Hi gang, thanks for all of the great comments. I think I need to clarify something re smurgling, because I didn't explain it well in the video. So... yes, smurgling IS very common with cats who were weaned too early or were bottle-fed, but no, it's not limited to those cats. Smurgling is, in the critical early life of a kitten, one of the first actions (if not THE first) that they accomplish on their own. Minutes old, they get nourishment, warmth and maternal identification - in other words, “the thing on the other end of my paw is the most important thing in the world.” So, yes, although very common in the early-weaned and bottle babies, smurgling can stick around in ANY cat to some extent later in life when that primal sense of comfort, safety, and love are present. Sorry for not clarifying this in the video. Either way, one thing for sure is that the behavior is your cat bringing themselves back to that blissful moment because they feel... blissful!
I have two cats and they both smurgle. One is very gentle while the other digs in with her "talons of terror". Any advice on how to get my girl to take it easy with the claws?
I had a Maine Coon that I found on the street & as soon as I brought him home, he started smurgling my shirt! It was so sweet! He outgrew it as he got older.
hey everyone - I'm loving all of these other words for Smurgle - from kneading to "playing piano," "Fluffing pillows," etc... bring it on - tell me what *you* call it!
I was confused at first because it is called kneading where I am from. I hear that the term came about because that action that the cats do resembles kneading bread dough.
My cat mochi was found when she was very young and very sickly. Now she is a healthy lump who is a professional baker. She must first feel around the blanket for the perfect dough consistency, finally finding the right spot, taking a little chomp, and gets to work. She gets into a trance while baking and can not be disturbed, and will only bake on my lap. A great baker indeed to makes top quality biscuits.
I agree! My Playdoh's (RIP) purr was so loud and wonderful I named it *"the fundering purr"*; funder, as in thunder, but in cat dialect. I got him to the point where he would allow me to lay on his hind flank/leg/hip at night and if he wasn't there, purring, then I just couldn't sleep. That cat carved out a piece of my heart that will never, ever be filled. I lost my precious Bengal, Chairman Meow, on March 20, 2017 to Diabetes, then Playdoh on October 16, 2017.to Anaplastic Sarcoma. Chairman was my absolute best friend in the world and would actually talk back to me and understood me when I talked to him. Playdoh lived through hell and back with me. He was my 20-pound linebacker with no neck and everyone called him a dog. He even barked a few times. I'm not kidding! He loved to ride in my car with me and would even go to work with me when I was an Event Coordinator at Michael's for a time. He lived in my car with me for 2-1/2 years when I became homeless and was there with me when I was accepted back to University and moved into my on-campus housing. i'm still grieving for my two boys, and I don't think it's ever going to end. Plus, I've been looking for another Bengal but can't seem to find any. Every single time I find one that is compatible with my house, someone with 14 cats already thinks they need another one and snags him out from under me! Every. single. time. I'm losing hope I've ever going to find my boy. :'(
I’ve always had dogs my entire life and thought I preferred dogs. Anyway fast forward I got a kitten because of this guy lol and I love her. Cats are a hoot!!! Love playing with her!!! So different from dogs love her! She’s fun and curious to totally independent.
I once babysit my friend's cat. She barely knows me, in an unfamiliar place, but she sat on my chest, smurgling and purring. She was the friendliest and sweetest kitty.
When my kitty do it I say that she "pierze" in Polish it means doing laundry. It reminds me of doing laundry by your hands, like in old times😁 sorry for my english☹️ Greetings from Poland!
When not accompanied by the suckling motion, we call kneading "Happy Feets". We adopted a cat who was likely weaned too early and she did Happy Feets with the suckling motion, often on our chests, and she would get our shirts sopping wet. This suckling always happened during snuggle times, so we called it "Snuckles" or "Snucks" 😻😽
This is so sweet! The first time I met my kitty we instantly bonded. I noticed she was "smurgling" right away. The first time I held her... same thing. The lady who sat in on our first meeting said "I hope she can go home with you it's clear you've already bonded". It's a beautiful thing when a cat chooses you... aaaand hearing scientific facts to back it up is awesome
That's - 'Paddy Pawing'. My boy does it but he was not taken way from his mother to soon! He lived with her all his life until she passed away when he was 7 years old.
