My 5 month old kitty nurses on my lip. Every single day. I wake up to her like clock work at 6 am doing it. She does it throughout the day. She does it at night. If I put her down, she meows at me and follows me until I pick her up. I got her at 8 weeks. She's been doing it for 3 months. It doesn't bother me. I'm just curious. She purrs the whole time laying on my chest kneading my face
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Normally this will happen if the kitten is taken from the mother too soon or was abandoned and a person had to hand feed the kitten. The sucking is like a safety for the kitten because she was weaned too early from the mother. Normally by the time she is 5 months old, this should have stopped. I read that this does not bother you but you should try and break her of this habit. Try giving her some toys to play with or to suck on and not allow her to suck on you like this.
Seems like she did not get to love her true 'Mum' long enough to satisfy her need and has now adopted you to take her place.
Vets usually see no harm in this but should not encourage it.
Probably not a good idea to let this continue for a long time but try to find a way to gently move her to something else. Sometimes a 'moving' toy will help distract her.
Here is an article that explains other ways to wean a kitten of this behavior.
Totally normal. She thinks you are her mom (like nursing mom).
If you are able to redirect her to her food bowl when she does this, she will start to learn the connection of suckling with eating.
Blessings and many happy adventures!
Agree with both of the above. She thinks you are the mum. Just slowly get her to only go for her own foods.
This is not unusual , this happens often when kittens are removed from the mother to soon. Your kitten thinks of you as the mom. It is a good time to wean her off , now that she is 5 months. Here is a link to others and help with this. www.askthecatdoctor.com/
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