It's interesting to see this thread. I was going to post a similar question. Our neighbors have several cats, one of whom is mom to three kittens born at the end of April, making them 5 months old. Last week I watched as the kittens "cued" her and she lay down and allowed them to nurse for about 10 mins. I always thought kittens weaned at about 6 weeks - maybe we've been forcing our "backward" culture on them by taking them away from their moms at that time. Gail S. Hertz, MD, IBCLC [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html