These side-by-side videos tell the story behind adult domestic cat kneading. PLEASE CLICK ON THE PLAY BUTTON AT BOTTOM-LEFT OF THE VIDEO TO PLAY THE TWO VIDEOS SIMULTANEOUSLY. Despite the copious amount of information on the internet about this form of feline behaviour some people don’t know the reason. Fair enough. Here is the reason. …
Side-by-side videos which explain why adult cats knead us (make biscuits) Read More »
Yes, wild cats knead as all cats are fundamentally the same. Humans see kneading in domestic cats far more often than in wild cats for obvious reasons, which is why the question in the title is being asked. People see (and feel!) kneading in domestic cats because they knead their caregiver’s knees when they are …
Your cat kneads your hair for the same reason that she needs your lap or any other part of you. It doesn’t really matter. You probably know why your cat kneads you. I’ll remind you if I may. It is because at that moment she is treating you as her mother and she is suckling …
This is not stretching paws. What the question is referring to is cats extending their toes and then contracting them when you pet them. It does look as if they are stretching or exercising their toes but they are not. Cats normally enjoy being the recipient of human petting. They relate to the person doing …
Why do cats stretch their paws when you pet them? Read More »
The question here is what is happening? Some people might say that the kitten is comforting the puppy who is on a drip. I don’t think that that is what is happening. What is happening, I suspect, is that the kitten needs a mother and he or she has chosen a puppy who smells nice …
Kitten kneads puppy on drip at vet’s. What’s happening? (video) Read More »
They call is cat massage but we know it is one cat kneading another. They are very close friends living in China – perhaps mother and offspring. We normally see young kittens kneading their mothers while being nursed to bring on the flow of colostrum. It is unusual to see one young adult (the dark …
This looks like a cat massaging her best buddy, another cat Read More »
This is very touching. It is sad, tender and beautiful all in one. The sad bit was created by humans – they are unwanted and caged. The beautiful bit was created by cats – the tender, loving relationship between them. I don’t know if the cats are related. I don’t think so. A 219441 and …
Caitlin Moran is a celebrated Times journalist. She is the current columnist of the year. Caitlin Moran has come out. She has declared to the world in the Saturday magazine that “it’s taken me 9 years to admit it but: I am a cat hater. I hate my cat”. No doubt she is being deliberately …
A kitty gives his owner a shoulder massage but is the cat missing his claws and if so can we enjoy the cuteness of it? Yes, this cute kitty gives his human a shoulder massage but, wait a minute, I don’t see claws. Do you? Am I imagining that this cat has been declawed? Someone …
I had believed that the answer to the question, “Why do cats knead?” was well known. But a keyword search tells me that there are few websites answering this exact question. But I may and probably am wrong! Kneading is when our cat or kitten tramples on our lap with his or her front paws. …
