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Kitten Nursing From Male Cat
September 16, 2007
How can we get our kitten to stop nursing from our male cat? We recently got a female kitten- she’s around 2 months old. She insists on “nursing” from our male 2 year old cat. The strange thing is that the male seems to like it, even bathing her like a mother cat would do. Has anyone else seen this or have any advice?
Thanks,
Dave
It sounds like your kitten wasn’t completely weaned before taking it away from its mother. It’s nothing to worry about and eventually your kitten will grow out of it. If you can’t wait for that to happen then every time you see is suckling try redirecting the kittens attention. Take it away from your other cat and put the kitten in another room. If you give it food or play with it as your distraction, you’ll be conditioning the kitten to expect those things to happen when it suckles.
For your kitten the suckling is more of a comfort thing (like a baby sucking on a pacifier) then it is an attempt to look for food.
Cats that bathe each other is perfectly normal and nothing to worry about. Again this is about comfort. Cleaning stimulates blood flow and feels good to the cat, just like they like to be petted.
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