Why Does My Cat Knead (Make Biscuits)? *10 Possible Reasons*

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  • You’ve likely witnessed your sweet feline "making biscuits." Now it's time to answer the age-old question: "Why does my cat knead?"
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    #catbehavior #kneading #smurgling
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  • @ThePurringJournal
    @ThePurringJournal  2 роки тому +32

    Why do you think your cat kneads? 🐈

    • @VanishingDinosYehTeeHee
      @VanishingDinosYehTeeHee 2 роки тому +3

      To display them beautifully fuzzy paws that hide delicate but dangerous claws. Toe beans just top it off. Lol

    • @Uncle_Lex
      @Uncle_Lex 2 роки тому +2

      Showing love 😻

    • @EmmasAnimals34
      @EmmasAnimals34 2 роки тому +4

      My cat thinks we are bread dough.

    • @genevieveking5078
      @genevieveking5078 2 роки тому +2

      To get comfortable for sleep.

    • @bambini80675
      @bambini80675 7 місяців тому

      I say to relieve its knuckles like we humans crack ours. They get arthritis like we do.

  • @aisadal2521
    @aisadal2521 2 роки тому +96

    They gotta keep their baking skills up to date, of course 😄

  • @paulsmith5398
    @paulsmith5398 2 роки тому +29

    They knead because theyre happy, getting their sleeping area ready, and several othergreat things.

  • @seasonofthewitch4209
    @seasonofthewitch4209 2 роки тому +16

    My cat seems to knead when relaxed and comfortable and when I'm petting and they're enjoying it. 🐾🐈

  • @MAGronemeyer
    @MAGronemeyer 2 роки тому +11

    It's also called Milk Treading. Every cat I owned has done this periodically. I also call it Marching.

  • @pmbluemoon
    @pmbluemoon 2 роки тому +17

    I smiled through the whole video, nothing cuter than a happy cat! My cat will do that in his sleep sometimes while he makes the mouth nursing movements, I think he's dreaming of being a kitten again.
    I didn't know they did it to mark their territory though, that one was a surprise.
    I like to knead my cat lightly when I'm petting him, in the hopes he knows I understand when he does it to me. 🥰😻 He seems to like it because he starts purring even louder when I do it.

    • @ThePurringJournal
      @ThePurringJournal  2 роки тому +4

      Awww that's adorable! You sound like such a good cat daddy. 🐈🐾

    • @pmbluemoon
      @pmbluemoon 2 роки тому +3

      @@ThePurringJournal Thank you! I try my best, he's been my buddy for 15 years now 😸🐾🐾

  • @cattitude7809
    @cattitude7809 2 роки тому +7

    I have to say I've never heard it called "smurgling" before! I've had a lot of cats and many of them loved kneading on blankets, pillows, me, their beds, each other, and just about anything they could find. Some of them actually "marched" more than "kneaded"!! But the 8 I have right now don't knead at all, at least I've never noticed any of them doing it! I don't know why. I've always found it to be very relaxing to have a cat lying on you, purring and kneading. I sort of miss that!!🐈

  • @Sam-xr8ne
    @Sam-xr8ne 2 роки тому +10

    My cats often use their back paws as well ☺️.

  • @olgar.6604
    @olgar.6604 2 роки тому +2

    Cats remembering their kittenhood to comfort themselves is the cutest thing I've ever heard! 😍❤️

  • @sambosmummy
    @sambosmummy 2 роки тому +4

    Watching this as my cat is next to me kneading his favourite blanket

  • @alpha-omega2362
    @alpha-omega2362 5 місяців тому +2

    this is absolutely true: growing up I had a friend ask me what my cat was doing. I said, : "She's kneading bread.." He said " Well if she's needing bread, why don't you go to the store and get a loaf for her..." absolutely true.

  • @ameliawarfield5637
    @ameliawarfield5637 2 роки тому +5

    My cat Tiger-J kneads me when he wants his cuddles.

  • @StarWatcher_2024
    @StarWatcher_2024 Місяць тому +1

    I heard that purring is not only a way for cats to show comfort but also distress
    I didn't have my headphones on while watching this and when the purring was at the beginning, my cat walked away from me

  • @TheJacey
    @TheJacey 2 роки тому +6

    My cat will start crying which usually means he wants to do it. He nuzzles the fabric at the same time and sometimes he’ll move his back leg which I suppose he would have done in the litter to push a sibling away. He’s smaller than his brother which makes me think he got pushed to the rear by the others. I read somewhere that the nipples closer to the head have more milk?

