Cats Making Air Biscuits

This trance-like motion is often called making biscuits because it resembles a baker kneading dough.

Cats making air biscuits. Cat kneading is a pushing motion cats make with their paws alternating from left to right. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. This just means that theyre completely relaxed.

And their baking skills start from when they are wee little kittens. Additionally whilst cats knead its not unusual for them to appear to be in a trance-like state and look almost glazed over. As your cat methodically lifts their paws up and down pressing their toes and sometimes claws into your lap they look similar to a contestant on a baking show preparing some fresh dough for the proving drawer.

Nobody knows much about why cats do anything. Watch your cat the next time she does a big downward dog yoga-style stretch. Okay some people have mentioned cats and kittens do this so Ill explain why both do.

This beautiful ginger kitten is busy making air biscuits. Sometimes making biscuits could be an extension of a really good stretch. Cats Make Biscuits As Part Of Their Breeding Behavior A female cat will sometimes lie on her side and make air biscuits to signal to a male that she might consider him a good suitor and he should start woo-ing her.

Just make sure theyre not ingesting any of the small pieces which can cause significant trouble in the gastrointestinal tract. By Jack Wilson Submitted On July 10 2006. Funny Kitten GIF Air Biscuits.

Most cats will at least display the classic making biscuits action. Chances are shell segue into kneading or scratching whatever surface shes on. The usual suspects are.