My kitten is is trying to nurse on my older cat, is that okay? How do I get her to stop?
By aLiCiA from Quincy
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Give her some of the following:
It is the natual instinct of a kitten to nurse on an older female cat. Why try to stop it. The older cat will or the kitten will stop in time.
it is absolutely common for an older cat to adopt an orphaned kitten;mine have done it.The kitten is getting more than milk; it is being nurtured.Don't try to stop it.
I'm not sure that anyone actually dealt with your particular problem. Is your kitten still of nursing age? Is the older cat a female, and giving milk, or just irritated? The "normal" reason for kittens to try to nurse from other cats, and nearly anything they can get their mouth around, is that they were taken away from the mother, or orphaned, before they were ready.
Leave the kitty and older cat to follow their natural instincts and don't worry about it because they know what they're doing :-)
Don't worry about it, it is perfectly natural. The kitten will stop on her own as she outgrows the desire to nurse.
I know it's natural but it has caused my older cat to have a very sore nipple
I had a one year old cat and a kitten who fought like crazy. I kept them separate for quite a while. Then finally I let them together. They stopped fighting and the kitten began sucking on the older cat.
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