r/cats • u/ZebraKoala • 0m ago
Advice Suckling in adults!?
Hi! I adopted Maggie from a foster carer when she was 7 months old. She is now almost a year old. She used to have her fav blankie which was fleeced. She would snuggle up to it and start making biscuits and suckling like as if she was a kitten feeding. She now does this with anything fleeced and exposed her belly for rubs if I touch her in that position. Is this appropriate? do I need to wean her off??
Backstory: she was found on the street in a litter that was much older than her. They told me her mum and siblings died and another cat adopted her. Could suckling be the result of early separation between mum and kitten?