Why Your Cat Kneads You

There’s more than one reason

L.A. Strucke
Catness
Published in
4 min readOct 4, 2021

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Photo Credit: L.A.Strucke

Does your cat love to jump in your lap and start kneading you? You are not alone

My cat Rumi kneads me. He thinks I’m his mother.

He doesn’t knead my belly like most cats. No, he’s an elbow cat. He is in love with my elbow. He kneads that area like it’s a sacred ritual. Afterward, he buries his little nose in his favorite…

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L.A. Strucke
Catness

Top Writer, Songwriter. Published in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Highlights for Children and Guideposts. Editor of The Creative Project.