I adopted a new "barn kitten" just over a week ago. The owner said they were 8wks when I picked her up and that they were weaned. She eats dry & wet food just fine, i've had her wormed and flea treated(right away) and she seems all healthy. She's very active & playful and quite a little chunk.
I already had an older(around 5yrs) barn cat that I adopted earlier this year, Inky. She was part of the reason I was adopting the new kitten, she's been pretty lonely since she left her old home & the other cats. Inky & the baby took to eachother right away and are constantly playing or cleaning eachother. I have noticed in the last 2 days though that the baby(Ember) has started nursing Inky... of course Inky doesn't care though, she's too happy to have her new baby buddy, but I am worried about it turning into a permanent habit or maybe causing problems, like skin/nipple irritation on Inky.
I have no idea why Ember started doing this, I know they will do it for comfort or to calm down but she just now started it? I am just wondering if there's any way that I can try to break her of it before it turns into a habit?
I already had an older(around 5yrs) barn cat that I adopted earlier this year, Inky. She was part of the reason I was adopting the new kitten, she's been pretty lonely since she left her old home & the other cats. Inky & the baby took to eachother right away and are constantly playing or cleaning eachother. I have noticed in the last 2 days though that the baby(Ember) has started nursing Inky... of course Inky doesn't care though, she's too happy to have her new baby buddy, but I am worried about it turning into a permanent habit or maybe causing problems, like skin/nipple irritation on Inky.
I have no idea why Ember started doing this, I know they will do it for comfort or to calm down but she just now started it? I am just wondering if there's any way that I can try to break her of it before it turns into a habit?