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Sushi
Please give a big paws up to today’s Star Kit, Sushi. She is 10 weeks old from Queensland, Australia.
I literally my little kitten Sushi about a week ago she is very tiny and cute i love her to bits already !! She is very happy and healthier and unlike the cats i used to have as a like kid she is extremely playful (I’ve never seen a cat like this) she jump climbs, finds little bits of any around the house and plays with it.
But theres is one thing shes been doing that a find very strange thats shes doing, whenever she is tired or wants a cuddle whether I’m lay down or anything she finds away to climb up onto my shoulder and she starts kneading and suckling/ biting my shoulder or my ears… At first I thought it was cute but when she’s doing it all the time its gets really annoying especially when I’m going to sleep at night !!! I feel bad because I’ve not been letting her sleep in my bed at night anymore and she sits at the door meowing pretty much all night. Is there anyway I can stop her from doing this ??
Author: Tom “The Kittenmaster” Cooper
Tom is the owner of 4 amazing cats, and using the Daily Kitten he provides a place for cat and kitten lovers to share the love for their own cats and kittens.
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Sushi is a gorgeous little girl. She’s suckling. Perhaps she was taken from her mom too soon. I don’t know how to stop this, but perhaps others will have some answers. It may be that she will eventually outgrow this.
What a cutie-patootie~
Well, for starters think of all the people who would kill for a little of that affection from their
cat……I know, it doesn’t really fix it. We had two kittens once, and the one kept sucking on the
outer bowl, the bottom of the other’s ears. The suckee didn’t seem to mind it, but it was turning
his white fur yellow. We tried putting the product you put on kids’ thumbs to keep them from
sucking them (I’m not weighing in on whether that’s a good idea or not) on the suckee’s ears
to discourage the sucker. The sucker made faces about it, but sucked it all off, and then went blissfully on.
No, I don’t know. Ask your vet. Google it. let us know how it goes….hopefully there’s an answer better than ostracizing the wee thing. I would think it will subside when she gets older…or you could get her a suckee….:)
You might post your concerns in TDK Chat as there are many “cat mothers” who would have insight I am sure. I have two Siamese kittens who are very rambunctious that I have to sometimes lock out of my bedroom which means the other two grown cats are locked out as well. Hate doing this yet I need to sleep. I agree with Bobosmom that she very well could have been taken away from her mama too soon and you are her surrogate. This too will past. Love your precious baby and enjoy her:)
Sushi is a cutie! Sometimes, when kittens are separated from their mom too soon, they will sickle on other things. It’s possible that she will outgrow this.
Sushi is so adorable! I can see how you love her so much, and it looks like you are her whole world!
Sushi is such a wee cutie.
Sushi is adorable. As for the suckling, be patient. She will likely outgrow it as long as you don’t encourage the behavior. I had a tabby-cat named Thumper that did the same thing when she was little. She was a major cuddle-cat and simply putting her down on the floor whenever she started sucking at my earlobes was enough to get her to stop. It did take a few months, though, to get her to completely stop. She never did outgrow the desire to be on my shoulders or to be cuddled. She would wrap her front paws around my neck and tuck her head against my cheek whenever I picked her up.
I might not be fond of sushi having never had courage to try raw fish – but in the case of this little tidbit as Miss Sushi the black kitty – I’m in love! 🙂
Sushi luvs you as much as you luv her = suckling!
Gotta luv a beautie- patootie noir as Sushi – the Star-kit of the day!
PS – Happy mems for me – had a choco – pt meezer as Sushi the original cutie patootie years ago!
Many of our kitties were rescued at a young age… many of them far earlier than the momma would wean them. We not only fed them kitten chow (starting with soft stuff), but also we got a kitten bottle and KMR (kitten milk replacer) and would bottle feed them too. My wife calls it “mommy time” (same for snuggle time during the day), and we have a really precious picture of Snicker Doodles (RIP), one of our much-loved favorites, nursing from the bottle when she was tiny.
It doesn’t hurt them (our babies loved it) and when they are ready to stop, they’ll suddenly not want it any more. This might help with the fake nursing (we have a big boy orangie who still fake nurses from time to time, but he’s slacked way off). It also gives you some good bonding time.
Wee Sushi is adorable! I’m so glad she found you to give her a loving, furever home. Many more loving, playful times ahead.
Get Miss Sushi a soft plush toy to suckle on. I had to do that with LilBit Guy and he’s fine. He stills love his stuffed animal but that’s OK.
Please do not lock her out of your room at night, as she will just get unhappy and stressed! Her meowing outside your locked door at night is calling for her mama (that’s you now that she has been taken from her real mama), because she is just a little baby, and is scared, and needs contact with a living being to feel secured and loved. Don’t lock her out, and in a very short time she will stop waking you up.
Also, please play with her to tire her out before your bedtime, and give her some wet food when playtime is over. Use toys she can chase, such as Da Bird, or a toy mouse on the end of a strong rope. If you put an old towel on the floor and hide the rope mouse under it, and make it move under the towel, I guarantee she will love it!
Be careful with some of the toys out there, as they are poorly made and not safe, and be sure to not leave out anything that she can get tangled up in if you’re not around.
She also needs a young cat for company, and that will help her socialize better. Kittens that are playful really need the company of another cat, and a lot of rescues will not let you adopt a kitten on its own, and either adopt out 2 kittens, or send the kitten to a home where there is another young cat.
Hi, I was thinking about this as I have a 3-year-old cat that some people could find annoying. I realize that I, on the other hand, appreciate his silly, loving affection. Smudge drools when he wants love and sneezes on my face every night, his whole chin covered in drool. He also loves to sit on my face or bank himself under my chin (almost suffocating me) when I go to bed. But you know, I find it totally endearing, cat slobber being a small price to pay for such devotion. The big bonus has been that he now loves his belly rubbed.
It may take a small “mental shift” on your part about Sushi. Love her for exactly who she is. She is a total love bucket who desperately needs you.