Carey, 10 yo tortie, has a probable brain tumor (everything else ruled out and
decision was made to treat this assumption),  her meds seem to help her
behavior MOST days, although not completely.  Her physical self is stabilized
by them though.  

Since kittenhood, she has been a "sucker".  She initially nursed on my golden
retriever until she got blocked with too much of his hair, and had abdominal
surgery at 5 months due to that (and got spayed at the same time).  She stopped
for several years until the death of another dog, and then she started right in
again.  The addition of a new dog curbed it for the most part.  After the
golden died, she started sucking on the "new" dog and has never really stopped.
Another dog entered the picture (3 years ago) and since the onset of her
medical/neurological problems over a year ago, she has been a sucking fool.  
There are some favorite times of the day, but she also disturbs the sleep of
all of us with her behavior - the dogs have to walk around to avoid her and
she's relentless in following them.  She has another cat as a pal/playmate who
she likes (and who has a peeing problem that Feliway is NOT fixing.  Reading
other threads, am going to stop his dry food entirely to see if that helps.
$350 at vet showed some slight struvite crystals, but no infection), and is
fond of the dogs.  When she's not attacking them for squeaking a toy or
roughhousing (activities that she accepts just fine 90% of the time), she's
sucking on them.  

The dogs have been saints, but I'm afraid that will wear thin over time.  They
have various strategies when they get tired of her, but she just doesn't take
no for an answer.  They don't react adversly when she attacks them either -
very grateful to have these pooches!

Can anyone shed some light on this sucking obsession and what I may try to stop
it?  She responds (momentarily) to me telling her no, but it's not a long term
solution.  She was born 2 days after the rest of her litter - don't know if
that has had any or substantial effect on her little psyche, but she's mostly a
very sweet little cat with some very strange habits.

Janet Boss
Best Friends Dog Obedience
"Nice Manners for the Family Pet"
Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com