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From:Ottawa, Ontario
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posted 09-10-2003 10:01 AM         

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My kitten suckles .. she'll do it on my arms, ears, neck, etc.

Is this good or bad or just cute?!

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posted 09-10-2003 02:43 PM         

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It sounds like she was weened too soon. It should lessen as she gets older but it could be a lifelong habit. I work with someone who has a five-year-old male that still does it pretty often. I'm not sure if there's a behavioral solution to this problem...I don't think so. Maybe someone else knows.

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posted 09-10-2003 06:47 PM         

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One of mine used to suckle my male cats chest...he did eventually grow out of it. I think most of them do...at least to some extent.

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posted 09-11-2003 12:28 AM         

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It's not so bad, it's just we are in the midst of 'training' her to sleep w/ us at night (instead of locking her out and getting her angry at us!!) and she constantly will sit on our necks and suckle.

[This message has been edited by Illflower (edited 09-11-2003).]

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posted 09-14-2003 04:41 PM         

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She's so cute when she does it

I just didn't know if it was good or bad.

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