Question of the Day: Saturday, Jan 25

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Good morning everyone! Jed and I have a nightly ritual. When I go to the bathroom and start brushing my teeth, he knows it's bedtime. He'll trot over from wherever he is to wait at the bathroom door (he doesn't come in). Then he'll follow me into the bedroom and wait next to my bed. Once I climb into bed and start reading my book, he'll jump on and start kneading my blanket-covered legs. He goes up and down both legs and knead and purr and occasionally make squeaky noises. He even wants my legs in a certain position - he makes whiny meows if they are oddly positioned until I change them.

What are some of the odd things your cats knead on?
 

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Two of my cats never knead. The middle one will occasionally jump onto my lap here at the computer and if my left arm is blocking where he wants to be, he'll knead it until l move it so he can assume his rightly position.
 

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Only 1 of my 3 kneads. She doesn't do it often and only does it on my stomach. I always thought that cats kneaded where they want to lay down, but Julie kneads my stomach then goes to lay down next to my feet.
 

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Mogli isn't much of a kneader, though he'll occasionally knead my arm when I'm hugging him. He insists on hugs.
 

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Camelot will knead on anything fuzzy - fuzzy blanket, sweater, pillow and so forth

 

Morgana kneads on my chest before falling asleep there when it is our bedtime. During the day, she will knead whenever she wants to perch/snooze on me, whether my lap, legs, head or back.

 
 

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My girls usually stick to blankets; but the prefer me to be underneath them!  Mooch will knead me till it hurts.  She even left a bruise once.  She drools just a little bit while she kneads too.  Noodles will on occasion; but Mooch is the one who gets really into it.
 

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When we first got both of our cats, they would knead on us if we were holding them.  As time went by, both dropped that behavior.  Kind of interesting, maybe they required that comforting behavior on us at the beginning to establish their bond with us?  Sounds like a plausible theory.

Anyway, now both of them knead on blankets.  Casper particularly likes our down comforter, probably because it makes a little crinkly sound and he always liked that noise.  Cocoa will also, but she kneads in the cat bed as well (casper doesn't use it).
 

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I haven't seen Ruby knead yet.  She'll purr up a storm before falling asleep, but no kneading.
 

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Akassa likes to kneed people... especially my husband's... pants area...

Soren kneeds me mainly. He even kneeds my dirty clothes if they are in his reach. I guess since they smell like me.
 

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My knitting.  While I'm knitting it...
 
 

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Mollipop will come to bed with me and settle down in the crook of my left arm. Then she'll knead my left armpit and go up into the left side of my neck. I can feel the prick of those claws of her when they get a little too sharp. But she loves kneading and I hate to stop her as she seems to enjoy it so much. She'll finally stop and then, with a deep sigh, she'll drop off to sleep with her head on my shoulder. (Whereas Banshee liked to sleep, nestled in my arm, she liked to have her back to me with her head on my arm, Molli likes to sleep also nestled in my arm, but she prefers to be facing me at all times. So she'll lay her face on my shoulder and tuck her paws up into my neck or across my shoulders and sleep that way. As long as I don't move, she'll stay there all night. But when I roll over on my side, she can't lay the way she wants to and that's when she'll go up to above my head on the pillow and sleep there.)

Muffin likes to knead and she will often knead my chest and stomach while she's laying on my lap. I can hold her like a baby and she'll put her paws up under my neck and knead.

Tabby isn't much of a people-kneader, but she loves the pink blankie that we keep on the kitchen table for her and Mollipop to lay on. She can really knead that pink blankie. And she loves the electric blanket on the bed. When the blanket is turned on, she'll jump in bed, then walk up to me and stare at me, purring the whole time. That's my cue to pull back the bed comforter to expose the electric blanket. She'll step over the comforter to flop down on the blanket. And she'll knead. And knead. And knead....for such a long time. It almost looks like she'a in a trance and her purring is so loud. Then finally, she'll fall asleep.

BooBoo loves to knead and so does Ms. Pepe and anytime they're on our laps, they are kneading our bellies. Rick says they particularly like his belly because he has more belly to love. 
  Amber is a kneader, too, but she doesn't like to be held that much. She'll jump up on the couch and lay next to us and knead whatever she's laying next to, but she's too skittish to hold.

Cory, you mentioned how Jed likes your legs to be in a certain position. Well, BooBoo's favorite sleeping spot is right behind Rick's knees. And if Rick moves and disturbs BooBoo? BooBoo will hiss at him! He'll actually sit up in bed and hiss at Rick to bring his knees back where Boo wants them. I've actually heard Rick apologize to BooBoo for disturbing him! 
 
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