>From:   Erin Hoye <[log in to unmask]>
 
>Recently me 18 month old male has started licking my hands and fingers
>a lot.  He grips my hand with his little paws and keeps licking until I
>make him stop.  Is he ill?  Does this mean he's not getting enough salt
>in his diet?
 
Hi Erin, this iz Sinead tha Brat "borrowing" my mom Becca's compewter for
a minnit.  Az my mom would tell you, first ting iz if you're worried,
take your boy to tha place where the nice man in tha white jacket pokes
you in tha butt.  (Mom callz him a 'vet'.  I dunno why; I don't tink he
wuz ever in tha Air Force.  Or tha Army.  Maybe he wuz a Mareene?)  Mom
sez a checkup never hurts, but she'z not tha one gettin scruffed.  *pout*
 
Anyway, it jus could be dat your boy decided that he'z really into givin
kisses.  He'z a guy, an mom sez that once hoomin guys hit a partickular
age, they really get into kissin girlz.  Maybe it's da same with us
ferts.  (i wouldn't know, cuz I only ever gots sisterz.)  Or he might
have decided he likes your soap.  Us ferts like wierd stuffs sometimez,
an Big Dumb Dylan kitty sits on da edge of tha bathtub to lick tha soap!
He'z kinda strange.  My mom changed face goo a little while ago, an I
think tha stuff she's usin now is pretty tasty!  So she duzzn't gimme
goodnight kisses anymore till it's all soaked in.
 
So like I sed: if you're worried, take your guy to tha vet guy who might
or might not have been in the armed services.  Once you got that worry
outta tha way, enjoy tha kissez!
 
~Sinead
 
Go Air Force!  (My grandaddy wuz AirForce and he wanted to be an
astronaut an mom sez that's really special.  But then she sings that
David Bowie song to me, an I dunno what's so great about bein an
astronaut cuz that Major Tom guy wuz really messed up, an ....YIKES!
Here comes Mom!  I'm suppozed ta be takin a nap.  Bye!)
[Posted in FML issue 4581]