me tear up too, Jackson. One of my cats likes to add a bit of tooth to his head bonks. Love is pain lol
I think our dog understands the bonk. He's a puppy so he usually wants to play with her, but when he's nice and calm our kitten, who's only 6 lbs with a full stomach at nearly a year old, will head-bonk right into his open, panting mouth. She'll even steal food out of his mouth because of the trust they have.
When my kid was little we didn’t have cats but he always seemed drawn to them. He vastly preferred cats to dogs, or even people. Anyway, as a toddler he didn’t like being kissed, so instead he started head-bonking. It got to the point where it was a very normal exchange to go: Me: can I give you a kiss? Him: **shakes head no** Me: what about bonks? Can I have bonks? Him: **grins and enthusiastically bonks my forehead** The hard part was getting extended family members to respect his choice not to give/receive kisses. Anyway, I used to joke that he liked cats so much that he was turning in to one. Now he’s a pre-teen and still obsessed with cats. We have a cat now and the cat takes every opportunity to head-bonk him.
That's so awesome that you respected his boundaries with kisses and did your best to makes sure other family members did the same. You sound like an amazing mom!! 👏🏽
As someone with ADHD who sometimes had a lot of trouble explaining what I liked and didn’t like as a kid (especially if it was something I was ‘supposed’ to like because I didn’t quite understand that I didn’t like it because everyone told me I did) this made me cry. I was also obsessed with cats and still am! I hope they bring him as much joy as they’ve brought me!!
Last week was my first day of 8th grade and my English teacher said “raise your hand if you have a cat” me and a few more people in my class raised out hands and he said “People who are raising your hands I know we are gonna be friends” He is my favorite teacher so far! We spent the whole class talking about cats and star wars
@@jackieo486 I love owl kitty she is so adorable. I don’t know if you watch Cole and marmalade but Cole passed away from cancer. But they have loads of videos. Very sweet kitties.
...me and my cat "emmy" ...our foreheads meet first thing in the morning. She'll keep her head against mine for sometimes 5 minutes. I dont really know but i think its adoration. (on both parts!)
My cat head bonks me so hard I feel like she’s gonna give me a black eye if I don’t turn my head. She literally slams her head with all her weight into my face. I always joke that the harder the head bonk, the more she loves me.
We call this "mushing", and one of my cats mushes me all the time! Especially after I've taken a shower, she has to come over and "make me smell right" again!
My cat, Maximum(13), loves hanging out around human's feet(even when said feet are walking). It's cute but also dangerous for both parties 😅 that being said, there have been times where I accidentally step on his paw or if I'm mid stride and he darts in front of me, I accidentally lightly kick him. I used to freak out because I didn't know how to communicate to him that it was not intentional. One day it happened and Max was not having a good day so he reacted pretty angrily(usually he brushes it off). I didn't know what to do so I got down on the floor to his level and gave him a head bonk and he bonked me back. Now if I ever need to express an apology to Max I give him a head bonk and 9/10 times he'll give one back and it's like our version of "I'm sorry" "It's okay". 😭❤ I love my little catson!
I’ve volunteered at a cat shelter for about a month now and I had this cat who would rub his head on my hand and he would stop for a few seconds and then head bonk my hand. Recently he got adopted into a loving home. I still miss his head bonks. 🥺❤️
my theo headbonks like a boxers fist lol has even gave me a nose bleed I have learnt now when he jump on my lap to bring my head down to him and it's not so hard lol my other cat gizmo taps my cheek with his paw before he does it he likes eye contact with his love lmao
Every day when I came home from work my cat would sit on the edge of this small table and do this. Then I’d pick him up and hug him and then he’d go about his business. I miss him so much
At our house we call this The Headbutt of Love. The first time I met our cat at the shelter I sat in a chair just to observe the cats and Charlie jumped in my lap demanded pets and after a few he nearly knocked my glasses off with his face. Of course, I was then his person and he came home right away.
I don’t get head bonks so much from the “cool guy” in my trio of feline family members, but he’s a big guy & almost every nite he gives me his version of CPR… I keep a fleece throw on my bed & he waits until I cover my chest & neck with it to protect against the weapons on the ends of his toes to then climb on my belly & believe me, his “making biscuits” truly is closer to CPR. When he’s satisfied he’s done his job quite completely, he lays down & gets right up to my mouth to smell my breath. Sometimes he follows up with one small little “lickie” in the same spot every time on my cheek just below my left eye. He loves me❣️ 😻😻😻
This was always my favorite thing to do with my cat buttons. I would hold out my fist and say “fist bump” and he would run over and gently bonk his head against my knuckles. It always made me so happy.
My cat does this on everything that is in front of him just to call my attention. He even does on my hands or my forehead when I’m sleeping 🤣 I love my fluffy orange cat so much 🥰
I like calling it "head boop" Though my cat Buddy was really gentle with it. He'd sit on the stairs and when I'd come home I'd rest my cheek on his and he'd fall asleep like that.
Same with me and Charlize. She is so gentle at this that I cannot consider it a true Bonk. (It absolutely means the thing from this video, though, and sometimes when she is having snuggle time I will do one and then she'll do one back and it's adorable)
My male is very gentle and and loves following up with giving my nose a very gummy nose pass. Where he makes sure he rubs his gums on the tip of my nose, not always the nicest especially after eating fish. However I love it when he crawls up and lies on his back in the crook of armpit stretching so he can rest his forehead on my cheek. We can lie like that for ages and if I move my head even slightly of his head he will stretch even further to make sure to keep that contact. It is his favourite way to fall asleep when we have a nap together, he even makes happy noises in his sleep as sound I never hear otherwise it is like a happy sigh.
This is actually why I was so drawn to my black cat, DiNozzo. His name got my attention, but his head bonk is why I fell in love right away. When the rescue handed him to me to see how we interacted, he clung to me and gave me a little head bonk. It had been years since I had an affectionate cat. Now I have three of them. This video made some sense of my cat Loki. He never really head bonked until after I adopted DiNozzo. Now he does it all the time. Perhaps he learned it from DiNozzo. Loki was a feral kitten who was bottle fed by humans and didn't seem to quite know how to properly cat in the beginning. I had a companion cat who monopolized me, and after she passed, Loki started to become more affectionate. He's 16 now and head bonks me a lot. DiNozzo will head bonk any part of me, even my butt if I'm standing in front of him when he's on the couch. He also will not leave the dog alone sometimes, constantly rubbing up against her and standing on his hind legs to bonk her snout. She tolerates it, but is usually confused and looking to us for help, especially if she's trying to eat. DiNozzo is definitely my little goofball. I love him so much.
My 12 y.o. house gremlin head bonked me for the first time today! I cried lol. She is so sweet and I'm glad she is settling. Had her for two months already! 🥰
Hey Jackson, in Germany we call this a "Kopfnuss", a "head nut" and the ones my little boy gives me all the time do feel like a hard nutshell against my head *ouch*🥰 So great, I love your channel and I have had some serious improvement with my 2 fluffballs after following your advice on how to play ...Thank you so much for your inspirational input!!😽😽👩🦰
My cat used to launch himself at us like a mountain goat! He even scared my mum a little bit the first time he did it (whilst chatting to her enthusiastically 🤣).
