Affiliative (Greeting) Postures
There are quite a few affiliative or greeting postures we're going to talk about. The first one is the nose touch. This is usually when the cat will touch nose with another species, such as a human, horses, dogs, etc. They usually touch their nose to them and then walk on. Allogrooming—some cats liked to be groomed; others don't. Typically cats will go back and forth, and this is definitely a greeting posture. Sometimes when they are grooming each other one of them will kind of get upset and make a rar noise, and this is actually usually the cat that got bit. The one that was getting groomed will give a little inhibited bite towards the groomer saying, "I'm done." So it's the one that was bit that makes the noise. This is quite normal. There is also something called petting-induced aggression. This is when a cat gets enough petting or grooming from humans, and that cat will all the sudden seem to get agitated, and these two behaviors are actually related—allogrooming and then the petting-induced aggression. Another affiliative or greeting posture is when the cat approaches with his tail up. This seems to be a behavior of domestication and is not seen in the progenerate species. And allorubbing is when the cat will start with the front of his face and then usually down the side of a body. This is usually affection. And lastly another affiliative or greeting posture is rolling, and this can be used to solicit attention or play.