Thank, veiled. I guess I'm kind of concerned about our cat ingesting lotion. I do use some in the winter. In fact, he may have started this behavior when I could stop using it, as my skin isn't so dry anymore as summer comes on. But I don't know if the lotion is what prevented him from doing this. The squirt gun might be safer, though I feel I'd have a hard time doing that to the little guy. I don't want to traumatize him! I wonder if there's something in my body chemistry that makes him do this. He doesn't do this to my husband. I should probably do some searches to find out more about this.