This form of feline behaviour is a reflection on the fact that adult domestic cats relate to their owners as their mothers. They might not relate to their owners as their mothers all the time but in this instance they do. Feline mums lick the rear end of their kittens to stimulate defecation. It …
Mother cats might eat their kittens’ poop for the first three weeks of their kittens’ lives during anogenital stimulation which is a form of tactile stimulation by the mother to encourage her kittens to urinate and defecate. When she does this she might eat their poop. In other words she might cleanup. It’s important, …
Cats raise their bottoms to facilitate their mother’s anogenital stimulation. It is a neonatal reflex action by the kitten. It’s instinctive and is carried out automatically.
