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Understanding Cat Rubbing Behavior   Cat with Stained glass  For
cats, smell is as important as color is to humans.  Photo
Credit: © Amy Shojai, CABC  Cat behavior includes bunting--that
odd way your cat head-butts you. The technical term is bunting
and refers to the way a cat presses and rubs her head against
objects. Another technical term: allorubbing, refers to the way
cats rub against another cat, or a human.  Understanding Cat
Rubbing Behavior  Why does kitty do this? Cats rub their heads
(bunting) against prominent objects to leave scent markings as a
part of scent communication.  Your cat has several different
scent glands all over the body. They are located between the
toes so scent is deposited with cat scratches. But they also are
located beneath the chin, the corners of the mouth, the temples,
the base and along the length of the tail, and the ears as well.
We don't know if each gland has a different scent or not, but
cats tend to use t