When I adopted my Bellatrix, within a week of getting her home, she headbutt me so hard that I had a bruise on my forehead for about a week. I’m glad she is more gentle now. She still has the habit of waking me with headbutts still. 💚🐍💚
@@slushpuppie19 but even with the name I gave her she is the sweetest. She sleeps next to my pillow at night and is very loyal. When I went to adopt her, others had gone to see her and I was the only one she went to. 🖤🖤
@@bunnytail1370 I just have to laugh at it now but at the time it was shocking. It was about 2am and I was fast asleep when she did it. I woke up to a very sore head! 🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣
I literally just used this word. to my wife: Doily Doily Doily was annoyed about the way that I re-arranged the room, so I put her tree house back by the window, & she jumped right up, & I got a head-bonk.
I love what a ham you are!! Such info-tainment! After the pandemy, can we do a show where you just vibe with people & their animals? Maybe celebrities? Other cat aficionados? Moshow music collab?? More Galaxy in my Galaxy, please!! Thanks for all your hard work! It’s helping keep us sane!
My Baloo head bonked me constantly, on every part of my body. He was also always my “little spoon” too. I’ve never known another cat that thoroughly enjoyed being enveloped in my arms. He crossed the Rainbow Ridge this past June. We had to put him down due to cancer in his mouth and jaw. He gave me the best 13 yrs of my life ❤️
Hey Cat Daddy!! Can you also do a video about cats grooming their humans? My black panther loves to groom my forehead, and my big orange tabby loves to groom my hands.
I was partially raised by a tortoise shell cat. We used to spend a lot of our time together and fall asleep together by the gas heater. To this day, I crave a head bonk about as much as I crave a hug. She passed when I was 16.
My 10 month old kitten Riley will jump on me in the morning and press his nose to my face. He also does it throughout the day went he wants something. That’s how he trained me. 😹😻😸
Sometimes we press foreheads against one another and just sit there a bit and sometimes she just sit beside me with her head pressed against my arm or leg. I always feel so loved when she does that 🥰
It is so beautiful. My girl head bonks me all over my nose. She stares deep into my eyes with such a soft, loving expression. If I'm not paying her enough attention, she will sit and tap my arm with her little paw 😻 and if I don't notice that, she will push her head under my arms and push it up continuously and she knows that works. Cats are so smart! She has shown me unconditional love like no other, she's never mad at me, she doesn't care if I haven't showered or what mood I'm in, she never judges or upsets me. Just pure love ❤️
Let me just start this comment off by saying that I was originally watching this video on my TV, but I loved it so much that I had to pull out my phone and look it up on so that I could leave this comment. Jackson, you are such a beautiful person, and you have such a beautiful heart and soul, and you bring sooo much love to this planet! You clearly have so much compassion and understanding within you and it’s very admirable. Thank you for all that you do, whether it’s taking care of cats, or educating people about them and their beautiful relationship with humans on your UA-cam channel. Your content is so enjoyable to watch, and I appreciate your existence so much!! Thank you 😻❤️❤️
My boyfriend's Russian blue man-cat, Slate, sometimes likes to shove his face into the palms of people's hands to cover up his eyes and forehead. He then prefers if you just let your hand rest on his face until he's satisfied and shakes it off or falls asleep that way.
Every time I send my cat to the cat spa or the pet boarding place in town I always pack a t-shirt of mine with her, and it calms her down immensely, and she adjusts really quick!
I had to put down my cat yesterday. He was the best, and I miss him terribly already. He was a head bonking champion. He even did it to me one last time right before he was put down, too. What a special, loving, and wonderful cat I had.
Word's cannot express how wonderful this relationship has started off with Milo's love. He was adopted on Wednesday and by Sunday we are having so many ways we've bounded. The bonk made me cry happy tears. That first vet visit went well all things considered. Milo's got my whole heart.
It's a beautiful 68 degrees naturally inside and sunny outside. Milo's got songbirds all around us. I enjoy calling watching the bird feeders Twitter. Our children get a kick out it. Feeling groovy here and hopefully you enjoy the day.
My cat and I head bonk every morning for 5 minutes. I get on my knees with my head close to the floor and then he head bonks me again and again - sometimes pretty hefty. Don't know how this ritual started but we are doing it for years now. I should mention that he gets his favorite treat afterwards.
Hey Jackson! Thanks for the "head bonk" at the end - I felt all the light, love , and mojo! Really loved all of the head bonk videos! Thanks for making learning fun :)(: bonk!
I just adopted two 11 year old bonded pair of cats from my local shelter last Sunday. When I first met them & starting talking to them & very cautiously pet them a little bit. They were laying there glued together & they started the head rubbing thing to each other. I just melted & cried a little when I saw it. I thought for sure they must have been giving each other, not only some love, but, a message that they liked me. It's been a week & I still have them in my bedroom where they are still sleeping or hiding behind my headboard & one seems to come out for some love more than the other. But, we're still trying to get to know each other & they are very scared about any loud or sudden movements. I haven't been able to pick them up yet & I still haven't heard them meow. I put a camera up in my room so I can see when they come out to investigate the room when I'm downstairs or out getting supplies. I hope they come out more when I'm in the room & eventually venture out to downstairs where I'm hoping their food will be instead of my room. They like to sleep all day & are more awake at night. I know they are 11 but I still worry.
I’m going through the same, same age but 1 cat,same set up, been a month now, she’s very sweet, very timid, silent meows, I would love to get a head bonk!
@@mariannesedman6921 I finally heard 1 of them give me a tiny meow because she wanted lovins from me. And the other one is still afraid of me & won't let me pet her. I think I'm starting to break a little ice with her. It's gonna take time & patience. Good luck with your baby!
Seeing all those cat bonks was just beautiful! ❤️ and it made me chuckle that dogs are puzzled by it. I haven't heard this actual term before but one of my cats likes to climb up from my lap with me supporting his rear so he can put his paws on my shoulders. He sometimes starts too rough, with claws digging deep in my skin as he pulls himself up (ouch) and bonks his head really hard against me - he gets very easily over-stimulated and excitable at the start of play, cuddles, treats, food.. - but my gentle strokes and scritches quickly calm him, and he then relaxed and rests his head in the crook of my neck and against my cheek, and gently rubs his face all over my shoulder, neck, face and hair. It's just the most adorable thing and I feel so loved when he does it. The gouges in my skin and loose teeth are so worth it (it's actually not that bad, I swear! 😆). He often falls asleep with his head in the crook of my neck whilst I gently support him, and it really does feel like an affectionate snuggle hug. My other cat doesn't rub and bonk in the same way, but he presses into neck finger scritches and it's so sweet when he does that. He also loves to lie out on my adult son's chest with his body stretched right out lying on his tummy, a front paw over each shoulder, and his head resting under my son's chin, and he sleeps like that. ❤️❤️ My son wakes up with a sore back from not moving for ages 😁 that's love for sure ❤️
Oh Señor Jackson! I am soooo curious to know why this little critter of mine like to head bonk the family here at home. I won't spoil it by researching... well... I may have already but reading about it is one thing and learning from you about head- bonk-ology is waaaaay way better! Take Care 🐈
Goodness gracious, Jackson...that mustard colored turtleneck, lol. But seriously, your channel is fantastically interesting and informative. Thank you and cheers!
