Since your kitten is so young, it could very well be associated with nursing. Wanted to mention neither of my two 14 year old boys have ever bitten or scratched anyone, they are very gentle since they were very young, but Stanley gives love bites. Specifically, he has a foot fetish. He loves bare toes. He rubs against them, licks, and nips on them gently... I wear socks often. I am at great risk at night because I like to stick a foot or two out for "temperature control" while I sleep. He doesn't get me often, but I have woken up to a pinned down foot being licked and slobbered on -- and bitten gently. I pull it under the covers fast... I know it is meant as affection as he is purring very loudly when he does this. The worst is when I have visitors. He doesn't do it often, but he usually picks out the cat-hater in the group to lick their big toe. LOL

So, yours may be due to nursing/age, but Stanley is 14 and hasn't stopped yet. It isn't all the time, but he does it a couple times a week...
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Tammy
Stanley and Pookey

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