  • @reinegrace7045
    @reinegrace7045 2 роки тому +5

    I always thought they were massaging their human.

  • @Clawdiatherescue
    @Clawdiatherescue 3 місяці тому +1

    I Love this channel.

  • @JohnHausser
    @JohnHausser 2 роки тому +3

    Hey ! This 🐱 channel deserves much more subscribers !
    Cheers from LA

  • @reekahd7695
    @reekahd7695 2 місяці тому

    Wooooow my cat Batman just started making biscuits now he’s sleeping, Awwww❤❤

  • @OurCatioHome
    @OurCatioHome 2 роки тому +2

    Love you very informative videos!!!! Never heard the name smurgling, love learning. Thank you for doing the homework here!!!

  • @ClintThomsen
    @ClintThomsen 7 місяців тому +4

    My male cat only kneads before trying to mate with my leg. Why wasn’t that on your list?

    • @shlarla
      @shlarla Місяць тому

      Im starting to think thats why my male cat is doing it? He tries to get his front paws higher up on something and kneads with all four paws and he gets pissed if we touch him or even look at him too long. He has started walking about with his little pillow and then putting it on a box and kneading it but will attack if you take it away, only thing that got his attention away from it was a female mating call video 😬😬

    • @shlarla
      @shlarla Місяць тому

      Was thinking it might be something to do with marking their territory?

  • @barbaracholak5204
    @barbaracholak5204 2 роки тому +1

    Gotta keep kitty's making bread?!¿.
    Love the loaf ♡ of breads they make..
    Salutations from California 🐾

  • @deniseg812
    @deniseg812 11 місяців тому +1

    I just fixed my male and he is doing this to my fuzzy lil robe. He bites it, while kneadding.

  • @marysmith2060
    @marysmith2060 2 роки тому

    My first cat Muffin did this frequently with me. She would knead, drool and purr. My family knew when I held Muffin. They would point out the claw marks and drool on my clothes.

  • @morgangallowglass8668
    @morgangallowglass8668 2 роки тому +2

    My cat normally does this when I am sleeping and he decides I should be up...and feeding him.

  • @xuanzhang8808
    @xuanzhang8808 2 місяці тому

    Our 1 year old Devon Rex boy kneads on me immediately after I took a shower😂

  • @goodoldbubba6620
    @goodoldbubba6620 2 роки тому

    None of my five have any reason to feel stress. They all knead on me. I'm happy they are happy. It means I am doing my job for them.

  • @Sarafimm2
    @Sarafimm2 2 роки тому +1

    Please make a video about Nepetalactone!

  • @YVYANGEL16
    @YVYANGEL16 Місяць тому

    My cat tooo with my hand, whenever I cover my body he ll come to me 😂😁

  • @officertom6751
    @officertom6751 2 роки тому

    We have had a lot of cats in the past. But strangely only one very young cat that was only one or two years old and had been a feral cat for some time before becoming a domestic cat sometimes kneaded a cushion he was about to rest on.

  • @Uncle_Lex
    @Uncle_Lex 2 роки тому +1

    I just got a new cat and she is super sweet and she is currently being held in a room so she doesn’t clash with my 10 devon rex, she is a german rex.

  • @BeautifullyCharli
    @BeautifullyCharli 2 роки тому

    This channel is very under-rated :(

  • @rockman88dash2
    @rockman88dash2 10 місяців тому

    I observe this on my cat mainly to mark his territory and own it.

  • @dianemauer6185
    @dianemauer6185 2 роки тому +1

    My cat doesn't knead. He purrs, headbutts, talks. makes love eyes and all that but in the four months since adopting him he has never kneaded. He's a bit over 2 yo.

    • @ThePurringJournal
      @ThePurringJournal  2 роки тому

      With all those purrs and headbutts, he probably feels no NEED to KNEAD. 😹❤️

    • @mdb1010
      @mdb1010 Рік тому

      @@ThePurringJournal how come my cat doesnt head-but me anymore? She used to all the time as a kitten and while she still kneads me and cuddles with me its nothing like the head-buts anymore :/ im wondering why

  • @schipperkeandcats3469
    @schipperkeandcats3469 Рік тому

    Im usualy the one my male senior cat kneads one while purring with his eyes closed then he just naps on my lap

  • @Muted_Mushroom
    @Muted_Mushroom 5 місяців тому

    I stopped my cat bc he was making weird ass movements so I thought he was going to pee or poop

  • @acharyajamesoermannspeaker6563
    @acharyajamesoermannspeaker6563 3 місяці тому

    What if you want to make biscuits out of the cat? Seems that it is basically a habit. People touch their faces, pull their hair, bite their fingers or nails. Horses prance around and nob their heads, hogs like to massage themselves on objects and stretch their back legs.