My foster girl just started smurgling out of nowhere😂 she’s a snuggler but has never made biscuits before. Just now she came up to my foot and lay on it, so I picked her up and the baking began. She wouldn’t stop. Purrs and baking. Felt awesome😋 I looked up this video whilst the baking was ongoing and she sat to watch her fellow felines and fell asleep😴
Dawwww. My cat does this when she's on soft blankets or beds. And when she's being brushed. She loves being brushed. Being brushed is her catnip. She's one of the cats who doesn't react to catnip at all. But she acts completely strung out when she's being brushed. It is completely adorable. She'll need our stomachs and purr and even make moaning sounds.
Aww! My big baby Hunni Bun (was bottle raised) and he does "air smurgles." It is adorable! He'll be laying on his back feet in the air just smurgling away.
What is bottle raised? 😅 It's probably silly I am thinking of you raising a cat in a bottle lol. Hmmm probably talking about a milk feeder or something...
My Bruce is the only cat I've shared my home with who doesn't do this. We took him from mama at like 8 weeks rather than 6. I'm Scottish and we called it sponging, or padding. Scratching is cooking. Derived from crook as cats claws resemble a Shepherds crook. Great video
When my late cat Indy used to do it to my ex he called it 'squashing the kiwifruits'. Because my cat would almost always Smurgle him in his groin area.
Aweee. I'm happy crying. I love finding out that my beautiful kitty baby loves me. I sometimes feel like I'm not doing enough. I love your videos Jackson. I am so thankful for your knowledge.
My cat kneads all the time. Especially when he’s tired. He’ll come up to me and I’ll lift up the blankets and he’ll go right underneath it and start kneading and purring. It’s so cute.
I got my kitten two to three days ago. She only needed a little bit of time to warm up to us. She loves smurgling a lot. She will often knead on my thighs or on my chest. She’s so cute but also super energetic and hyper. 😂🧡
I am an accidental cat owner...many cats, most are feral. The momma is in my house after being abandoned by a woman down the street who abandoned 3 total. I got the female with all the baby making. She was found in my garage with a few kittens. Got almost all fixed including Mamma. She kept sneaking into my house and eventually, I just gave up and let her stay inside which is no small trick since I also have two rescue dogs and two parrots. She stalks the parrots so I have to be very careful. She is a kneader also..but she has scratched the dickens out of me doing her "bisquit making". I wondered why she was doing that and now I know.
My big Maine Coon mix Rory smurgles my head, while suckling on my hair. I have to keep his claws trimmed, or ouch! He was born outside in fall to a feral mother and rescued/separated at 4 week old, because it was getting cold out! I was looking at another cat at his crowded country shelter, when picked me to be his human, by jumping on my shoulders, wrapping himself around my neck, and purring! We have a special bond, as you can tell! He is also wonderful and so gentle to my foster cats and kittens!
I’m so glad my Seba isn’t the only cat who smurgles while having a mouth full of fabric. She’s 15 and we both love cuddles that end up with this. I always know she’s happy, and her joy means the world to me.
Thanks for this. I’m trying to convince my husband that this is OK. Thanks to your video (and another telling him NOT to punish a cat for this, he may actually be learning.
Jackson galaxy ❤️ thank you for these videos. Firstly they are hilarious and love the accent (I'm English so it's so funny) And secondly these videos are very helpful and I love all of what you do. xx
I always called it milking or massaging. Though it often makes me sad because I deal with many abandoned kittens, I'm also very happy that they have me and their soft blankets to smurkle endlessly on.
Thank you Jaclson Galaxy for your UA-cam tutorials... these videos have helped us with our rescue for the past 3 years and we have learned what she is communicating thru her body language and in turn she has learned some of our body language and this wonderful family relationship was all possible because of you
Omg. I’ve had cats all my life and never had one do exactly what the one I have now does. I always thought it was a mimic of nursing, and you confirmed it. She has her own blanket, but will only do this on ME, with said blanket. I’ve never seen her do this any other time. It’s a ritual at 4:45 when my alarm goes off. I hear this faint meow, she waits until I say her name and grab her blanket. I have countless videos because I find it so adorable. ❤️
Hi Jackson, I call it happy dancing, happy massage, happy paddle or happy wiggle with face smush.I have a new term to include, smurgle lol with catitude lol. Take care and thanks.