I have a 1yo boy named Luu. He loves like a freight train. The first time he actually headbutted me on my head, he put a lot of force in it. He hit me straight in the nose! I thought he broke it. *^_^* He's learning to be gentle now. We fostered kittens, and kept most.
Ohhhh how I miss that head bonk and the command that I want your lap !! I lost my cat last week to CRF. He gave us 15 years of lessons we will never forget.
I remember when I had gone on a trip for a week and my mom was staying in my apartment to look after the kitties for me. When I got back and sat down on the couch, Milo was head butting me like crazy! Like, “I” *bonk* “missed” *bonk* “you” *bonk* “so” *bonk* “much!!!”
One of our cats, Binky, was initially more distant and less confident than his sibling after they began to settle into their forever home. A surprising sign that he was becoming more comfortable was when he began to head bonk as a form of greeting; he really engaged with momentum. His name is Bonky on these occasions. His sibling rarely bonks, but they both regularly greet us with welcoming behaviors.
This reminds me of my friend’s cat that sadly crossed over the rainbow bridge. He LOVED head bonking me and demanded I keep petting him. Yes, my own cat (my profile pic) head bonks me too, but nowhere near as much as he did.
Bless our Feline Beloveds Eternally & Abundantly. I feel very grateful for the bonks and belly exposures I've received from my backyard buds and many other cats who have healed & shared time with me.
Your passion for cats and your knowledge about them is unbelievable! I wish there were more people in the world like you! My girls (4) give me head bonks all the time, and I LOVE it! One will actually bonk and leave her head against mine so I can kiss her ! She won't move her head until I do! Unconditional love, that's why cats are my life.!!
Seeing that montage reminded me of how both my kitties, despite the short amount of time I’ve had them so far, already have grown to love and trust me. I must be doing something right! My little baby boy is being neutered at the time of writing this and he head bonked me this morning to wake me up since I put their food dishes away (fasting as per required for the appointment). My older girl seemed to enjoy having a little peace and quiet when I came home after dropping him off, but I see them head bonking and grooming each other daily. She just won’t admit that she misses him, I bet.
I'm only a minute into this and I put it on cause I was like "Oh hey, I love head bonk, what's Jackson Galaxy got to say about it." LITERALLY ALL THREE CATS ARE CROWDED AROUND ME WATCHING THIS NOW TOO!
One of my cats head bonks me so hard on my face it really hurts. Especially when I'm sleeping & can't defend myself. I've literally been half away & he's hit so hard I saw stars. Lol
My late, beloved Bengal familiar was known for his enthusiastic headbutting of everyone and everything -- but his most intense ones were reserved for the humans he loved most, especially my friend Fitz and myself...which is why Fitz was inspired to name him Bonker: what other name would have suited this loving Bengal boy so purrfectly?
We rescued a Bengal Beautiful markings! But HE was an astounding cat. No matter what he had looked like. Never tried to even nip us. Never scratched us. He chose us, after being dumped near our house (area cat dump site). No fear, just came up to us and always came out to see us when we pulled in. After a couple mos, we went out of town a week. The feral colony was tended to by neighboring ppl. We noticed he had lost weight right away. Food aggression happens so we tried sticking round after feeding to make sure he got enough. And we fed him at night too. Within another week, he was gaunt. He had little interest in food but drank ALOT. He had diarrhea. His eyes starting being goopy a few days after we had returned too. We put him on canned food, brought him in to get out of the terrible cold (he had become somewhat listless too) and started him on small amounts often, thru the night too. He gradually regained his appetite, the diarrhea continued. He didn’t put on weight. The diarrhea abated but he was still was so thin n slept often. After a few weeks, him skeletal, despite eating 2-3 cans of food a day-I started looking for a vet to put him down for an affordable fee. $30 was our max. I haven’t been working. We found nothing and his last 12 hrs were often horrific. Again, we had to do hospice with a feline. I would have given my arm for that sweet boy. He picked us to spend his last months with. He KNEW he was terminal long before we knew he was sick. I have never interacted with a cat like him. He never even complained till he was seizing as his body systems shut down. Then it was involuntary yowls. Once he was paralyzed (last 8 hrs) his eyes still followed us and would reopen if he hadn’t heard a voice in awhile then he did. He loved us to the bitter end. An amazing cat. Sry for the ramble. He just died 7 days ago.
@@YeshuaKingMessiah My heart aches for you in your loss -- your late boy sounds so much like my Bonker in his sweet, fearless devotion; I wish his passage to the other side could have been gentler, for his sake and yours. He awaits you now across the Rainbow Bridge, healed and whole, with his brother Bengal Bonker as friend and companion; if you need to talk, we want to listen -- we understand, and stand by you in your grief.
@@semperfi818 We were his, he was not ours. For a brief, brief time, but for a lifetime. He wasn’t much more than 4 or 5 mos old. But he knew and chose us. He was docked on one ear, meaning he had been neutered as a feral. I wonder if he didn’t get dumped here but made his way here (way way out in country) to find us so he would be cared for. I truly wonder this. We have done much for this colony since April. I think God guided Siberia here to us.
@@YeshuaKingMessiah You're good people, taking care of these feral kittehs -- and what you did for Siberia (what a fantastic name for him!) was a great act of love. He's watching you lovingly from across the Rainbow Bridge, safe, whole and well, waiting to see you again some distant day.
My dad's cat always head bonks my hands with a LOT of force, she just throws everything into it, sometimes it even hurts.. But it's so cute! It's actually the main way she shows her affection to my dad and me. When she get's super excited and happy she just starts headbonking everything around her. It's funny because she will jump up to bonk me
Awww! Little head bonks! I love ‘em! My Cat (bless him, he’s 14 now and is suffering from heart failure, he probably won’t have long left with us now. 😭 we’re TIGHTLY bonded to the little guy) he communicates a LOT with head bonks - we’ve come to learn what his different little head bonks mean - and doesn’t ALWYAS mean he wants affection! lol! But, when he DOES want affection, he voilently smushes your face and leaves smelly breath all over it! lol! 😄 My little face smusher. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
My male cat reaches up with his paw and pats my face then he'll head bonk me. I adore him. Each of my 3 cats have unique ways of showing affection. I'm soooooo blessed 🙌
Sorry I missed the live chat this week, everyone. A little Wi-Fi snafu here in the cat cave sabotaged everything. I hope you enjoyed and I’ll see you next Caturday!
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You do realise that bonk/bonking means fu**/fuc**ng in British English?! 😂😂😂😹😹😹
@@profelis3312 lol I had forgotten that! We moved from the Uk 15 years ago. We now live in Central America. Rofl
Dislike for all the bad acting and unnecessary drama.... ❤️
Is snafu your cats name? 😂❤️🐈
Bad joke I know lol
My dog gets embarrassed when he gets a head bonk from my cat. He seems to understand it's a sign of love and affection, but he is a bit like a teenage boy getting a hug in front of others.
