Adorable rescue kitten can’t stop sucking it’s thumb

By Katy Gill

This adorable little rescue kitty can’t stop sucking its thumb.

Cute tabby kitten Phoenix is just five months old and just like a human baby, he can’t seem to resist the sweet habit.

His owner Wanda Brown Dailey, 71, took this cute video – she say she thinks that little Phoenix does it as a self-soothing mechanism after being rescued from an abusive home.

Retired teacher Wanda, who currently lives in Ohio, said: “Phoenix rising from the ashes of a terrible kittenhood, is growing up to be a very happy, secure, & contented cat.

“I think she does this as a coping or self-soothing mechanism. Who knows, perhaps she was taken from her mommy too soon.

“Sometimes I will find her just sitting on top of my dresser purring very contentedly, sucking her thumb.

“Even if she is not ready to go to bed, all I have to do is play sounds of kittens meowing from my iPhone and she comes running to my supersoft blanket, purring loudly & begins to “nurse” either on my blanket OR on her thumb.

“She is also well versed in making biscuits and purring like a loud engine.

“At the time of filming, Phoenix was about 5 months old. She has always done this since the time I rescued her from an abusive home.”