Why Do Cats Knead?
2. Thumb Sucking
Cat’s don’t actually suck their thumbs - they can’t, because they don’t even have any. Kneading can be likened to thumb-sucking, however, because it can be down to the remnants of an instinct from when they were very young. Of course, people tend to stop sucking their thumbs at a young age, but cats will continue kneading well into their old age.
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It has been suggested in the past that kneading is a sign that the cat was taken from its mother at too young an age. Pretty much all domestic cats appear to knead, however, so this appears to be a false assumption.
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