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My GSD is the same way 😂 the final kitty we brought into our home LOVES to rub up against the doggo but he returns the love by knocking the snot outta the kitty
Dogs like to smell like prey so they can sneak up on them ( they rub on dead animals) he could be alarmed something will track them down
@@shlby69m my younger cat might murder us all in our sleep some day so he does have reason to be scared!
Your doggie doesn’t want to be seen as liking a cat because he’s a racist! It’s perfectly fine to have inter-species friendships nowadays unless you’re some kind of doggie incel
My cat knows when I'm close to his head and I say kiss, he knows to head bonks me. Even when he's irritable, he'll do it but it has that "fine fine here's your stupid kiss" vibe lol. I love him so much.
Mine does that too. lol.
Same except my cat licks me on the nose when I say kisses.
Leo too! Don't pee in the floor took weeks but give me kiss took one day
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Same thing here! He started doing it when he would come up to me to get fed. And then it became like "the thing" we do!
In the final days of our boy Mr Fishsticks life who was dealing with a rare form of cancer at a young age he head butted me. He saw a bug on the floor and even in terrible pain he acted instinctual to the bug. I got down on the floor with him and after the bug ran off Mr Fish head butted me. It’s forever etched on my heart. 🐱 ♥️
Awww! RIP Mr. Fishsticks❤️
Oh Jason, thats a very loving comment
😭😭😭 My cat was old and weak and the vet was scheduled for a home visit for the sake of euthanasia in the afternoon. I carried my cat around in the garden and held hear head to the watering can, and she drank a little bit like she always used to do. Precious but sad memories!!😥💔
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"There's nothing more precious than the love of a cat"
-- Mark Twain --
Hello Alice how’s the weather over there
I thought he had a dog. Was it both?
I remember one night when our then-toddler son was screaming his head off and wouldn't sleep. Nothing we did would calm him. This went on for almost an hour until our huge orange cat hopped up on the bed, walked over the baby, and pressed his head into our son's head. Instant silence. The baby calmed down and went peacefully to sleep with the cat watching over him. We had to put that cat down a year ago because of cancer, and not a day goes by that we don't all miss him. He was greedy, rather dumb, and prone to pouting if he didn't get his way, but also the most patient, loving, cat that ever lived.
My cat does such over the top enthusiastic headbonks that he snapped the arm off my glasses and sent them flying off my face when he hit at the wrong angle. I couldn’t even be mad. It was impressive.
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That is powerfully cute. Quite literally!
STRONG AFFECTION
@@cocolime6496 AFFECTION TOO POWERFUL
WHAT HAVE WE WROUGHT?!!
My cat does the head bonk a lot but he's old and drools when he's happy so you're left with a slimy hand or face lmao. still worth it 100%
😂 If you're not covered in cat hair or slobber, are you REALLY living your best life, though ? 🤔 😂 😻
I love this! I have a cat friend that I see on my neighborhood walks that slobbers and loves to bonk my hand, so I sometimes end up with a slobber covered hand.
awww omg
Same with my kitty
My cat isn't even old and she drools all over us
Literally could watch a bonk compilation for hours not even gonna lie
They just FEEL LIKE SUNSHINE IN YOUR SOUL
This is word for word the exact comment I came here to leave!
The world NEEDS a long compilation video of kitty head bonks!!!
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Yesterday I was mad at my cat, then I watched a bonk compilation and after that I had to go and hug her, all the anger was gone 🥰
Bonk compilation????? Link Pleeeaaase!?!?!?
@@ML-di8lt nicely put!!!
We lost the most amazing cat ever to heart failure this month. He was the absolute master of the loving head bonk.
So sorry...
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It's terribly hard to say goodbye to the elders. I have a talented flufflog full of love and health issues and I'll drop in my tracks when he goes. He's a Master-Level Butter 💛
I’m sorry about your cat.
I know this is very late but I am sorry for your loss of your amazing kitty. We love them so much and they leave their little paw 🐾prints on our hearts.🥰
@@crystalheart9 I’m not sure why UA-cam showed me your reply today (it doesn’t always!) but it did and I’m so grateful for your kind words and understanding 💖 I have been missing this kitty quite badly lately, but feel so lucky to have had him in my life. There’s no other love like that. If you know you know 🥰🐾
We use "headbutt." When one of my cousins was super young like 5 or 6, she didn't know why my cat would headbutt or "mark" her whenever she would calmly sit and pet him. I explained it was a sign of affection, and it became like our "secret handshake." She is practically 16 now and whenever I see her we still headbutt each other lol. It's hilarious seeing how other people react lol.
That’s gotta be fun!
The world would be a better place if all fellow humans head bumped each other in greeting. HEAD BUMP!
My old cat used to bonk my fist like a fist bump. It was so adorable. I love how cats have little quirks like that.
Oh, I love ❤️ it.
That's adorable ❤
Head bonk is a loving action that cats do, which then results in them getting copious amounts of extra kisses from me, because they are sacred precious cottony miracles of love.
Exaaaaaaaaaaactly
“Cottony miracles of love” that’s pretty perfect! 😂🐈👏🏼
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@@ericahealey thank you! N don’t forget pure n innocent. :)
@@gothempress 💕
My George isn't a mega cuddly cat, but he will head-bonk, just a little one while no-one else is looking. And it means so much.
And he says, “don’t tell anyone else.”
Aw my tuxedo is the same. She is usually a distant cat, but she will do if no one is around.
I remember a kitten I had, who had only been with me about a week, whom I witnessed dream twitching, he twitched quite violently and was obsessively having a nightmare. He woke up 'crying'. I looked into his eyes and asked if he was ok. He let out the saddest wale, walked up to me and gave me the first, biggest head bonk ever. We were family from then on. I miss him so much.
Hello Juanita how’s the weather over there
The reason why I love head bonks is that it's pretty much unfiltered love. They love you and they're showing it in the way they know best! I personally feel it's more love then any human being is willing to show to each other.
I so agree. The head bonk is so intimate and impassioned.
"sounds violent, yet loving" literally is the best way to describe cats
I said goodbye to my cat this week, and I've been really comforted by the fact that he knew how much he was loved. The night before I took him to the vet he jumped onto my bed and headbonked me (but gently, because he was pretty little)... this was a nice reminder that he loved me, too. Thanks, Jackson.
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I’m so, so sorry…..
😭😭😭 I’m sorry…
I’m very sorry about your cat. I hope you’re doing well and you’re grieving well too.
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The head bonk montage brought tears to my eyes. After two weeks of declining health from an unidentified illness my beloved barn cat Teacup passed away August 9th…. Five days after her 4th birthday. She got special privileges and was brought in the house to share my room often. She would head bonk my hand and ankles regularly. If I slept in later than my usual alarm on my days off she would bonk me to wake me up, then reach under the blanket or pillow to tap my face when I stayed asleep, finally picking up and dropping my glasses on the glass end table just enough to make noise that I got up. Smart little fart figure out putting on my glasses was the first thing I always did when I woke up. Being a barn cat, it isn’t unusual to not see her for a few days. As the days are going by it is sinking in that I won’t see her and it’s hard. Trying to keep the good memories in mind but the tears are still coming. Being raised on a farm I’ve lost barn cats but this is different…. this was my Teacup. I miss her 2am wake-up-to-snuggle-me head bonks.