Thank goodness for the explanation. I assumed it was a loving gesture, but the reasonable confirm is wonderful. I have four cats and three of them smurgle me nonstop! In fact, If I do not keep up the nails trim, I would probably get permanent holes in my body. After all, who wants to stop a cat mid-smurgle. Also, I love the term - smurgle One of my four cats, Mischief, goes for the ears as well. One question, what is it when the cat lays on his back and smurgles the air? My cat, Pallas, does this all the time. He's also my shadow. Pallas follows me everywhere, sleeps with me... Thank you for your help!
This made me cry watching all the smurgling... My orange tabby, Fyodor, used to smurgle only when he was really 100% comfortable (only ever with me, not my boyfriend) and he would suck on his back toe while he did it. It was the cutest sound ever, it was like he was sucking his thumb. He died in June from Leukemia, it came on suddenly after I’d had him for 12 years with zero symptoms and the only cat he ever interacted with is my other little girl who was brought in the family at about a year old, so if she had the Leukemia she wouldn’t still be alive now (at least, that’s my understanding of how it works I could be wrong). It was sudden and heartbreaking, I have never been closer with any other organism period than I was with him. I’ll have a big orange tabby shaped hole in my heart for the rest of my life. Now my other cat and I have been inseparable, because she was super dependent on him. Sorry I puked my heart up a bit over this video, but watching it made me sad/happy - remembering him but heartbroken that we’ll never smurgle again.
My sweet boy has a particular blanket he loves to knead. Laying down for bed, pulling my cat against me under the blanket with his black kneading blanket in reach is the best recipe for making biscuits.
OMG Jackson, I loved this video. I just found your channel. I'm gonna go back and binge your vids. I have loved My Cat from Hell for years. I've actually used what you've taught your clients on the show not only with cats I've had but some of it worked with my dogs......... Now if I can only apply it to my 77 year old mother.
My kitty Hunter did that for a long time after I got him. We adopted him from our local shelter at 8-9 weeks old and he did the kneading and suckling thing for almost a year. Now he just kneads.
Please more, cat daddy’s dictionary is adorable 😻. Love it! Smurgeling just entered our vocabulary when talking with and about our living room tigers. One of ours does it to my husbands neck, we used to say she’s getting on his nerves lol 😁. Well all this maybe badly translated, we are talking German. Anyway. Now Plush that’s her name, she is smurgeling. Thank you cat daddy!
Pussildumps 😍 that is adorable!!! My orange tabby Princess Caramel Cakes will do this on any super soft blanket. We have a few over couches so when she feels the need she can pussildump anytime. So cute it's like she is in a blissful trance
We have 2 kitties we've taken in... Katie, a 7 lb Calico, was abt 2 wks. I bottle fed her until she turned it away. She was abt 10 wks old. She 7 yo now and my hubby always has wet spots on his shirts. Lol My boy Opie was discovered at abt 3 wks old one cold and rainy Nov night by our nephew on his father's farm. I also bottle fed him. He's 4 now and a 23 lb ginger and white bi-color lovey who can't go to sleep at night without a 30 min smurgling session with my neck. He's the best cuddler! My heart breaks for these babies, however, for us, it has been our greatest reward. ❤️🙏✌️
Aw it is so sweet how much my cat loves smurgling. Especially my inner arms, which being a woman of a certain age, are very soft and moveable. Especially at 2 am, 3 am, 4 am and the 5 am smurgles. 😬 we are working on it 😊
My one cat only makes dough on her kitty bed & after having her for many years, she started doing it on her new bed. Never saw her do it before. My other kitty just drools all over me & everything near me when he's in a lovin mood. I miss the Makin dough though.
My Bobo Buddy loves to smurgle every single night and for us, I just call him up on the bed and say "It's bwanket (translation-blanket) time!" He kneads and kisses on his blanket that's on my chest and we fall asleep with purrs and love! ❤😻😍💤
Oh, how she kneads me ! 💞 My sweet furbaby will occasionally push her head against my side at cuddletime as if to say move over- When she first did this yrs ago, I was amazed at her strength & perseverance to "nudge" me to tell me how much she "kneads me" ! 😂😻😁
My Mom always called it kneading bread but I say making biscuits now. Have heard it called comfort nursing. Whatever you call it, it's a good reason to keep their nails trimmed.
