2006-12-12 17:41:16 · 13 answers · asked by Trinity 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DNOjKNbfWY this video will answer your question.
2006-12-12 17:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by Christopher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a comfort thing. Usually kitties who do this were taken from their mother before she had them fully weaned. I have 2 the same age and 1 was in the shelter at 3 weeks old without Mom. The other was 7 weeks old when we got him and had been with Mom the whole time. The one from the shelter is now over a year old and still does it while the other never has.
2006-12-12 22:43:54 · answer #2 · answered by ♥Pretty♥ ♥Kitty♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually looked that up a while ago because both my cats do that and I was wondering why. It said that they do that because they are trying to get milk and the kneeding is "to get the milk out" like what they did when they were kittens.
2006-12-12 17:43:43 · answer #3 · answered by Avery 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once read that this was a sign that a cat was taken from it's mother too soon, but I agree with everyone else, it's just their way of telling you they're their mom and they want to share a little love. One of my cats often kneeds me if he's asleep on me and gets woken up, it's almost like it's his way of comforting himself back to sleep.
2006-12-12 17:59:28 · answer #4 · answered by mapleleafgirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is instinctive behavior in kittens to encourage the mother cat to let down her milk or to squeeze it from her teat for the kitten to nurse. Many cats continue this behavior into adulthood especially when they are happy and contented and with their human mother substitute. It may bring back happy memories of having their little bellies full of the nourishing and life-sustaining sustenance they once got from their mothers.
2006-12-12 17:47:12 · answer #5 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I never figured it out either. I had a cat once that did it her entire life. I always heard that it felt good to them and it helped their paws somehow..My cats now don't do it though. Maybe it is from nursing.
2006-12-12 21:01:10 · answer #6 · answered by Rachel N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is one of the first things they did when they were nursing. It is a comforting movement that they have been doing since birth.
2006-12-12 17:51:22 · answer #7 · answered by sherockstn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know where the behavior originated from, but i know that it happens when the cats are content and usually purring. it's a sign of a happy cat, so enjoy it. :) even if it's a little prickly.
2006-12-12 17:46:32 · answer #8 · answered by olivia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-12 17:51:05 · answer #9 · answered by jcmodelchick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try getting toothpaste out of the tube without squeezing it.
2006-12-12 17:43:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think they are trying to fluffen up whatever it is there doing it to
cause the usually lie on it after. . . mine to that all the time
2006-12-12 20:36:26 · answer #11 · answered by Kelly Bundy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