I guess its a behavioral thing, but I've never seen another cat do this.
He will do it to basically anything that's fabric.... He does it just about daily and more than once a day usually, and sometimes up to 30 minutes until he gets distracted or tired.
He does it to my curtains, my clothes, my towels, blankets. When I see it I stop him, because I worried he may get fabric in his mouth and swallow. When I do stop him sometimes he'll just walk away and find something else to do it to, and I'll have to follow him I'll have to stop him from doing it to the new thing he's doing it to. LOL


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4vnqWpKTjI

And he does knead, so it's not him kneading. It's something different. A strange habit.

Does anyone else experience this? Or have seen it? Know what it is?

Haha I am so sorry I don't mean to laugh but I never thought my dog would have anything in common with a cat lol!! Max, our dog does the same thing!!! It's really strange!! He especially loves towels that have little balls of fuzzies on them, my kids summer pool towels are really bad about getting fuzz balls. Anyway he will sit there and pick every last one off! I think he honestly likes the texture because he doesn't eat it or even chew on it really he just nips at it! He also has an obsession with toe nails and not only his but everyone else's! I have never had to trim his nails and we have had him for three years! To make matters worse I have to sleep with my feet out of the blankets(to keep BB from attacking me at night) an I can polish my toes and wake up the next morning and he has chewed most of it off I don't even know he is doing it our pets and their neurotic behavior lol

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Link does the EXACT same thing. He does it to about anything though not just limited to fabric

It looks like Basil's just putting it in his mouth and lets it go. Some people have weird things they do too so I guess cats can as well. Mine does the kneading, but nothing with the mouth like that -- at least I've never seen him do it.

It is seen a lot in Siamese, wool sucking, some on dressing gowns and other things, just be careful he doesn't swallow anything!
So don't worry its not weird!

Hi slbencke

I have just watched your video, my bengal girl Suki does exactly the same thing but 'only' to my expensive lounge curtains! She will jump to the top of her cat tree of an evening and start plucking at the closed curtains with her claw then bite her nails to free the threads. I've often wondered if she does this because she wants the curtains opened? She only has to ask!

Ramses does something similar to that, just with boxes. He rips the sides of them off, one bite, by one bite. I let him do it. It doesn't bother me any. I will leave boxes on the floor and watch in amusement while he makes himself a new cat bed.