Kittens and mum

[josaphine32]

Can someone give me some good advice on how to stop 10 week old kittens from feeding off there mum, the vet has advised us to seperate mum and kittens but its easier said than done. We are trying methods like loose bandages around mum but, i have very deternmined kittens is there anything that i can put on mum that the kittens wont like the taste of?

[clair3934]

I'm surprised at 10 weeks old that mum is letting them feed she must be very tollerant, the only thing you can do is keep mum away cause it seems as long as they want her milk she will feed them, try crateing the kittens (you can buy large dog crates from P@H ) or keeping them in a separate room that mum can't get in to. Good luck!

[Ava77]

I can identify. I have a mother and kitten, her other two kittens were rehomed together elsewhere. The kitten I had was a real mummies-girl, hence keeping them together.

She wouldn't stop suckling, and the mum didn't seem too bothered about it. I spoke to the vet, and he said to leave them to it, that her milk would gradually dry up, and it was more for comfort than a food source.

She has stopped now, but she carried on trying less-and-less frequently until she was about 6months!

It's not a real problem, unless you want to re-home the kittens. If they're eating real food and drinking water, then I'd just leave them to it.

[josaphine32]

That was just the answer i was looking for thankyou,She still loves to feed them but the kittens are totally weaned and She loves her little girls and to watch mum and kittens playing is hilarious, Thankyou, Vets advice to me was to rehome kittens