Well the kitten, Twister, has taken to nursing on Mama Misty lately.  I noticed it the other day.  And he just did it again moments ago. 

Let’s back up here.  Twister was born June 14th, so he’s 5 months old.  His mother weaned him all by herself months ago.  He’s remained here in the house with her the entire time.  I’ve read a little about some kittens nursing later in life if they were removed from their mother too soon.  This is not the case.

What concerns me most is that Misty isn’t stopping it.  She’ll just lay there and allow him to suckle.  It’s really weird seeing a cat nursing on another cat that is almost the same size. 

I don’t want to punish him by yelling or swatting him away but I’m not sure how healthy it is for either of them.  Anyone have any experience with this?  I’d love to hear your story.