Hi gang, thanks for all of the great comments. I think I need to clarify something re smurgling, because I didn't explain it well in the video. So... yes, smurgling IS very common with cats who were weaned too early or were bottle-fed, but no, it's not limited to those cats. Smurgling is, in the critical early life of a kitten, one of the first actions (if not THE first) that they accomplish on their own. Minutes old, they get nourishment, warmth and maternal identification - in other words, “the thing on the other end of my paw is the most important thing in the world.”
So, yes, although very common in the early-weaned and bottle babies, smurgling can stick around in ANY cat to some extent later in life when that primal sense of comfort, safety, and love are present. Sorry for not clarifying this in the video.
Either way, one thing for sure is that the behavior is your cat bringing themselves back to that blissful moment because they feel... blissful!
I have two cats and they both smurgle. One is very gentle while the other digs in with her "talons of terror". Any advice on how to get my girl to take it easy with the claws?
I had a Maine Coon that I found on the street & as soon as I brought him home, he started smurgling my shirt! It was so sweet! He outgrew it as he got older.
i have a lovey cat who is my first lap kitty. She is now a cat smurgler, too, and she steals my heart every day.
Neither one of my kittens make biscuits but 2 of my older cats do.
So I didn't mean my bottle kitten too early if she smurgles as an adult?
Smurgle.... ha love it. We've always just called it kneading. Just found a stray who is a passionate smurgler
Mm, I've heard of a cat burglar, but a cat smurgler? Lol.
we call it 'puddins'
I always called it kneading, too. Or Squishing.
😍 I love when cats do this.
Me too, my (ex) stray Felix constantly kneads and purrs🥰
We call them kitty biscuits!😸
hey everyone - I'm loving all of these other words for Smurgle - from kneading to "playing piano," "Fluffing pillows," etc... bring it on - tell me what *you* call it!
Jackson Galaxy in german it is called treteln which is a cutiefied Version of treten =kicking. 😊
We like to call it "paw massage" and it's one of the cutest things our cat does.
Mashing potatoes!
Making muffins!
Baking cakes
Yeah, making biscuits or kneading. When they're relaxed, happy, feeling the oneness of contentment. Accompanied by purring.
I'm from Portugal 🇵🇹 we call it "amassar" meening "doing Bread" 😻😻😻 I love when my 3 😸 does that ❤️❤️❤️
And drooling.
@@Lionesse-z41553 Mine doesn't drool
No making biscuits paired with blanket sucking
Didn't Fergie write a song about this? Smurgalicious, wasn't it?
It was Fergalicious
@@grobanite4ever85 woosh.
@@grobanite4ever85 wrinkle free brain
My husband said “why do they make biscuits on my belly and not yours?” I told him it’s because he has fluffy material! 😂
Now you can confidently tell people when they see your cats making biscuits on him that they also know he’s husband material. 😉
Scientifically proven that cats like women more than men 😂
I was confused at first because it is called kneading where I am from. I hear that the term came about because that action that the cats do resembles kneading bread dough.
Mapledrop I’ve always heard it’s called kneading also (California here)
Same here
I’ve always thought that it was kneading too, and everyone I know says kneading as well. (Australia)
I called it kneading also
Same here in New Zealand
My cat mochi was found when she was very young and very sickly. Now she is a healthy lump who is a professional baker. She must first feel around the blanket for the perfect dough consistency, finally finding the right spot, taking a little chomp, and gets to work. She gets into a trance while baking and can not be disturbed, and will only bake on my lap. A great baker indeed to makes top quality biscuits.
So beautifully put!! Ty
😂😂
I call it "padding". It's usually accompanied by loud purring which is the best lullaby in the world 😻
I agree! My Playdoh's (RIP) purr was so loud and wonderful I named it *"the fundering purr"*; funder, as in thunder, but in cat dialect. I got him to the point where he would allow me to lay on his hind flank/leg/hip at night and if he wasn't there, purring, then I just couldn't sleep.
That cat carved out a piece of my heart that will never, ever be filled.
I lost my precious Bengal, Chairman Meow, on March 20, 2017 to Diabetes, then Playdoh on October 16, 2017.to Anaplastic Sarcoma. Chairman was my absolute best friend in the world and would actually talk back to me and understood me when I talked to him.
