The nursing thread

sarahp

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Sorry guys, I've been craving cute kitty photos recently... I LOVE seeing kittens nursing from mum, they always just look soooooo adorable and peaceful!

So post your favourite nursing photos here - and CUTENESS ALERT!!!!!!!


Here's my favourites:

This is Cleo, a mother cat I was fostering and her 5 kittens. They were 3 weeks old when we first got them



Poor Cleo in an unflattering pose with litter stuck up her nose




I THINK there's 3 kittens here, but it's hard to tell!!



The little pumpkins asleep after a big feed




Lily trying to "comfort feed" off Stumpy after we first adopted Lily (she was about 3 months old, and Stumpy was about 7 months old, and had recently miscarried her kittens in a car accident)



Still trying (but milk STILL won't come out!)



And comforted now....

 
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Cleo was THE best mum, she would always be near the kittens, even when they were 8 weeks old and fairly independent, and if any went exploring, and made any sort of noise, she would be straight up mewing at the kitten and go find it, the lick it's head to make sure he/she was ok, then go back to what she was doing. My neighbour adopted her, so we get to see her and catsit her regularly which is nice
 

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Those are such adorable pics, Sarah! I love the ones of Lily nursing on Stumpy!

Ive posted this before, but heres my contribution ........

 

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Originally Posted by Pami

Those are such adorable pics, Sarah! I love the ones of Lily nursing on Stumpy!

Ive posted this before, but heres my contribution ........

Whoa!!! The kittens look as big as mom!


I just love the pics of Lily trying to nurse off Stumpy!
 

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Aww, all of these photos are too cute!!

Here's my contribution, this was Davidson's litter
I think he's the little white guy, I get confused as there were 2 white babies that eventually turned gray
 

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Originally Posted by white cat lover

Whoa!!! The kittens look as big as mom!
Yes they were a little past the nursing stage
Easy (the Mom) still nurses on my ear. I think she didnt quite know how to wean them, maybe because she was taken from her Mother too soon
I didnt interfere and let her work that out with them.

Originally Posted by babyharley

Aww, all of these photos are too cute!!

Here's my contribution, this was Davidson's litter
I think he's the little white guy, I get confused as there were 2 white babies that eventually turned gray
OMG how adorable! Thats Harley and Davidson's Mom!!!!
 

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Tobie "nursing" off Aunt Godiva:


Tobie and littermates "nursing" off Daddy Ziggy (doesn't he look quite perturbed?):


All the kittens and daddy nursing off momma:
 

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Originally Posted by babyharley

Aww, all of these photos are too cute!!

Here's my contribution, this was Davidson's litter
I think he's the little white guy, I get confused as there were 2 white babies that eventually turned gray
And I was so disappointed when they turned grey!
Here I had my heart set on another white kitty here on TCS....


Kenz, does the boy's mama look just like Harley?
 

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Originally Posted by white cat lover

And I was so disappointed when they turned grey!
Here I had my heart set on another white kitty here on TCS....


Kenz, does the boy's mama look just like Harley?
Harley looks a lot like her, with the coloring- and she actually has the smiley face on her side, like Harley does. She passed that on to 2 kittens actually.
Davidson is really lean like she is, she's SO tiny- I'd say under 10lbs, but Davidson is going to be really long like she is


Don't worry Natalie, I was dissapointed he turned gray too! John & I were so hoping he would be pure white, but we love him just the same!


Originally Posted by Pami

OMG how adorable! Thats Harley and Davidson's Mom!!!!
Yup! It is! She's not a very friendly cat- AT ALL! I remember when John & I 1st started dating she would hiss at me and bite me
You really have to gain her trust, she's a feisty one!
Its a wonder my boys turned out so lovey!
 

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All those babies are adorable!!


"Momma", with her sister's "babies" (she's a spayed and spoiled housecat now)
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I think the look on her face is priceless.



And the orange babies, with their 'real' mom. That's my Beandip in the center, with the big paws


 

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Originally Posted by beandip

All those babies are adorable!!


"Momma", with her sister's "babies" (she's a spayed and spoiled housecat now)
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I think the look on her face is priceless.

She does NOT look impressed!


Those orange babies just melt my heart- I love orange kitties!
 

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Originally Posted by Sailfish

I really don'y know what to say...
AH! That is going to be my cat someday. Annie will not leave her mother alone. She puts up a good fight but eventually gives in and lets her suck on an empty nipple >_< I have to rescue her from time to time.

Looking at all these nursing photo's... non of the mother's look impressed.
 
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Oh oh ohhhhhhhh they are tooo cute!!! I love the Bengals! And Davidson's mum! And little Beandip!! Oh and of course Sneakers and especially Ziggy "nursing"! Ok ok, they're ALL too cute!!!
 

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Awwwwwww look at all those babies!!!


I didn't know Sophies mum Jasmine but here she is with her siblings with Sophie on the left.



And with Jasmine. That's Sophie at Jasmines backside
 
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