What do you call it when your cat kneads something?

[bertha katzenengel]

Making biscuits at our house. We have "biscuit pillows" -- pillows on which it seems none of our pets can stop themselves from making biscuits. (Was that English?)

I think Heidi said at her house it's "gentle milk steps."

I'm bored. Can you tell?

this thread = serious copycat thread material

[Forkboy]

1. "sponging"

I don't know why. :silly:

[jobycom]

2. A knecessity?

[bertha katzenengel]

44. Hahahahaha

:thumbsup:

[Beaverhausen]

3. "making bread" or if it's me they are kneading, "giving a massage"

my Annie gives good massages!

[meow2u3]

54. Wouldn't that be a "meowssage"?

just asking

[NV Whino]

4. Pitty-pats

Stop with the pitty-pats is a frequent comment around my place.

[bicentennial_baby]

5. Making biscuits

:)

[TroglodyteScholar]

18. I've always called it 'making biscuits' too... n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

32. making biscuits is what we call it too.

are we all from the same part of the country?

[TroglodyteScholar]

33. Well, I'm from Alamaba originally...

Maybe it's a southern thing...?

[bicentennial_baby]

41. Lol...Born and bred in Massachusetts

:D

[TroglodyteScholar]

49. Well then clearly it's a regional thing...

...you know, the AL-MA axis :crazy:

[Sequoia]

6. We called it "pushy paws".

[Drum]

7. We always called it "marching" or "kneading"

but I really like "pushy-paws." :)

[siligut]

8. Checking for bugs.

Theory is that the cat doesn’t want to lie down on creepy crawlies, so a built in method is to pad around a bit to give them a chance to get out of the way. Same reason dogs go in a circle first.

DH is pretty sure that I must have bugs and that is why the cat started to knead, he really hasn’t had pets before.

[Dora]

9. "makin' biscuits"

It's a reflex from kittenhood. When kittens are nursing, they use their paws to knead at the teat in order to promote milk letdown. Or so I've been told.

[pokerfan]

12. Another theory

is that it's nesting behavior, like dogs turning circles before they lie down to sleep.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneading_(cats)

"You can milk anything with nipples."

[skygazer]

10. "Kneading"

I'm a pretty boring person. :P

[mainegreen]

11. muffining. n/t

[ceile]

13. Making biscuits.

Or "ouch! stop that!"

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. 'Ow! Claws!'

x(

[unpossibles]

15. makin biscuits

funny - never realized how many people say that.

[meow2u3]

16. Pumping

Kitty "pumps the paws."

[Mutley]

17. Serious injury.

Little bastard claws the hell out of me when he does it. He's made me bleed on several occasions while "making biscuits".

:scared:

[stuntcat]

19. "making it soft"

they mostly do it when they're about to lie down so it's like they're getting their little spot ready.

[MrCoffee]

20. Excruciating.

[littlebit]

21. I call it

annoying as hell and painful. The little butt head waits until I go to sleep and then does it on my chest. I really think that cat is plotting my death.

[Lil Missy]

22. knitting.

[Xipe Totec]

23. Cats have kneads

I'm milking this thread for all I can...

[bertha katzenengel]

45. Ooh, goody, more puns!

:thumbsup:

[sniffa]

24. "Uh-oh, he's going to prove that he can

still leave a deposit even though he was neutered."

Or, "making biscuits" for short.

[redqueen]

25. Making dough.

[terrya]

26. I called it "squishies"

When my kitty Chess was still alive, I would refer to that as her giving "squishies".

[galledgoblin]

27. "that's cute cat, but my leg is not a scratching post,

and you'd better not try that when I take my pants off."

bit of a mouthful.

[petronius]

28. Punctured testicles

My cat doesn't understand when (and when not) to use the pointy foot bits...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Poking small but painful holes in my skin.

[leftyclimber]

30. "making cat paws"

Which doesn't really make sense, because they have paws all the time, and have no actual need to make them.

Hm.

[applegrove]

31. "making butter" is what my grandmother called it.

[1]

34. i love the way she looks directly into my eyes when she does that...

i can hear her thinking "you like that? yeah... you LIKE THAT!"



i'm all, ouch kitty please no...

[unsavedtrash]

35. making biscuits

and they love to try doing it on my belly.

[madinmaryland]

36. Making dough.

:shrug:

[NMDemDist2]

37. we call it the "happy kitty dance" n/t

[KitchenWitch]

38. Kitty hugs.

[Robeson]

39. I just call it CUTE! Mrs Robeson thinks I over-indulge our cats, because no matter...

...what they do, I just think its CUTE!!! :-)

[Gormy Cuss]

40. Kneading.

:hi:

[amitten]

42. Just kneading. n/t

[1]

43. i wish i had them claws...

for some folks.

"come here. no a little closer..." *lash*

:)

[BarenakedLady]

46. Kneading

[mitchum]

47. "making starfish paws"

[Orsino]

48. Kneading.

Supposedly, it's a kitten signal to mama cat that baby wants milk, and many adult cats seem to retain that behavior as some sort of greeting or endorsement of their humans.

[Rabrrrrrr]

50. I call it "the last action it made before I put a bullet in its head"

But, you know, I'm kinda grumpy.

:P

[Spacemom]

51. We call it "making bread" n/t

[Connonym]

53. ditto on "making bread"

[Phillycat]

52. Making biscuits here too. :)

[realisticphish]

55. kneading

making biscuits is what he does in his litterbox :D

[MorningGlow]

56. Just "kneading"

But we are convinced that the cats are muttering to themselves, "You (victim) need kneading," to which we answer, "Cat, I do NOT need kneading. No really. REALLY..." soon followed by "OW! Okay, you're done." Fling. "Meworw!"

And then, if it's our neurotic runt, she does a revenge poop in the hallway or the den. Thank the gods we have hardwood floors.