Playdoh lived through hell and back with me. He was my 20-pound linebacker with no neck and everyone called him a dog. He even barked a few times. I'm not kidding! He loved to ride in my car with me and would even go to work with me when I was an Event Coordinator at Michael's for a time. He lived in my car with me for 2-1/2 years when I became homeless and was there with me when I was accepted back to University and moved into my on-campus housing. i'm still grieving for my two boys, and I don't think it's ever going to end. Plus, I've been looking for another Bengal but can't seem to find any. Every single time I find one that is compatible with my house, someone with 14 cats already thinks they need another one and snags him out from under me! Every. single. time.
I'm losing hope I've ever going to find my boy. :'(
@@glittercatstudios Don't lose hope. The right boy for you is out there. You just haven't met him yet.
Pythonaria Awww!! I love how your described that!!
Carla René omg, that’s adorable!
@@glittercatstudios hang in there, friend. Your cat-mate is out there looking for you, too!
Please please please publish your dictionary one day. We need it! Hugs from Norway.
I'd buy it!
@@lapislazuli06 same
What a great idea! Hugs from Greece!
I'd buy it and don't even own a cat. Wife doesn't like cats!
After being raised by cats my pug smurgles along with them.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?! THAT'S AMAZING :D
We want video proof! 😉
Watching clips of kitties smurgling is the cutest thing ever. 😻
*Greetings from Turkey Jackson Galaxy. I'm taking videos of stray cats. I have 242 videos. I take them to the vet and build cat houses :)*
What a good person you are! Thank you for your kindness! 💖
I do that on the winter with some abandoned cats I feed at our old land every night I head to work. They stay under our old trailer.
@@macariusfreestyle8521
How kind you are, too! 🤗
Love ur vids honey! U r awesome n so r ur cottons!
You don’t just talk about helping, you “walk the talk”. You are my hero.
May God bless you for your compassion and generosity! 😺😺😺
I dont have a cat, and I prefer dogs to cats. But watching this dude's love for cats just puts me in a better mood, every time.
I’ve always had dogs my entire life and thought I preferred dogs. Anyway fast forward I got a kitten because of this guy lol and I love her. Cats are a hoot!!! Love playing with her!!! So different from dogs love her! She’s fun and curious to totally independent.
my cats knead but don't nurse. they normally knead for a bit before laying down on me.
Sameee
Mine too, but they are old.
I have one that will pet me back.
same
They're just trying to knead you to the perfect consistency before they plop down on you!
@@waterandafter pet you back? That's adorable
I once babysit my friend's cat. She barely knows me, in an unfamiliar place, but she sat on my chest, smurgling and purring. She was the friendliest and sweetest kitty.
Oh my, all the cozy kitties smurgling to lovely fairy music--it's so pure! ☺ As a dog person, I wasn't prepared for all the feels!
Aww. That's so sweet that you came on a cat video. Did you end up adopting a cat, too?
When my kitty do it I say that she "pierze" in Polish it means doing laundry. It reminds me of doing laundry by your hands, like in old times😁 sorry for my english☹️ Greetings from Poland!
Love it!
Your English was perfect, and your story is charming. Greetings in return from the United States.
@@catreader9733 thank you!
We always call it "Kitty Love" she's giving mommy some kitty love. Because to me that's the best way fur them to show us how they feel....
My cat's name is Biskit. Guess why? Lol
When not accompanied by the suckling motion, we call kneading "Happy Feets". We adopted a cat who was likely weaned too early and she did Happy Feets with the suckling motion, often on our chests, and she would get our shirts sopping wet. This suckling always happened during snuggle times, so we called it "Snuckles" or "Snucks" 😻😽
This is so sweet! The first time I met my kitty we instantly bonded. I noticed she was "smurgling" right away. The first time I held her... same thing. The lady who sat in on our first meeting said "I hope she can go home with you it's clear you've already bonded". It's a beautiful thing when a cat chooses you... aaaand hearing scientific facts to back it up is awesome
That's - 'Paddy Pawing'.
My boy does it but he was not taken way from his mother to soon!
He lived with her all his life until she passed away when he was 7 years old.
I like that expression better, I think.
we called it pitty -patting
My girl cat kneads my bed. She nursed until she had teeth, and then Mom said, "No more!" This is normal, I think.
Same. Two of my girls have one of their kids each around and they all do it. The one was waaaay too old when it’s mom decided no more nursing.
Miu killed me with that little active tongue! Laughed a lot!
