Talk:Kneading (cats)
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If the term "pundling" was really just made up by someone in a TV studio audience, it is not a well-enough established term to be the title of a Wikipedia article. The articles on Cat and Cat communication refer to this behavior as "kneading". Since Kneading is already an article about what you do to bread dough, I recommend moving this article to Kneading (cats). If no one objects, I'll move it in a few days. User:Angr 00:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
- That would be my second choice. My first choice would be "pussy footing"! ;-) Rfrisbietalk 02:51, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
- Well, no one's objected, so I'm moving it. User:Angr 20:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Also, it doesn't seem likely that kneading is used for creating nests in the wild. Maybe the sources for this article are out of date. The article Cat communication says that this behavior is used "to stimulate the mother cat's breast to release milk during nursing". So an adult cat kneading is very much like a grown person sucking their thumb... a sign of contentment, maybe? I know of a very happy cat that sucks it's own stomach... self-nursing I guess. :) It's pretty funny, but it also kneads the air while doing it. Seems to support the idea that it's connected to reliving the contentment of kittenhood. Bingo pajama bee 15:56, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