I’m sad for you, Andrea. Teacup is such a lovely name. My little baby cat wandered off before summer and I miss him still and cry for him too. We love them so much, don’t we ❤️🩹
RIP, Teacup. Hope you're doing well, Andrea
Much love and solace. 😻
Awe I’m so sorry 🥺
May you find solace in knowing you gave her a good life and once the rawness of grief mellows, be comforted in knowing the bond between you will never be broken.
Seeing all those cats and humans sharing a good bonk almost made me tear up too, Jackson. One of my cats likes to add a bit of tooth to his head bonks. Love is pain lol
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Maine Coon mix is like that, too! He head bonks, but also loves to rub his big fangs against me! 💖
Ha sounds like a line from orange is the new black. All I can say that is yup. Trust no bitch but bonk me kittyboy
I think our dog understands the bonk. He's a puppy so he usually wants to play with her, but when he's nice and calm our kitten, who's only 6 lbs with a full stomach at nearly a year old, will head-bonk right into his open, panting mouth. She'll even steal food out of his mouth because of the trust they have.
Hello Jynxedlove how’s the weather over there
@@stevenhenry4227 A brisk 36, partly cloudy, beautiful moon.
When my kid was little we didn’t have cats but he always seemed drawn to them. He vastly preferred cats to dogs, or even people.
Anyway, as a toddler he didn’t like being kissed, so instead he started head-bonking. It got to the point where it was a very normal exchange to go:
Me: can I give you a kiss?
Him: **shakes head no**
Me: what about bonks? Can I have bonks?
Him: **grins and enthusiastically bonks my forehead**
The hard part was getting extended family members to respect his choice not to give/receive kisses.
Anyway, I used to joke that he liked cats so much that he was turning in to one.
Now he’s a pre-teen and still obsessed with cats. We have a cat now and the cat takes every opportunity to head-bonk him.
That's so awesome that you respected his boundaries with kisses and did your best to makes sure other family members did the same. You sound like an amazing mom!! 👏🏽
The sweetest imagery :). Agree with Anita you sound like a great mum.
As someone with ADHD who sometimes had a lot of trouble explaining what I liked and didn’t like as a kid (especially if it was something I was ‘supposed’ to like because I didn’t quite understand that I didn’t like it because everyone told me I did) this made me cry. I was also obsessed with cats and still am! I hope they bring him as much joy as they’ve brought me!!
You sound like a really great mom.
All the best to your cat obsessed son and his cat.
Last week was my first day of 8th grade and my English teacher said “raise your hand if you have a cat” me and a few more people in my class raised out hands and he said “People who are raising your hands I know we are gonna be friends” He is my favorite teacher so far! We spent the whole class talking about cats and star wars
If you like cat videos, check out OwlKitty video, "Star Wars - with my cat OwlKitty", a Star Wars parody.
@@jackieo486 I love owl kitty she is so adorable.
I don’t know if you watch Cole and marmalade but Cole passed away from cancer. But they have loads of videos. Very sweet kitties.
If we're doing recommendations here
I really like ShoKo
@@stealthbonus hey there I agree ShoKo all day long
So cool to have a teacher you like. Have a great day!!!
...me and my cat "emmy" ...our foreheads meet first thing in the morning. She'll keep her head against mine for sometimes 5 minutes. I dont really know but i think its adoration. (on both parts!)
Omg my cat does it too!! Every morning. If I don't go down or she can't reach up she bumps against my legs
That's very cool!
my heart 😭
My morning wake up to head bonks is LIFE.
My cat head bonks me so hard I feel like she’s gonna give me a black eye if I don’t turn my head. She literally slams her head with all her weight into my face. I always joke that the harder the head bonk, the more she loves me.
Cat: "GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU!!!" *thunk*
that’s actually really sweet ❤️
Mine too and I defend his right to bonk me the same way
We call it forceful affection in our house!!
We call this "mushing", and one of my cats mushes me all the time! Especially after I've taken a shower, she has to come over and "make me smell right" again!
My cat, Maximum(13), loves hanging out around human's feet(even when said feet are walking). It's cute but also dangerous for both parties 😅 that being said, there have been times where I accidentally step on his paw or if I'm mid stride and he darts in front of me, I accidentally lightly kick him. I used to freak out because I didn't know how to communicate to him that it was not intentional. One day it happened and Max was not having a good day so he reacted pretty angrily(usually he brushes it off). I didn't know what to do so I got down on the floor to his level and gave him a head bonk and he bonked me back. Now if I ever need to express an apology to Max I give him a head bonk and 9/10 times he'll give one back and it's like our version of "I'm sorry" "It's okay". 😭❤ I love my little catson!
I’ve volunteered at a cat shelter for about a month now and I had this cat who would rub his head on my hand and he would stop for a few seconds and then head bonk my hand. Recently he got adopted into a loving home. I still miss his head bonks. 🥺❤️
The ol' "Head-to-Hand Fist Bonk"...
A cat's way of managing that 'RONA!
My cat Kitteh literally head butts you like he's trying to knock your a** out.... Goodnight hooman
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My cat foster did that too! I swear he was trying to give me a concussion.
my theo headbonks like a boxers fist lol has even gave me a nose bleed I have learnt now when he jump on my lap to bring my head down to him and it's not so hard lol my other cat gizmo taps my cheek with his paw before he does it he likes eye contact with his love lmao
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Every day when I came home from work my cat would sit on the edge of this small table and do this. Then I’d pick him up and hug him and then he’d go about his business. I miss him so much
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2 hrs before my 19 yr old cat passed away, he laid on my chest and bonked me one last time. I still cry when I think of him. I miss you Rupie.
At our house we call this The Headbutt of Love. The first time I met our cat at the shelter I sat in a chair just to observe the cats and Charlie jumped in my lap demanded pets and after a few he nearly knocked my glasses off with his face. Of course, I was then his person and he came home right away.
Hello Mama how’s the weather over there
One life rule: Never put on chapstick before a head bonk.
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This is oddly specific but also very relatable.
I know I’m officially a cat poppa because I understand this far too well😀
Yes 😂
I had an orange cat who shed a lot all year. You when his favorite time to give love rubs was? Right after i got out of the shower.
I don’t get head bonks so much from the “cool guy” in my trio of feline family members, but he’s a big guy & almost every nite he gives me his version of CPR… I keep a fleece throw on my bed & he waits until I cover my chest & neck with it to protect against the weapons on the ends of his toes to then climb on my belly & believe me, his “making biscuits” truly is closer to CPR. When he’s satisfied he’s done his job quite completely, he lays down & gets right up to my mouth to smell my breath. Sometimes he follows up with one small little “lickie” in the same spot every time on my cheek just below my left eye. He loves me❣️ 😻😻😻
Hello Beth Ann how’s the weather over there
That’s what my dads cat does to me whenever I catsit. He rubs himself all over my head before trying to eat my hair. It’s adorable.