I refer to it as kneading in English but in German one way to call it is 'Milch treten' or milk kicking if you translate it directly
I could honestly watch a whole hour of cats smurgleing - it was so relaxing
What’s next? A bumper sticker “Has your cat 🐈 smurgled you today?”
Bruce Smith I hope so tbh
If not already, there should be.
i need that in my life
YES!!
My foster girl just started smurgling out of nowhere😂 she’s a snuggler but has never made biscuits before. Just now she came up to my foot and lay on it, so I picked her up and the baking began. She wouldn’t stop. Purrs and baking. Felt awesome😋 I looked up this video whilst the baking was ongoing and she sat to watch her fellow felines and fell asleep😴
It is so funny my cats will run to me when they hear your voice
The cuteness factor was off of the charts honestly. Ya gotta love cats and all of there quirks!
Dawwww. My cat does this when she's on soft blankets or beds. And when she's being brushed. She loves being brushed. Being brushed is her catnip. She's one of the cats who doesn't react to catnip at all. But she acts completely strung out when she's being brushed. It is completely adorable. She'll need our stomachs and purr and even make moaning sounds.
My foster car snurred. Yep. She purred loudly while snoring. It got her adopted into the best family. She’s still trying to teach them all.
i call it “making muffins” to be cute, but i always heard it be officially referred to as kneading
Aww! My big baby Hunni Bun (was bottle raised) and he does "air smurgles." It is adorable! He'll be laying on his back feet in the air just smurgling away.
adorable
What is bottle raised? 😅
It's probably silly I am thinking of you raising a cat in a bottle lol.
Hmmm probably talking about a milk feeder or something...
@@elainehelmont4647 yes, bottle-feeding a kitten instead of mama milk
my cat, seeing any blanket: M O T H E R
My Bruce is the only cat I've shared my home with who doesn't do this. We took him from mama at like 8 weeks rather than 6. I'm Scottish and we called it sponging, or padding. Scratching is cooking. Derived from crook as cats claws resemble a Shepherds crook. Great video
When my late cat Indy used to do it to my ex he called it 'squashing the kiwifruits'. Because my cat would almost always Smurgle him in his groin area.
Amethyst - 😂😂😂😂
Aweee. I'm happy crying. I love finding out that my beautiful kitty baby loves me. I sometimes feel like I'm not doing enough. I love your videos Jackson. I am so thankful for your knowledge.
My cat kneads all the time. Especially when he’s tired. He’ll come up to me and I’ll lift up the blankets and he’ll go right underneath it and start kneading and purring. It’s so cute.
Not convinced about the parental figure thing, but surely deep comfort, trust and contentness.
I got my kitten two to three days ago. She only needed a little bit of time to warm up to us. She loves smurgling a lot. She will often knead on my thighs or on my chest. She’s so cute but also super energetic and hyper. 😂🧡
I am an accidental cat owner...many cats, most are feral. The momma is in my house after being abandoned by a woman down the street who abandoned 3 total. I got the female with all the baby making. She was found in my garage with a few kittens. Got almost all fixed including Mamma. She kept sneaking into my house and eventually, I just gave up and let her stay inside which is no small trick since I also have two rescue dogs and two parrots. She stalks the parrots so I have to be very careful. She is a kneader also..but she has scratched the dickens out of me doing her "bisquit making". I wondered why she was doing that and now I know.
Neither of my cats does this, but we all love each other madly. The closest thing to smurgling around here is the cats cleaning each other : )
That’s a good sigh that they were weened properly. a lot of the time they are separated from their mother too soon
My big Maine Coon mix Rory smurgles my head, while suckling on my hair. I have to keep his claws trimmed, or ouch! He was born outside in fall to a feral mother and rescued/separated at 4 week old, because it was getting cold out! I was looking at another cat at his crowded country shelter, when picked me to be his human, by jumping on my shoulders, wrapping himself around my neck, and purring! We have a special bond, as you can tell! He is also wonderful and so gentle to my foster cats and kittens!
the best bakers of the century 🥺
I’m so glad my Seba isn’t the only cat who smurgles while having a mouth full of fabric. She’s 15 and we both love cuddles that end up with this. I always know she’s happy, and her joy means the world to me.
Thanks for this. I’m trying to convince my husband that this is OK. Thanks to your video (and another telling him NOT to punish a cat for this, he may actually be learning.
