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Hey all,
knew to the cathobbyist. My kitten Amy, approx. 3.5 mo. old, has sucked her thumb for about 6 weeks! it is sooooo funny and strange. you can often hear the sucking and she is sooo happy when she sucks it. she often falls asleep doing this. Her thumb area is soaking wet after. Usually she'll do both thumbs. She was weaned at nearly 8 weeks, but apparently it must remind her of her mother?? Has anyone heard of a cat sucking its thumg? I've heard of sucking blankets and humans but how would it know to suck her thumb? Amy is also obsessed with water and runs to the faucet any time she hears it running. She'll also comes in the shower with me. Yesterday when i took her for a walk we ran through a nearby sprinkler about 7 times. it was so fun! Anyone else's this obsessed??? Lastly she chews every cord and/or cord like thing from shoe laces, toys, strings, ropes, etc. in tiny little pieces with her teeth. She even chewed my mouse cord into three and both sets of my headphones in half!! it's so annoying. We can't have any toyes with strings or feathers because she'll chew the string in peices and eat the feathers. SHe also eats paper a lot. I have had to buy that bitter green apple spray and sprayed all my cords with it so she wont chew them anymore. She's so funny though. I love her!

I had a cat that would suck on my fingers, hands, ears, nose, his brother's ears...basically anything he could suck on. Yeah he was really out there.

Your kitty sounds so cute, sucking her thumb. No, I've never had a cat do that but if that's what makes her happy, so be it. Good that you covered the cords with Bitter Apple so that she doesn't get hurt. Sounds like you'll have to watch her carefully with her cord/string chewing habit so that she doesn't get shocked or eat something that she shouldn't. Little kittens are so much like little children in that they have to be closely supervised, some more than others, so that they don't harm themselves.

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I would guess that Amy was not quite done with the idea of nursing and yes, the thumb gives her comfort. Let her have at it. Sounds like she is quite the character. Do keep stuff sprayed with bitter apple and keep strings and things like that out of her reach. They can cause problems if eaten.
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