Kneading a Feline

It might be a pleasing cat habit when your cat puts his paws against you and rubs them back and forth. Since their early nursing days, your cat has had the instinct to do this. His mother's mammary glands produced more milk when he rubbed her with his paws. When your cat does this as an adult, he is either joyful and displaying it, or he is attempting to calm himself down because he is stressed out. In either case, consider it a compliment that he compares you to his mother.