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Why doesn't he knead?
Francis, my approx. 4 month old kitten who was handed to me at 4 weeks
is the sweetest cuddliest little guy (when he's not dashing around grabbing ankles and trying to bite), but he does not knead. Sometimes I see him curling his feet in pleasure, but that's it. Can anyone speculate (reasonably) why? Priscilla -- "It is very, very dangerous to treat any human, lowest of the low even, with contempt and arrogant whatever. The Lord takes this kind of treatment very, very personal." - QBaal in newsgroup alt.religion.christian.episcopal |
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On Mon 22 Nov 2004 11:11:11p, Priscilla Ballou wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav ): Francis, my approx. 4 month old kitten who was handed to me at 4 weeks is the sweetest cuddliest little guy (when he's not dashing around grabbing ankles and trying to bite), but he does not knead. Sometimes I see him curling his feet in pleasure, but that's it. Can anyone speculate (reasonably) why? Priscilla Shamrock doesn't knead either. He sometimes tries to, but instead he just shifts his weight from one foot to the other. He came to me at about a year old. I don't know his history other than that someone fed him and he was a stray, and they had to move and turned him in to a local rescue group because he was just too friendly to be a feral. -- Cheryl |
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On 2004-11-23, Priscilla Ballou penned:
Francis, my approx. 4 month old kitten who was handed to me at 4 weeks is the sweetest cuddliest little guy (when he's not dashing around grabbing ankles and trying to bite), but he does not knead. Sometimes I see him curling his feet in pleasure, but that's it. Can anyone speculate (reasonably) why? Priscilla Seems like Oscar kneads to reassure herself. Maybe Francis is just so self-assured he doesn't need that sissy kneading kitty-meditation technique? Okay, maybe that's not reasonable. -- monique |
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"Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message ... Francis, my approx. 4 month old kitten who was handed to me at 4 weeks is the sweetest cuddliest little guy (when he's not dashing around grabbing ankles and trying to bite), but he does not knead. Sometimes I see him curling his feet in pleasure, but that's it. Can anyone speculate (reasonably) why? Priscilla Nope; I wondered the same about Demelza, & she never told me why she didn't knead when younger. She now does, but she didn't start to do it till she was a few years old. Cathy |
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Priscilla Ballou wrote: (...) Can anyone speculate (reasonably) why? He has no knead. Steve. |
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:08:25 -0500, "Cathy Friedmann"
wrote: "Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message ... Francis, my approx. 4 month old kitten who was handed to me at 4 weeks is the sweetest cuddliest little guy (when he's not dashing around grabbing ankles and trying to bite), but he does not knead. Sometimes I see him curling his feet in pleasure, but that's it. Can anyone speculate (reasonably) why? Priscilla Nope; I wondered the same about Demelza, & she never told me why she didn't knead when younger. She now does, but she didn't start to do it till she was a few years old. Cathy same here with Lancelot. He did not knead until he was about 10 months old. His favorite thing to knead is the pillows. Karryl http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/soft63389/index.htm |
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"Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message ... Francis, my approx. 4 month old kitten who was handed to me at 4 weeks is the sweetest cuddliest little guy (when he's not dashing around grabbing ankles and trying to bite), but he does not knead. Sometimes I see him curling his feet in pleasure, but that's it. Can anyone speculate (reasonably) why? Squeaky didn't knead at first. He was abandoned and/or feral. We adopted each other, and for a while he was quite timid. He would tumble at my feet for petting, but didn't knead or purr. In my diary I noted when he first dared to purr. After a couple of months he also kneaded. He now kneads vigorously. I think it's timidity, and in Squeaky's case from wildness. Keep giving Francis love and reassurances. -- Dick |
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