Why Do Cats Knead?
1. Stimulate Milk Production
Cats are mammals, just like we are, and this means that young kittens will drink milk directly from their mother’s breasts. As such, cats have mammary glands (breasts) just as people do. When it comes to feeding time, kittens will knead their mother’s breasts in order to help stimulate the breasts into making more milk. This is not painful for the mother, after all, kittens are very small and only have the strength to knead very lightly. This is not always the case when they get older, though, and some cats can cause considerable pain to people when kneading.
