I've searched online but I haven't found anything to help. I have 2 kittens about 3 months old, male and female and the male keeps on trying to feed off the female. Is this normal? Should I intervene? It seems pretty bizarre. They were feeding off the mother (not as much as they would like) up to about a month ago.
2007-08-10 10:57:02 · 4 answers · asked by Blue E 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
It sounds like your kitten wasn't completely weaned. 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.
2007-08-13 15:56:15 · answer #1 · answered by KitKat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normal. My Gramma's kitten kept trying to get a little drink from our male Shih Tzu. He was not impressed!
2007-08-10 18:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by ebonyruffles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were weaned way too soon then. If you decide to discourage this behavior, be gentle about it, or you will have more behavioral problems down the road.
2007-08-10 11:13:11 · answer #3 · answered by Pixie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its normal, my cat used to do that when she was a kitten, i used to think it was cool. Now all she does is crap, barf and piss in my room and meow at me constantly.
2007-08-10 11:03:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