Video goodness: Tongue-waggling kitten tries to nurse out of thin air, looks darn silly
No, this kitten is not the world's biggest fan of Gene Simmons. He just has an unusual but oddly charming behavioral tic in which he feels compelled to wiggle his tongue as if nursing, despite the fact he is quite obviously not nursing at all.
The kitten, named Jack, "likes to suckle on fleecy things as he thinks it's his mommy," his owner explains on YouTube, noting that Jack was found alone when he was only a few weeks old and thus was never properly weaned from his mother. "Sometimes he forgets that he doesn't have anything in his mouth [but] continues to suckle."
Jack's tongue-waggling routine has garnered close to 2 million views on YouTube and he now even has his own Facebook fan page. To put worried cat lovers at ease, Jack's owner notes on Facebook that "he has been seen by a vet and ... he has no medical issues, the suckling is a behavioral thing that is not a danger to his health, much like a child sucking their thumb."
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Video: trentiraffe via YouTube
Sounds to me like he was separated from his mother too early. Many children who suck their thumbs or are addicted to their pacifiers were either not breastfed or were fed on demand. Excessive sucking indicates that the need to suck has not been met.
Posted by: Liev Black | December 31, 2010 at 02:06 PM
YouTube cat videos? Really? Isn't this the LA Times?
I know that blog posts don't need to be Pulitzer-quality journalism; but, does one of the best newspapers in the country need to post YouTube videos of cats?
What an assinine waste of space! Anyone that wants stupid cat videos already knows to go to YouTube.
Posted by: Phil Bradley | January 03, 2011 at 02:48 AM