I always referred to it as a “head bunt” but “bonk” is so much more charming and cute!
This was always my favorite thing to do with my cat buttons. I would hold out my fist and say “fist bump” and he would run over and gently bonk his head against my knuckles. It always made me so happy.
My cat does this on everything that is in front of him just to call my attention. He even does on my hands or my forehead when I’m sleeping 🤣 I love my fluffy orange cat so much 🥰
I like calling it "head boop" Though my cat Buddy was really gentle with it. He'd sit on the stairs and when I'd come home I'd rest my cheek on his and he'd fall asleep like that.
Same. We say booping. My first cat would boop me in my mouth so I would give her kisses. 😻
Yes!! Booping here too😄
I've always called it head boop, too. My Monster gives the best head boops during our daily cuddle sesh. 💕
Same with me and Charlize. She is so gentle at this that I cannot consider it a true Bonk. (It absolutely means the thing from this video, though, and sometimes when she is having snuggle time I will do one and then she'll do one back and it's adorable)
My male is very gentle and and loves following up with giving my nose a very gummy nose pass. Where he makes sure he rubs his gums on the tip of my nose, not always the nicest especially after eating fish. However I love it when he crawls up and lies on his back in the crook of armpit stretching so he can rest his forehead on my cheek. We can lie like that for ages and if I move my head even slightly of his head he will stretch even further to make sure to keep that contact. It is his favourite way to fall asleep when we have a nap together, he even makes happy noises in his sleep as sound I never hear otherwise it is like a happy sigh.
This is actually why I was so drawn to my black cat, DiNozzo. His name got my attention, but his head bonk is why I fell in love right away. When the rescue handed him to me to see how we interacted, he clung to me and gave me a little head bonk. It had been years since I had an affectionate cat. Now I have three of them.
This video made some sense of my cat Loki. He never really head bonked until after I adopted DiNozzo. Now he does it all the time. Perhaps he learned it from DiNozzo. Loki was a feral kitten who was bottle fed by humans and didn't seem to quite know how to properly cat in the beginning. I had a companion cat who monopolized me, and after she passed, Loki started to become more affectionate. He's 16 now and head bonks me a lot.
DiNozzo will head bonk any part of me, even my butt if I'm standing in front of him when he's on the couch. He also will not leave the dog alone sometimes, constantly rubbing up against her and standing on his hind legs to bonk her snout. She tolerates it, but is usually confused and looking to us for help, especially if she's trying to eat. DiNozzo is definitely my little goofball. I love him so much.
DiNozzo: (gets handed to a hooman)
DiNozzo, instantly: (vigorously lays claim)
My 12 y.o. house gremlin head bonked me for the first time today! I cried lol. She is so sweet and I'm glad she is settling. Had her for two months already! 🥰
I've had my new baby for almost a month. She's probably a little over two years old. No headbutts yet. But she makes an awful lot of biscuits!
Hey Jackson, in Germany we call this a "Kopfnuss", a "head nut" and the ones my little boy gives me all the time do feel like a hard nutshell against my head *ouch*🥰 So great, I love your channel and I have had some serious improvement with my 2 fluffballs after following your advice on how to play ...Thank you so much for your inspirational input!!😽😽👩🦰
My cat used to launch himself at us like a mountain goat! He even scared my mum a little bit the first time he did it (whilst chatting to her enthusiastically 🤣).
Hello Gaina how’s the weather over there
When I adopted my Bellatrix, within a week of getting her home, she headbutt me so hard that I had a bruise on my forehead for about a week. I’m glad she is more gentle now. She still has the habit of waking me with headbutts still. 💚🐍💚
😆 🤣 😂 😹 love it! Yr wording! Lovely Head-butting Bellatrix the Cat! Meow!! Thxs for sharing yr story, I got the giggles when I read this!! ✌ ❣ 🌞
Lol! Would you expect anything less than violence from a cat called Bellatrix though 😂
@@slushpuppie19 but even with the name I gave her she is the sweetest. She sleeps next to my pillow at night and is very loyal. When I went to adopt her, others had gone to see her and I was the only one she went to. 🖤🖤
Lol, she marked her territory huh!?
@@bunnytail1370 I just have to laugh at it now but at the time it was shocking. It was about 2am and I was fast asleep when she did it. I woke up to a very sore head! 🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣
I literally just used this word. to my wife: Doily Doily Doily was annoyed about the way that I re-arranged the room, so I put her tree house back by the window, & she jumped right up, & I got a head-bonk.
She said,” good human! I Shall reward you with affection!”🤣
I love what a ham you are!! Such info-tainment!
After the pandemy, can we do a show where you just vibe with people & their animals? Maybe celebrities? Other cat aficionados? Moshow music collab??
More Galaxy in my Galaxy, please!!
Thanks for all your hard work! It’s helping keep us sane!
My Baloo head bonked me constantly, on every part of my body. He was also always my “little spoon” too. I’ve never known another cat that thoroughly enjoyed being enveloped in my arms. He crossed the Rainbow Ridge this past June. We had to put him down due to cancer in his mouth and jaw. He gave me the best 13 yrs of my life ❤️
Hey Cat Daddy!! Can you also do a video about cats grooming their humans? My black panther loves to groom my forehead, and my big orange tabby loves to groom my hands.
I read a while back that they (cats) like the salt in our skin lol.
My little house panther does the same to me. We'll be relaxing and next thing you know, she's grooming my face. 😍
Our old cat, Rumpleteazer, used to groom my hair, complaining because I am a dumb human who couldn't groom herself.
One of my moms cats did that. She would if you'd let her, she would lick your face raw.
My ginger boy loves to groom my beard when we snuggle!
I knew that they had glands on their head and butt, I didn’t realize it was all over! I’m always happy to learn new things about them. 😊🐈
why am i tearing up at all the fan videos of head bonks? so precious
I was partially raised by a tortoise shell cat. We used to spend a lot of our time together and fall asleep together by the gas heater. To this day, I crave a head bonk about as much as I crave a hug. She passed when I was 16.
This is my alarm clock from my girl every morning and it makes me absolutely melt
Hello Melissa how’s the weather over there
My 10 month old kitten Riley will jump on me in the morning and press his nose to my face. He also does it throughout the day went he wants something. That’s how he trained me. 😹😻😸
Love this my kitten is training me in the same way 😻🤣
my kitties name is riley too! a female 😂
Sometimes we press foreheads against one another and just sit there a bit and sometimes she just sit beside me with her head pressed against my arm or leg. I always feel so loved when she does that 🥰
It is so beautiful. My girl head bonks me all over my nose. She stares deep into my eyes with such a soft, loving expression. If I'm not paying her enough attention, she will sit and tap my arm with her little paw 😻 and if I don't notice that, she will push her head under my arms and push it up continuously and she knows that works. Cats are so smart! She has shown me unconditional love like no other, she's never mad at me, she doesn't care if I haven't showered or what mood I'm in, she never judges or upsets me. Just pure love ❤️
Let me just start this comment off by saying that I was originally watching this video on my TV, but I loved it so much that I had to pull out my phone and look it up on so that I could leave this comment. Jackson, you are such a beautiful person, and you have such a beautiful heart and soul, and you bring sooo much love to this planet! You clearly have so much compassion and understanding within you and it’s very admirable. Thank you for all that you do, whether it’s taking care of cats, or educating people about them and their beautiful relationship with humans on your UA-cam channel. Your content is so enjoyable to watch, and I appreciate your existence so much!! Thank you 😻❤️❤️
My Bobby boy does this the most when he is hungry 🤤 “I love you… Now, food?”
