I got my kitten when she was 6 weeks old. Her mother had already stopped allowing the kittens to nurse. We noticed after the first week that she had started trying to nurse off my male cat, and he allowed it. Now she is 11 weeks old and still using him as a pacifier. His poor little nipples are getting red and chapped. is there a way to break her of this?
2007-09-28 08:22:56 · 9 answers · asked by Sandi F 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Nope, you just have to let her wean herself. Our youngest male cat did this to our female cat. The vet said that it is a comfort thing, and as long as she was willing to "nurse" him to let them do it. He outgrew it after a couple of months.
2007-09-28 08:28:25 · answer #1 · answered by pixy_stix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he's ok with it, let them be. If he gets too sore he'll get up and make the kitten back off.
They probably both love the closeness.
If you want to break the habit, a spritz of Bitter Apple on the male's belly will stop the kitten but the male won't be too happy that he can't groom there till the stuff wears off.
2007-09-28 12:59:03 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my 2 kittens did the same thing and what I did was get a clean face cloth and let her suckle on that instead of her companion. I spoke to the vet and he told me that some kittens grow out of the habit and some dont! Now my kitten is close to 5 months old and has never used her companion as a pacifier again. If she is stressed she goes straight to her face cloth and suckles to calm down. Everytime I notice that shes alittle stressed I say to graysie wheres your chewie and she goes right to that face cloth.
2007-09-30 14:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by graysiekay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put tincture of iodine, merthiolate, or some other foul tasting substance on them, that ought to do it. Also, you stop the kitten when you catch it, remove it from the nipple and tell it NO. Set it down away from the male when you do so. Good luck.
2007-09-28 08:30:22 · answer #4 · answered by ihatepenndot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to break her of this just as long as his nipples are not an open wound there is a product called bitter apple that you can spray on his nipples and she will not like the taste of that at all
2007-09-28 08:28:01 · answer #5 · answered by Joplin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put something on his nipples, like Vaseline. Maybe that will stop her and help his skin. You may have to separate them for a week or so.
Good luck! :)
2007-09-28 08:26:33 · answer #6 · answered by searching_please 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-09-28 08:45:01 · answer #7 · answered by vaibhav n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put something nasty on there like vasiline and seperate them this should help his skin. and she should have stopped suckling by now!?!?
hope this helps!
2007-09-28 09:44:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
seperate them
2007-09-28 08:37:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