# Why does my cat do this?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 1, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-cat-do-this/552243 "2010-09-01T10:40:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-cat-do-this/552243/21 "2010-09-02T04:04:38Z")

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Hah, Sunspace. (I think I like you.)

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**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-cat-do-this/552243/22 "2010-09-03T15:26:40Z")

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We had a cat that was rescued as a feral orphan kiten, and [she did this regularly](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b305/Bookkeeper2/Cats/2003-10Nixiesucking2.jpg).

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-cat-do-this/552243/23 "2010-09-04T03:20:39Z")

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When they nurse AND knead, it’s called smurgling.

Also, I loooove black cats.

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