My boyfriend's Russian blue man-cat, Slate, sometimes likes to shove his face into the palms of people's hands to cover up his eyes and forehead. He then prefers if you just let your hand rest on his face until he's satisfied and shakes it off or falls asleep that way.
Every time I send my cat to the cat spa or the pet boarding place in town I always pack a t-shirt of mine with her, and it calms her down immensely, and she adjusts really quick!
I had to put down my cat yesterday. He was the best, and I miss him terribly already.
He was a head bonking champion. He even did it to me one last time right before he was put down, too. What a special, loving, and wonderful cat I had.
So glad you have a wonderful memory of your darling boy.
Word's cannot express how wonderful this relationship has started off with Milo's love. He was adopted on Wednesday and by Sunday we are having so many ways we've bounded.
The bonk made me cry happy tears.
That first vet visit went well all things considered. Milo's got my whole heart.
Hello Lisa how’s the weather over there
It's a beautiful 68 degrees naturally inside and sunny outside. Milo's got songbirds all around us. I enjoy calling watching the bird feeders Twitter.
Our children get a kick out it. Feeling groovy here and hopefully you enjoy the day.
@@lisamarieclark6778 Oh that’s okay the weather over here is okay so where are you from? I’m from Dallas Texas nice meeting you
This episode made me so happy, Jackson, I was literally crying/laughing along with it. So much love and head bonks!!
Hello Astral how’s the weather over there
My cat and I head bonk every morning for 5 minutes. I get on my knees with my head close to the floor and then he head bonks me again and again - sometimes pretty hefty. Don't know how this ritual started but we are doing it for years now. I should mention that he gets his favorite treat afterwards.
Hey Jackson! Thanks for the "head bonk" at the end - I felt all the light, love , and mojo! Really loved all of the head bonk videos! Thanks for making learning fun :)(: bonk!
I just adopted two 11 year old bonded pair of cats from my local shelter last Sunday. When I first met them & starting talking to them & very cautiously pet them a little bit. They were laying there glued together & they started the head rubbing thing to each other. I just melted & cried a little when I saw it. I thought for sure they must have been giving each other, not only some love, but, a message that they liked me. It's been a week & I still have them in my bedroom where they are still sleeping or hiding behind my headboard & one seems to come out for some love more than the other. But, we're still trying to get to know each other & they are very scared about any loud or sudden movements. I haven't been able to pick them up yet & I still haven't heard them meow. I put a camera up in my room so I can see when they come out to investigate the room when I'm downstairs or out getting supplies. I hope they come out more when I'm in the room & eventually venture out to downstairs where I'm hoping their food will be instead of my room. They like to sleep all day & are more awake at night. I know they are 11 but I still worry.
I’m going through the same, same age but 1 cat,same set up, been a month now, she’s very sweet, very timid, silent meows, I would love to get a head bonk!
@@mariannesedman6921 I finally heard 1 of them give me a tiny meow because she wanted lovins from me. And the other one is still afraid of me & won't let me pet her. I think I'm starting to break a little ice with her. It's gonna take time & patience. Good luck with your baby!
Seeing all those cat bonks was just beautiful! ❤️ and it made me chuckle that dogs are puzzled by it.
I haven't heard this actual term before but one of my cats likes to climb up from my lap with me supporting his rear so he can put his paws on my shoulders. He sometimes starts too rough, with claws digging deep in my skin as he pulls himself up (ouch) and bonks his head really hard against me - he gets very easily over-stimulated and excitable at the start of play, cuddles, treats, food.. - but my gentle strokes and scritches quickly calm him, and he then relaxed and rests his head in the crook of my neck and against my cheek, and gently rubs his face all over my shoulder, neck, face and hair.
It's just the most adorable thing and I feel so loved when he does it. The gouges in my skin and loose teeth are so worth it (it's actually not that bad, I swear! 😆).
He often falls asleep with his head in the crook of my neck whilst I gently support him, and it really does feel like an affectionate snuggle hug.
My other cat doesn't rub and bonk in the same way, but he presses into neck finger scritches and it's so sweet when he does that.
He also loves to lie out on my adult son's chest with his body stretched right out lying on his tummy, a front paw over each shoulder, and his head resting under my son's chin, and he sleeps like that. ❤️❤️
My son wakes up with a sore back from not moving for ages 😁 that's love for sure ❤️
Hello Synnful how’s the weather over there
In the UK “bonking” is a euphemism for the sexual act! A loving act indeed 🤣🤣🤣
Thought that was boinking.
Both actually.
🇬🇧 Yup, was waiting for someone to point that out! 😂
@@RJHail is bonking good
Same here in New Zealand! Bonking is definitely not something I want to be doing with my cat!!!
Aubrey nearly gave me a nose bleed trying to give me a headbunt. He's very enthusiastic,lol!
Oh Señor Jackson! I am soooo curious to know why this little critter of mine like to head bonk the family here at home. I won't spoil it by researching... well... I may have already but reading about it is one thing and learning from you about head- bonk-ology is waaaaay way better!
Take Care 🐈
Goodness gracious, Jackson...that mustard colored turtleneck, lol. But seriously, your channel is fantastically interesting and informative. Thank you and cheers!
Hello Jen how’s the weather over there
I loved it when I got a head bonk from my brothers cat! I miss her so much. RIP Tessa.
Hello how’s the weather over there
Love the Bach intro 💗😄 my cat wakes me up silly hours with head bonks. I absolutely adore her though 🥰🥰🥰🥰
We call it head boops. Our boy is such a head bopper and we love it. We always assumed it was a loving gesture and yes it is absolutely adorable!
Hello Em how’s the weather over there
I have a 1yo boy named Luu. He loves like a freight train. The first time he actually headbutted me on my head, he put a lot of force in it. He hit me straight in the nose! I thought he broke it. *^_^* He's learning to be gentle now. We fostered kittens, and kept most.
Hello Lyn how’s the weather over weather
As both a Barbra Streisand and a cat superfan… I truly love that little bespoke opening of “Evergreen” you sang, Jackson. 😅💯🙏🏼❤️🌟🌟🌟🌟
Ohhhh how I miss that head bonk and the command that I want your lap !! I lost my cat last week to CRF. He gave us 15 years of lessons we will never forget.
Hello Nancy how’s the weather over there
I remember when I had gone on a trip for a week and my mom was staying in my apartment to look after the kitties for me. When I got back and sat down on the couch, Milo was head butting me like crazy! Like, “I” *bonk* “missed” *bonk* “you” *bonk* “so” *bonk* “much!!!”
