When your cat rubs its head and cheeks on the floor it can be leaving its scent markers on the house and over your feet.
Kitten keeps rubbing face on floor.
Rubbing is a natural feline marking behavior.
Cats typically display head bunting toward other cats dog companions and humans.
If the cat knows you already or is just really enthusiastic about people he may not wait for a polite greeting.
Marking is used as a way to keep any potential enemies or rivals away.
This tells other cats that they ve been there claimed their spot and have already marked you so other cats need to back off.
Cats have scent glands located in their cheeks forehead chins and a the base of their tail and rubbing up against people other cats and objects is a form of marking without being a territorial action like spraying sackman says.
Cats rub on walls furniture shoes and even other things lying around on the floor.
Head butting is an over the top version of face rubbing.
They are covering you and the things around them with pheromones which come from glands on their face and head.
The catsultant can help us out with this cat body language.
Cats rub their faces on things for many reasons depending on the context or object being rubbed.