I use to think it had to do with being taking away from their mother to soon too. But cali, one of the vent kittys, does it all the time and her mother is still here.

Cali's like to climb on my neck, kneed and suck on a strand of my hair till she purrs her self to sleep. I end up with small holes in my neck and one big wet spot of hair and I love it.

The sucking on my hair throws me off a little, because that is nursing in a way, but she wasn't taken away from her mother. So I just take it as she loves me like a mother.


I really belive they are kneeding as a way of soften up thier sleeping spot, sense they not only do it to me but also to any area before they nap. Almost all of my cats do it before they lay down to sleep.