Categorized In: Animals & Plants , Pets
Source: Why Do Cats...? ~ Pawprints and Purrs. Inc. | www.sniksnak.com
Description: That loud purring followed by the sharpening of claws on some soft spot of your body is called "milk-treading." When you relax and sit quietly, you're giving your cat the same signal he got from his mother when he was a kitten - that his mother was ready
Nov 10, 07:46pm
The belief is that the kneading motion stimulates the mother cat's milk letdown while nursing. Consider it like sucking a thumb.
One reason why cats knead paws stems from their kittenhood. Kittens must nurse their mother to get life-sustaining milk. ChaCha!