Punish? How do you punish a cat?
Jackson galaxy ❤️ thank you for these videos. Firstly they are hilarious and love the accent (I'm English so it's so funny)
And secondly these videos are very helpful and I love all of what you do. xx
I call it nuzzling and I love it when both my cats do it, it's almost like a massage and they both purr while doing it lol its adorable ❤️.
I always called it milking or massaging. Though it often makes me sad because I deal with many abandoned kittens, I'm also very happy that they have me and their soft blankets to smurkle endlessly on.
I like the new "sense of humor" Jackson! Very entertaining! 😊
I always call it "kneading". Adorable kitties! Loved it! Thanks Jackson!
Love it! Yet another secret word to confuse non-cat people moohaha!
Thank you Jaclson Galaxy for your UA-cam tutorials... these videos have helped us with our rescue for the past 3 years and we have learned what she is communicating thru her body language and in turn she has learned some of our body language and this wonderful family relationship was all possible because of you
If I sing " you are my sunshine" to my kitty Samantha, she immediately does this & we enjoy a snuggle, er, smurgle! I love her ♡
Omg. I’ve had cats all my life and never had one do exactly what the one I have now does. I always thought it was a mimic of nursing, and you confirmed it. She has her own blanket, but will only do this on ME, with said blanket. I’ve never seen her do this any other time. It’s a ritual at 4:45 when my alarm goes off. I hear this faint meow, she waits until I say her name and grab her blanket. I have countless videos because I find it so adorable. ❤️
Hi Jackson, I call it happy dancing, happy massage, happy paddle or happy wiggle with face smush.I have a new term to include, smurgle lol with catitude lol. Take care and thanks.
Thank goodness for the explanation. I assumed it was a loving gesture, but the reasonable confirm is wonderful. I have four cats and three of them smurgle me nonstop! In fact, If I do not keep up the nails trim, I would probably get permanent holes in my body. After all, who wants to stop a cat mid-smurgle. Also, I love the term - smurgle One of my four cats, Mischief, goes for the ears as well. One question, what is it when the cat lays on his back and smurgles the air? My cat, Pallas, does this all the time. He's also my shadow. Pallas follows me everywhere, sleeps with me... Thank you for your help!
so cute i had a couple of cats did that :)
its so cute we called it making his bed
This made me cry watching all the smurgling... My orange tabby, Fyodor, used to smurgle only when he was really 100% comfortable (only ever with me, not my boyfriend) and he would suck on his back toe while he did it. It was the cutest sound ever, it was like he was sucking his thumb. He died in June from Leukemia, it came on suddenly after I’d had him for 12 years with zero symptoms and the only cat he ever interacted with is my other little girl who was brought in the family at about a year old, so if she had the Leukemia she wouldn’t still be alive now (at least, that’s my understanding of how it works I could be wrong). It was sudden and heartbreaking, I have never been closer with any other organism period than I was with him. I’ll have a big orange tabby shaped hole in my heart for the rest of my life. Now my other cat and I have been inseparable, because she was super dependent on him. Sorry I puked my heart up a bit over this video, but watching it made me sad/happy - remembering him but heartbroken that we’ll never smurgle again.
I've had cats for 20 years, never heard of smurgle. Is it making biscuits?
yeah its the same thing
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Cats knead dough for bread :)
We call it "lovey paws"! But "smurgle " works.....gets that slobber mouth thing into the combined action, lol.😺
While I was watching this vid my cat came up and started doing just that, such an adorable boy!
It’s “making muffins” as my 7 yr old daughter says everynight 😻😻
My sweet boy has a particular blanket he loves to knead. Laying down for bed, pulling my cat against me under the blanket with his black kneading blanket in reach is the best recipe for making biscuits.
In Greece we call it "Patusakia" aka little paws 🐱❤
OMG Jackson, I loved this video. I just found your channel. I'm gonna go back and binge your vids. I have loved My Cat from Hell for years. I've actually used what you've taught your clients on the show not only with cats I've had but some of it worked with my dogs......... Now if I can only apply it to my 77 year old mother.
It's funny cause I found a stray kitten and when he was older he would always want to nibble on my ear 😂❤🐱
Mine started doing this ever since I got pregnant. She's definitely sweeter than normal and loves to snuggle up to my tummy.
How proper. I tell my cat "Time to make the donuts" when he is kneading.