Hello Elena how’s the weather over there
One of our cats, Binky, was initially more distant and less confident than his sibling after they began to settle into their forever home. A surprising sign that he was becoming more comfortable was when he began to head bonk as a form of greeting; he really engaged with momentum. His name is Bonky on these occasions. His sibling rarely bonks, but they both regularly greet us with welcoming behaviors.
loool loved the dramatic opening !! your sense of humour is underrated, Jackson, please never change!!
Hello Natalia how’s the weather over there
My cat only head bonks my hands.... not sure why, but it is still AWESOME! He is the biggest lovebug and however he shows it makes me happy!
Love the choice of music for this one. Bach's Brandenburg concertos.
We call it a SnuggleBoop at my house.🙂
Love that 😻
Hello Jeannette how’s the weather over there
I do know what it means. It shows how the cat loves that person. I had a cat that did it on my nose or chin that did loved me.
This reminds me of my friend’s cat that sadly crossed over the rainbow bridge. He LOVED head bonking me and demanded I keep petting him.
Yes, my own cat (my profile pic) head bonks me too, but nowhere near as much as he did.
Yeah, one can feel there is so much affection on it. Thank you so much for the valuable information.
Hello Teresa how’s the weather over there
Bless our Feline Beloveds Eternally & Abundantly.
I feel very grateful for the bonks and belly exposures I've received from my backyard buds and many other cats who have healed & shared time with me.
Your passion for cats and your knowledge about them is unbelievable! I wish there were more people in the world like you! My girls (4) give me head bonks all the time, and I LOVE it! One will actually bonk and leave her head against mine so I can kiss her ! She won't move her head until I do! Unconditional love, that's why cats are my life.!!
Hello Susan how’s the weather over there
Seeing that montage reminded me of how both my kitties, despite the short amount of time I’ve had them so far, already have grown to love and trust me. I must be doing something right! My little baby boy is being neutered at the time of writing this and he head bonked me this morning to wake me up since I put their food dishes away (fasting as per required for the appointment). My older girl seemed to enjoy having a little peace and quiet when I came home after dropping him off, but I see them head bonking and grooming each other daily. She just won’t admit that she misses him, I bet.
I’d love to have the cat daddy dictionary on my bookshelf. 😢
@nibblez_the_clown I'd buy that book "fur" sure!
I'm only a minute into this and I put it on cause I was like "Oh hey, I love head bonk, what's Jackson Galaxy got to say about it." LITERALLY ALL THREE CATS ARE CROWDED AROUND ME WATCHING THIS NOW TOO!
Hello Laura how’s the weather over there
Especially, the first head bonk (like the first kiss with a special human) is very special. ❤️❤️❤️
One of my cats head bonks me so hard on my face it really hurts. Especially when I'm sleeping & can't defend myself. I've literally been half away & he's hit so hard I saw stars. Lol
My late, beloved Bengal familiar was known for his enthusiastic headbutting of everyone and everything -- but his most intense ones were reserved for the humans he loved most, especially my friend Fitz and myself...which is why Fitz was inspired to name him Bonker: what other name would have suited this loving Bengal boy so purrfectly?
My Bengal, Ollie head butts so hard it is an audible "thunk"! We call it a kiss. I'm sometimes bruised, but always loved.
We rescued a Bengal
Beautiful markings!
But HE was an astounding cat. No matter what he had looked like. Never tried to even nip us. Never scratched us. He chose us, after being dumped near our house (area cat dump site). No fear, just came up to us and always came out to see us when we pulled in. After a couple mos, we went out of town a week. The feral colony was tended to by neighboring ppl. We noticed he had lost weight right away. Food aggression happens so we tried sticking round after feeding to make sure he got enough. And we fed him at night too. Within another week, he was gaunt. He had little interest in food but drank ALOT. He had diarrhea. His eyes starting being goopy a few days after we had returned too. We put him on canned food, brought him in to get out of the terrible cold (he had become somewhat listless too) and started him on small amounts often, thru the night too. He gradually regained his appetite, the diarrhea continued. He didn’t put on weight. The diarrhea abated but he was still was so thin n slept often. After a few weeks, him skeletal, despite eating 2-3 cans of food a day-I started looking for a vet to put him down for an affordable fee. $30 was our max. I haven’t been working. We found nothing and his last 12 hrs were often horrific. Again, we had to do hospice with a feline.
I would have given my arm for that sweet boy. He picked us to spend his last months with. He KNEW he was terminal long before we knew he was sick. I have never interacted with a cat like him. He never even complained till he was seizing as his body systems shut down. Then it was involuntary yowls. Once he was paralyzed (last 8 hrs) his eyes still followed us and would reopen if he hadn’t heard a voice in awhile then he did. He loved us to the bitter end. An amazing cat.
Sry for the ramble. He just died 7 days ago.
@@YeshuaKingMessiah My heart aches for you in your loss -- your late boy sounds so much like my Bonker in his sweet, fearless devotion; I wish his passage to the other side could have been gentler, for his sake and yours. He awaits you now across the Rainbow Bridge, healed and whole, with his brother Bengal Bonker as friend and companion; if you need to talk, we want to listen -- we understand, and stand by you in your grief.
@@semperfi818
We were his, he was not ours. For a brief, brief time, but for a lifetime. He wasn’t much more than 4 or 5 mos old. But he knew and chose us. He was docked on one ear, meaning he had been neutered as a feral. I wonder if he didn’t get dumped here but made his way here (way way out in country) to find us so he would be cared for. I truly wonder this. We have done much for this colony since April. I think God guided Siberia here to us.
@@YeshuaKingMessiah You're good people, taking care of these feral kittehs -- and what you did for Siberia (what a fantastic name for him!) was a great act of love. He's watching you lovingly from across the Rainbow Bridge, safe, whole and well, waiting to see you again some distant day.
My dad's cat always head bonks my hands with a LOT of force, she just throws everything into it, sometimes it even hurts.. But it's so cute! It's actually the main way she shows her affection to my dad and me. When she get's super excited and happy she just starts headbonking everything around her. It's funny because she will jump up to bonk me
Omg! I've got tears rolling down my cheeks right now! Such beautiful affection between those fur babies n their hoomans 🥰🙏🏻❤️
Hello Crisann how’s the weather over there
Shoutout to the guy who named his cat Tybalt, after the Prince of Cats. 💖
Awww! Little head bonks! I love ‘em! My Cat (bless him, he’s 14 now and is suffering from heart failure, he probably won’t have long left with us now. 😭 we’re TIGHTLY bonded to the little guy) he communicates a LOT with head bonks - we’ve come to learn what his different little head bonks mean - and doesn’t ALWYAS mean he wants affection! lol! But, when he DOES want affection, he voilently smushes your face and leaves smelly breath all over it! lol! 😄
My little face smusher. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I'm just over a minute in and I'm cracking up! The word headbonk and that accent... 🤣🤣🤣
I usually get a headbonk when Sadie is ready for dinner and when she is telling me it's about time for bed. 😻
Hello Julie how’s the weather over there
My male cat reaches up with his paw and pats my face then he'll head bonk me. I adore him. Each of my 3 cats have unique ways of showing affection. I'm soooooo blessed 🙌
Hello Judith how’s the weather over there
Love makes the world a better place. I totally agree with you.