After ROFLing over Morgan's post about the vet, I have to say my own personal experience from my pet rescuing Dad (who managed to convince the town doctor to set a pelican's wing when the doctor was drunk and then convince all the other 7 year old boys to fish for this pelican for an ENTIRE year, got beaten with a strap when his mother found a baby seal in the bathtub, and during my childhood rescued a barn owl, a jack rabbit, and numerous small birds) is that mammals that are prematurely weaned are just as clingy as children who are prematurely weaned.  It is premature weaning that causes mammals to be clingy.  My friend had a cat who would try to nurse from the sweaty clothes under your armpits -- she was very persistant.  Our guinea pig tries to nurse from our cat because she was weaned too early. And the most distressing Animal Planet movies I've seen are those where they weaned pandas too early so they could pandas would bond to their keepers and so they could make these poor pandas go through repeated pregnancies.  The panda mother literally got ill with diarrhea after each weaning episode.  It was horrible.

Best, Susan Burger

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