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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2007Suckling and weaning
On Jul 14 2004, 10:23 am, Karen Chuplis <kchup...@alltel.net> wrote: > Cakehead at starskypr...@yahoo.com wrote on 7/13/04 6:06 PM: > > > I have just acquired two cats thru my daughters, one male, one female. > > The female Pretzel I can handle as she is only my friend when I feed > > her: however, Squeaky, the male, seems to have some fascination in > > climbing onto my shoulders and sucking my ear lobes- is this some sort > > of behaviour that means I am lacking something in his diet, or do I > > have a "gaycat"? > > How old? Some cats just keep this habit from being a baby. It is a comfort > thing. Nothing more or less. Do they grow out of it eventually? My 3 kits (2 girls, 1 boy) were taken from their mom when they were 6 weeks old. They are now 12 weeks, and the boy is still suckling on older sister. Younger sister does too, but very rarely. The boy does it several times a day with no decrease in frequecy in sight. Is he ever going to stop? Will the suckling cause the older sister's first estrus to come early? Anything I can do to help encourage "weaning"? ROK. on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:41:07 GMT, ROK Hound <seoulsurvivor@hanmail.net> wrote: > Is he ever going to stop? Will the suckling cause the older sister's > first estrus to come early? Anything I can do to help encourage > "weaning"? Let him suckle on you? My nearly year old kitten still does this, ahem. (On my lip, BTW.) There's no way he's growing out of this, hehe.  SignatureLynne > on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:41:07 GMT, ROK Hound <seoulsurvivor@hanmail.net> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Let him suckle on you? My nearly year old kitten still does this, ahem. > (On my lip, BTW.) There's no way he's growing out of this, hehe. It's a good thing you return his love. :) > > on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:41:07 GMT, ROK Hound <seoulsurvivor@hanmail.net> > > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > It's a good thing you return his love. :) maybe we can afford to get some help together > It's a good thing you return his love. :) He's irresistible. We just got a new 8 week old puppy this weekend and Levi is hiding a lot, so he's been getting some extra lip, as well as extra all over body rubs and cuddles. I didn't think "extra" of any of that was possible. ;) He has a new thing he does to me. In addition to climbing up my pants leg to get to me when I'm standing, now if I'm crouched on the floor, he climbs up my back and over my shoulder to my face. Ha ha, ouch! Rudy loves the new pup. He loves everyone. He was the first to greet him when we brought him home. Too cute. SignatureLynne >> It's a good thing you return his love. :) > > He's irresistible. > > We just got a new 8 week old puppy this weekend SQUEEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLLL! You b*tch!!!!!!! I am so jealous. Where are the pictures????????? > SQUEEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLLL! > > You b*tch!!!!!!! I am so jealous. I'd bottle up some puppy breath and send it to you if I could!! :) > Where are the pictures????????? Here ya go! http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it There are 3 albums here, one is of his litter and one is of photos I took this weekend. Hendrix is from Golden Retriever rescue. His mama was pulled from a shelter the day before she gave birth. I've been visiting him in his foster home since he was 3 weeks old. He was the odd pup in the litter, so naturally I had to pick him. And boy did I get lucky. He's already learned sit and down and he comes to his name, has swum in the baby pool and only had 2 potty accidents in 4 days (1 on his first day, and another on his second day - our fault, of course!). No idea how big he'll get or what he'll ultimately look like, but we don't care. He's PERFECT! SignatureLynne >> SQUEEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLLL! >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it He is soooo beautiful! Photos 4, 6, and 8 in the first album completely kill me!! > There are 3 albums here, one is of his litter and one is of photos I took > this weekend. Hendrix is from Golden Retriever rescue. His mama was [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > No idea how big he'll get or what he'll ultimately look like, but we don't > care. He's PERFECT! He's a chocolatey color, so lovely ... I want to go over the rest of the photos again. > Here ya go! > > http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it oh noooo, I take it back. This is the photo that really kills me: http://tinyurl.com/35xcoe I would ruin this puppy with kisses! What a face! >> Where are the pictures????????? > > Here ya go! > > http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it He's just totally adorable! SignatureCheryl on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:00:00 GMT, Cheryl <jlhshadow@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote: > He's just totally adorable! Aw, thanks. We're all in love with him! Well, except for poor Levi. He's not digging the puppy. :( SignatureLynne > http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it What happened to Harrison? > What happened to Harrison? Oh, poor little Harrison... he was so sweet, and so mellow. The first time I met the pups, he planted his cute little self right next to me and stayed there. He aspirated some food shortly after weaning and died in the foster mom's arms on the way to the emergency vet. It was very sad, and the kids in the family really took it hard. SignatureLynne >> What happened to Harrison? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the > family really took it hard. Aww, poor little sweet thing. That is so sad. I saw a puppy with a malfunctioning esophagus on Animal Planet Animal Rescue, he fought so hard but died anyway. Anyway, your baby is the most gorgeous of the litter! SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:58:39 GMT, "cybercat" <cyberpurrs@yahoo.com> wrote: > Aww, poor little sweet thing. That is so sad. I saw a puppy with a > malfunctioning esophagus on Animal Planet Animal Rescue, he fought so > hard but died anyway. They didn't do an autopsy (a rescue really can't afford to spend money on something like that), but he probably had some kind of congenital defect. One of the daughters in the family is emotionally fragile and took Harrison's death particularly hard. She gave our pup his name and was really, really glad when we told her we were not changing it. My heart really hurt for them. > Anyway, your baby is the most gorgeous of the litter! Aw, thanks! Actually, Rascal looks most like a Golden and is really, really handsome BUT I do agree with you. :) We got lucky, too. His temperament (so far) is really good. He's so much fun, but man, am I tired! Haha. SignatureLynne > on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:41:07 GMT, ROK Hound <seoulsurvi...@hanmail.net> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Let him suckle on you? No, I don't think so. He's a biter.
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