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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: fluffycloud123 on June 13, 2007, 12:57:27 PM

Title: is this normal?
Post by: fluffycloud123 on June 13, 2007, 12:57:27 PM
jasper is still trying to suckle.

but he does it on monkeys "thumb" paw? makes all the slurpy noises the lot, she even tried to suckle on my belly bar last night?

monkey did this as a kitten to but on the tassles of the sofa cushion

is this normal?
Title: Re: is this normal?
Post by: ccmacey on June 13, 2007, 13:20:07 PM
Is Jasper male or female? (this has nothing to do with the Q)

one of my cats used to suckle the other till they were about 16 months. I think its just a comfort thing.
Title: Re: is this normal?
Post by: fluffycloud123 on June 13, 2007, 13:32:38 PM
shes a girlie :Luv:

she seems happy in herself but shes very attached to monkey and is "lost" when he goes out
Title: Re: is this normal?
Post by: ccmacey on June 13, 2007, 13:45:37 PM
Aww, thats better than not liking him. I think they tend to look at the other cats in the house as mummy.
Title: Re: is this normal?
Post by: fluffycloud123 on June 13, 2007, 14:03:54 PM
well for the most part monkey is a good lad and accepts it. hes taught her loads!  :evillaugh: mostly bad stuff but hey

but he does have to put her in her place every now and again
Title: Re: is this normal?
Post by: Sarah (seldom_use) on June 13, 2007, 14:40:00 PM
Charlie does the same  :rofl:

I think it's more of a comfort thing, he does it when he's sleepy and during the night to get back to sleep  :rofl:
Title: Re: is this normal?
Post by: fluffycloud123 on June 13, 2007, 14:41:45 PM
yeppo thats when jasper does it too.

was quite alarmed though when she did it on my belly bar this morning :evillaugh:
Title: Re: is this normal?
Post by: Gwen on June 13, 2007, 16:46:05 PM
our Pwt used to do this with the bedsheets (shes at the bridge now unfortunately) but after she'd have a suck on the bedsheets she was contented and happy,(this went on until she was about 3 or 4 but she snapped out of it as quick as she started it.
Title: Re: is this normal?
Post by: blackcat on June 13, 2007, 18:39:37 PM
My mothers siamese cat did it until the day she died. You always knew Natasha had been in the bedroom as any ribbons or lace were saturated and slightly chewed. When on your lap she would fasten onto any soft dangly bit and suckle and knead. Often she got to the point where she was dribbling. We always assumed it was because she had been taken from her mother too young (5 weeks - to our eternal shame, but she was our first cat and we did not know any better then). She was 18 when she died.