My insecure Burmese kitten

My "kitten", now 2 years old, still suckles my older cat (now 18 yo) whenever she needs a bit of security. The sucking is so intense and noisy it can be heard in the next room !!

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Pets & Animals

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• Cat
• Burmese
• suckling

[SmeggyD]

How old was the cat when you got it?

[noddy107]

We picked her out of the litter at 5 weeks and took her home at 10 weeks. She had a great mother and the litter size was 8 healthy kittens. The old lilac girl was 19 years old when the photo was taken. We finally had to put that one down with renal failure that was no longer responding to medication. The chocolate sucker, Maedel, does not do this suckling and kneading, to the other cat, a 9 year old Brown burmese even though they sleep wrapped together

[noddy107]

From Warren, the owner.....Unfortunately the Old Lilac girl (Sylphide) has passed on at 19 years - a great innings for a Burmese. The little one (Madel) is now 3 and doesn't suckle the middle one (Coco) who is 7 years old. For info, the little one was left with the mum, as was all the litter, for 10 weeks - normal for Burmese I believe.

[halfmanhalfmetal]

What? What's the big deal? I still do the same thing to my mom.

[mizushadow]

aww...how cute!

[1welshirish]

Three lovely burmese cats, such a loving and tolerant breed.

[wendyann131]

my cat does this to my earlobes. lol

[GeorgiaKitties]

There is nothing wrong with this kitty. All cats can "revert" to a kitten stage of kneading and nursing when they are feeling very warm, comfortable, and safe. It has nothing to do with insecurity, inadequate mothering, or anything else.

[Supperflywhiteguy]

haha kinda creepy

[AmandaFace1981]

@mikeshinoda943 idiot... you need to get some education on you...

[hannahtrunks2000]

eeew my burmese does that as well

[kennedymeow]

Sweethearts!!

[cutehugo]

I agree that maybe she was weaned too early. I've heard that Burmese should stay with their mothers a little longer than other cats, maybe that's the same for all Orientals. I wasn't able to collect my kitten (now fully grown) until he was about 12 weeks old.

[ulalume21]

@mikeshinoda943 Feline leukemia is an incurable and potentially fatal retrovirus that affects thousands of cats every year. You obviously have a computer and internet access; maybe do some research before you make another insensitive and ill-informed comment.