We have never seen this one before so here it is: our youngest kitten, currently 12 weeks old, when we pick her up will hide her head under our elbows, start kneading and at the same time sucks her paw and purrs really loudly. This is clearly a comfort behaviour - has anybody else witnessed it? Is there something to it?
Thanks.

I've never seen it or heard of it but it sounds seriously cute. Please try get a photo of it!!

That sounds SO cute! Yeah, I'd love to see a photo of it or better yet you should do a video and put it on youtube if you can!

We'll try it over the weekend and post the outcome. She is really very cute, her vet told us that kittens do suck objects (hair, blankets etc) for comfort but he's never seen one sucking her paw. It's amazing, she sucks her paw, kneads and purrs at the same time when we are holding her.

just reading it makes me smile, how much more if i see the picture. or have you posted the picture, if yes, i have not seen it yet.

Apologies - it took us a while to upload the video and some of her photos. Here she is: [url= http://www.mchportal.com/mch-land-mainme...allas.html[/url] All our kittens have truckloads of personalities and are quite affectionate but she is tremendous!!

That is soooooooooo cute.

my cat sucks her paw,shes 17 months old ,she does it when shes tired .like sucking a dummy and makes quite a noise ,

(22-11-2010 07:43 PM)wenlou Wrote:  my cat sucks her paw,shes 17 months old ,she does it when shes tired .like sucking a dummy and makes quite a noise ,

Ours still does it - she is now 6 months old. She will only do it when she is settled comfortably in our arms and being stroked. We initially thought it was a baby habit but she does not seem to want to stop it ...