Neutered cat kneading; Questions...

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J - 19 Sep 2004 08:06 GMT

I recently adopted a 2 year old tabby mix from the local Animal Rescue
League. He is a great little guy and is fitting in well with my four
year old tabby male.

I noticed the other night as he was getting ready to bed down that he
was kneading an area around my calf, which to me wasn't unusual, but
then the little fella started to strangely move his back legs... It
only took a nano-second to realize what he was doing (humping) and I
gently pushed him away.

He has done this another one or two times and this brings about some
questions:

He's neutered...I have never seen this behavior in a neutered cat in all
my years of owning cats..has anyone here?

How can I modify his behavior so that this stops, without alienating
him? I don't want him to think I don't want him around...

meaningful appropriate suggestions are welcome...

Thanks...

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Scumball - 19 Sep 2004 12:35 GMT

And you're sure he's been neutered ?

>I recently adopted a 2 year old tabby mix from the local Animal Rescue
>League. He is a great little guy and is fitting in well with my four year
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> Thanks...

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~*Connie*~ - 19 Sep 2004 14:29 GMT

That behavior is more of a dominance issue than it is anything else once
they are neutered.

Push him away and completely ignore him when he does it. If that doesn't
resolve it, pin him down (so he's comfortable but can't move) until he feels
uncomfortable being restrained then let him go and again ignore him.

> I recently adopted a 2 year old tabby mix from the local Animal Rescue
> League. He is a great little guy and is fitting in well with my four
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>
> Thanks...

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Richard - 19 Sep 2004 17:49 GMT

> I recently adopted a 2 year old tabby mix from the local Animal Rescue
> League. He is a great little guy and is fitting in well with my four
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>
> Thanks...

My cat started doing this as well not long ago, he is neutered also. He
just started doing it out of the blue and not for the two previous years
of his life. My cat also curls his back up when he is kneading and then
he starts with his back legs. Its almost like he is trying to knead
with his back paws also, but then he starts the humping thing. All that
I do is I push his arse gently to the ground to make him lay down and
this also stops him from doing it. This way he doesn't feel rejected
and distanced. I have noticed that after doing this for a few weeks he
doesn't do it as much. Good luck, just remember, the little guy doesn't
understand what he is doing, it just feels good to him.

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