Weaned Mum & Baby - Still Suckling

[SophieLeGiraffe]

I adopted a kitten at 10 weeks old around two weeks ago and then one week later adopted his Mum too. He's weaned but they warned me he might try to suckle from her and I should make sure he doesn't. I've had them together for not quite a week yet and he does try to suckle from her. When I am with them obviously I stop it but they just both came in to see me and he's obviously had a go at her as she's all wet - I didn't hear a thing, whereas earlier when he tried and I was watching, she lifted him off her by the scruff.

How can I stop him suckling? Do I need to keep them apart?

Why cant he suckle? wouldn't mom give him short shrift if she thought he was too old?.

Well I don't know, I also wondered that. They were just very firm that I shouldn't let him since he'd been weaned and she wouldn't have milk now

She usually does give him short shrift but he's pretty persistent too!

She will get a bit more assertive with him. I don't think cats do extended breast feeding.

Lol at cats doing extended feeding.
So I should just let them get on with it and let nature take it's course then?

I would. She's going to get fed up of him eventually and use sailor language.

She has rolling eyed disdain down to a fine art. I swear when we brought her home and she saw him she asked me if I was f'ing kidding, she'd just got rid of that kid.

He'll be a persistent little beast and she'll likely be a more complaisant type. But Yes - sailor language and a few biffs will eventually be used emphatically if he doesn't get the message. I'd personally feel no compunction about lifting him off or distracting him with a game, though, if he tried it when I was there.

PS - and book him in for neutering just as soon as your vet will take him.

PPS - I assume she's been spayed?

They're both neutered already. She's not afraid of giving him a good biffing to maybe I'll just let them get in with it and otherwise keep taking him away when he tries it in. God they're cute though.

Good that they're both neutered then. One problem prevented.

We need pictures to confirm cuteness really.

We had a year old female and took her mother in as a rescue, they remembered each other.

They didnt like each other much but they remembered each other. She probably was thinking "I'm sure I'd ditched those kids".

My male cat was with his mum up to 4.5 months old (someone was supposed to have him and never collected him).

apparently he was 'getting interested' in her by then (she wasn't spayed and he not neutered). He was still 'her baby' but because he was from her first litter she was still soppy over him/starting to get tired of him.

he was so nervous I thought a blanket with her scent would calm him down when I took him home, but he just cried.

I do think also that it was a lively house and someone (a man) shouted at him and scared him so he went more to his mum for comfort than he should've done. He was so not independent bless him.