I loved that commercial
My mom always says that to our cats!
My kitty Hunter did that for a long time after I got him. We adopted him from our local shelter at 8-9 weeks old and he did the kneading and suckling thing for almost a year. Now he just kneads.
2:12 that cat is smurgling and derping at the same time
Hahaha I love that expression, so different than any cat in this video🤣
Please more, cat daddy’s dictionary is adorable 😻. Love it! Smurgeling just entered our vocabulary when talking with and about our living room tigers. One of ours does it to my husbands neck, we used to say she’s getting on his nerves lol 😁. Well all this maybe badly translated, we are talking German. Anyway. Now Plush that’s her name, she is smurgeling. Thank you cat daddy!
My cat did this! I didn't know what it was called, since he was the only cat I've known that would 'nurse' (on his tail).
My kneads (or smuggles, apparently) his favorite blanket.
We say “making dough” our tortie will hump the blanket while she makes dough on she’s always done that! 😹
Pussildumps 😍 that is adorable!!! My orange tabby Princess Caramel Cakes will do this on any super soft blanket. We have a few over couches so when she feels the need she can pussildump anytime. So cute it's like she is in a blissful trance
It's knitting! I ask him if he is making me a sweater when he does it.
Hah! That fluffy cat Smurgling while rep-blepping 2:12 ...adorably derpy!
The accent...the fake MGM lion...and the cats.
Smiled and laughed for good measure, too!
My bottle fed 2 yr old male does this all the time. He loves those soft blankets.
Lol.. My mum and I call that them making Muffins 😂😂😂😂
We have 2 kitties we've taken in... Katie, a 7 lb Calico, was abt 2 wks. I bottle fed her until she turned it away. She was abt 10 wks old. She 7 yo now and my hubby always has wet spots on his shirts. Lol
My boy Opie was discovered at abt 3 wks old one cold and rainy Nov night by our nephew on his father's farm. I also bottle fed him. He's 4 now and a 23 lb ginger and white bi-color lovey who can't go to sleep at night without a 30 min smurgling session with my neck. He's the best cuddler!
My heart breaks for these babies, however, for us, it has been our greatest reward. ❤️🙏✌️
Do big cats (lions, tigers, leopards, etc.) smurgle?
I wonder the same.
Yup
They do.
But the only big cat that can purr is the Cheetah. All the others have flexible larynx bones so aren't physically able.
Yup
Yes
Jackson, ur paw-some! Thanks for all u do 4 our feline fur babies.
One of my cats came up to smurgle me as I was watching this video 😂
Jackson....I have been watching you since day 1 and now this! LUV YA !!!!! PUURRRRFECT
I love how the term smurgle sounds like the name of a Pokémon. The Pokémon is spelt Smeargle but they sound similar
And Smeargle is a _dog!_
Aw it is so sweet how much my cat loves smurgling. Especially my inner arms, which being a woman of a certain age, are very soft and moveable. Especially at 2 am, 3 am, 4 am and the 5 am smurgles. 😬 we are working on it 😊
I also just love how this series is essentially just an excuse to play cute cat videos lmao
I love this channel found it scrolling through UA-cam for cat related things and this channel popped up!!! Am subscribed now
My cat usually does it when she's hungry and I've been ignoring her other cues ;)
My one cat only makes dough on her kitty bed & after having her for many years, she started doing it on her new bed. Never saw her do it before. My other kitty just drools all over me & everything near me when he's in a lovin mood.
I miss the Makin dough though.
My Bobo Buddy loves to smurgle every single night and for us, I just call him up on the bed and say "It's bwanket (translation-blanket) time!" He kneads and kisses on his blanket that's on my chest and we fall asleep with purrs and love! ❤😻😍💤
Cant wait for the next video jackson! I couldn't stop smiling😊😄😄
Oh, how she kneads me ! 💞 My sweet furbaby will occasionally push her head against my side at cuddletime as if to say move over- When she first did this yrs ago, I was amazed at her strength & perseverance to "nudge" me to tell me how much she "kneads me" ! 😂😻😁
😂😂 omg I love these so much. Keep em comin Cat Daddy! ♡
Always called it kneading or making bread lol
My Mom always called it kneading bread but I say making biscuits now. Have heard it called comfort nursing. Whatever you call it, it's a good reason to keep their nails trimmed.