Mom won't let kittens wean

are they watching Luna eat? Apparently kittens learn to eat solid food from their mum - maybe if they can see her eating the solid food they will want to try some of it themselves...

my kittens were trying everything at 3 and a half weeks, including my male cats dry food (which we soon moved!) and litter pellets! i think they are a greedy bunch - they take after their momma

When she is eating I put them at the dish too, so they can watch. I did have one interested in my new puppy's food this morning, not enough to try it but certainly enough to keep the puppy away from it.

I think 7 weeks is still too young to worry. Look at it this way: there's no way they'll still be nursing exclusively when they're 6 months old! Let them take their time.

I do agree that spaying Mom will probably facilitate the process, though, if for no other reason than because her tummy will be sore and she won't have as much patience for rough-and-tumble 2-month-olds kicking at her!

I would strongly advise against a/d as a primary diet for either a mother cat or kittens, though. It is much too low in protein - if you read the label, it actually says so. It's fine for cats who are sick or who won't eat anything else, but otherwise they need a kitten or all life stages formula.

I've only used 1 can, I was just hoping to getting process started with it.

Well Luna has gone into heat, so she is getting spayed in the morning (A cat in heat really confuses Sturgis, so I need to take care of it right away). The kittens will be 8 weeks old on Tuesday so they are more than capable of eating solid food, so now it's time to get on it.

Sturgis had a retained testicle when he was a baby, so 1 bloodtest (to check for testosterone), 1 ultrasound, and 3 surgery's later we finally got it out of there. Sturgis was 1 1/2 years old when we finally removed it and had started to spray, though it did stop once he was neutered. Every once in awhile though if he is with a cat in heat he will start up again, and since my stupid house does not have anywhere to keep them separated I try to limit his contact with cats in heat (which is hard sometimes because I do fostering).

Good fast reaction. I know what it's like having neutered males spraying around females in heat.

Is this her first heat since birth.

As far as I know yes, I have had them for 4 weeks today. Luckily she is very quiet about it, I only noticed because she was very interested in showing Sturgis he back end, and he was looking at me with that confused look on his face.

The spay went well (considerings she was in heat and full of milk), and when I came home at lunch one of the boys was eating solid food. I think they are realizing they don't need her as much as she seems to need them. Luckily the new owner who is taking her is also adopting a kittens from another litter as a companion for her (she loves other cats), so the hope is that she will see the new kitten as a companion and not veiw it as one of her babies. I think she would be devastated to be an only cat. Thanks for all the help and info everyone, Luna and the boys Heckle (his new name will be Pepper) and Jeckle appreciate it.

poor thing. Now it is time to recuperate. Give lots of love I am glad it went ok.

The way she is acting you would never know she had surgery (She had the best pain meds we have to offer in her pre-op). When I checked the inscision you could hardly see it, I will ahve to let my boss know he did a really good job this time.

Wow that is good. A small scar she might still be able to wear a bikini.

I tried to convince him to do a little tummy tuck too, so she could wear a bikini, but he just looks at me like I'm an idiot.