  • @lauraadacerri1311
    @lauraadacerri1311 2 роки тому +2

    ho un maschio soriano di un anno emmezzo e questo comportamento lo adotta assieme alle fusa.. quindi presumo che sia soddisfatto di me e dell'ambiente in cui si trova..
    cosi come spesso mentre mi guarda socchiude gli occhi..
    mi ama..giusto?
    complimenti per i bellissimi video... con fantastiche immagini e contenuti chiari e molto utili..

    • @Georgia.J
      @Georgia.J 2 роки тому +1

      Yes , he is very happy and showing you he loves you!😍🐾 If you stroke him while he kneads you then you care showing your cat you love him too and that he is safe.
      Also yes if his eyes are half shut he is VERY loving and it's bliss for him to be in your company! ! 🐺🍥 Not all cats are this content with their owners so you are both very lucky!! 💙💖❤💜♥💛💚
      My cat used to knead while purring and sniffing my clothes where my arms were ! As lovely as it was, I ended up having wet patches all over my arms, if I had to go out, I smelt of cat dribble! ! 😃
      It drove my father mad so he kindly but firmly stopped my cat dribbling while kneading , but the kneading continued. As the video states it's instinctive and cats won't stop doing it. But my dad only wanted the dribbling to stop anyway, 💖

    • @lauraadacerri1311
      @lauraadacerri1311 2 роки тому

      @@Georgia.J ti rimgrazio per avermi risposto e per avermi dato la tua opinione..
      si siamo entrambi molto fortunati..
      e comunque i gatti e gli animali in genere sono qualcosa di fantastico.. sempre e comunque..
      buon anno .. che sia splendido..

  • @melodywatts7322
    @melodywatts7322 2 роки тому

    Besides kneading my Tuxedo boy will nurse on my neck at the same time . I call him Count Dracula when he does it . He’s ten yrs old now

  • @alohaart5295
    @alohaart5295 Рік тому

    As a bread baker I know muffins are not kneaded but when our cats do this we say they're makin' muffins.

  • @Sniperboy5551
    @Sniperboy5551 9 місяців тому

    Do big cats do this? I’m genuinely curious.

  • @Swnsasy
    @Swnsasy 2 роки тому

    My cat kneads the most when my husband and I get in the bed or we're on the couch sitting close together.. I just figured she is like, nope, you're not leaving me out hoomanz!!

  • @Theintelligent_
    @Theintelligent_ 8 місяців тому

    My cat did this to my hand 😂

  • @Rara-pr9wg
    @Rara-pr9wg 2 роки тому

    😆😆

  • @kitttskingdom2622
    @kitttskingdom2622 2 роки тому

    Does your cat smurgle

  • @KeatingThomas
    @KeatingThomas 4 місяці тому

    As Carlin would say, this is quite the inflated list. Many of these repeat each other.

  • @acerbicatheist2893
    @acerbicatheist2893 2 роки тому

    It's not a learned behavior, but an instant instinct.. .oh you got round to it; kneading as a hangover from weaning with Mummy Pussycat ❤️. Cool 🆒 and well done for another delightful pussycat video because you can never have too many pussycats ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❗ Prrrs prrrs prrrs prrrs prrrs 🥰❤️😘❤️❗
    Please don't clip your pussycats' claws. It's almost never required... and if you have a problem with having your furniture used as a scratching-post ... well... what can one say... except that you probably mean well but that you just haven't reached the point where you dig that you have to accept little bits of destruction as the price one must be prepared to pay for the privilege of being owned by PUSSYCATS ❤️❤️❤️... and I love being a cat-slave. Try it, because it's great to be the property of pussycats! 🐈❤️🐈❤️🐈❤️❗🥰💓😘💓 Pussycat floofballs...ploofballs, perhaps? Or maybe Puffball... no, that's been taken by a mushroom, sadly...!
    Furry purrry poofballs! ❤️🥴👍❤️❗

    • @olgar.6604
      @olgar.6604 2 роки тому

      I have two cats and I trim the claws of one of them. She's a gradma, already 19 years old and her claws used to always get caught in fabric (sweaters, sheets, pillows etc.) where she couldn't retract them and would get stuck. That would always freak her out. So I clip her claws and I suppose that's one situation when that's a good thing :)

  • @11okt
    @11okt 4 місяці тому

    8/10 hate it when she does this, she does it for 6minutes straight so annoying