If you are the happy owner of a fluffy mustachioed animal, then at least once in your life you wondered why a cat tramples you with its paws, sometimes releasing its claws.
Instructions
Step 1
Scientists believe that the habit of fingering with soft paws appears in kittens in infancy, when they suck on their mother's breast. Thanks to this innate reflex, milk flows more easily into the mouth. Remembering the warm belly of the mother, sitting comfortably on your lap, the cat begins to touch its paws, because it trusts and loves you, because it was you, as the owner, who replaced her mother at a certain moment in her life. In addition, in cats, feeding is associated with pleasant sensations, and therefore a well-fed cat, being at rest and pacification, begins to make rhythmic movements with its pads.
Step 2
There is another scientific view on this issue. In the wild, cats did not have equipped places to rest, and therefore with their paws they crushed tall grass, raked the leaves into one pile, and then settled comfortably on an improvised bed. Thus, a cat stomping on you or on a blanket with its paws can get comfortable to rest.
Step 3
It is also noted that felines have a large number of sweat glands on their paw pads. When the cat begins to touch its paws, sitting in your arms, it secretes a special scent secret, as if marking its owner. Other cats can smell this scent, so your pet displays a sense of ownership by announcing to other animals that the person is already busy.
Step 4
The version that trampling its owner or a blanket with its paws also has the right to exist, the cat reads tactile information about the place where it will lie down to rest. This is due to the large number of receptors located on the paw pads of the animal.
Step 5
During the research, it was noticed that with such movements in the cat's body, the hormone of joy - endorphin is produced. The need for stress relief, calming, and self-medication explains why your cat stomps on you.
