Cats and Kittens

etta m asked:


My rats arm was issured by my cat and I need to know if it can nurse itself back to health or do i need to take him to the vet?

Bycio B asked:


I adopted two wonderful kitties- one’s about 12 weeks old, the other 4 weeks. The smaller obsessively tried to nurse the older girl.

I have no idea how to make him stop. I realize he is still a baby and was probably not ready to stop nursing, but the older cat is so annoyed. She can’t sleep peacefully because a little kitten is attached to her nipples!!

Any ideas? I’m thinking of getting a small bottle for him and feeding him that way, hoping he’ll learn to leave her alone. Anyone else have this problem? How’d you get them to stop? What’s the typical age a kitten stops nursing?

Thanks!

Watch out! asked:


My mom says I cannot touch new kittens for a while because the mother will smell my scent on them and not nurse. This cat is an outdoor cat and is afraid of us and won’t go near us (but is generally nice) and I want to take care of the kittens.

crwallberg asked:


My cat has been nursing our newest kitten for about the past 2 months (I’m pretty sure no milk is produced and he does perfectly fine with his food). She is not his mother nor has she ever had kittens (she thinks she is his mom though). The kitten was 9 weeks when we got him and he started nursing from her a few weeks later. I thought it would stop relatively quickly since he was getting way too old to nurse but he is about 4 months now and she is still letting him nurse. Can she get any health problems from this or start having false pregnancies? If so how can i stop this behavior?