What's the best way to help my cat's milk dry up after nursing?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 2 months old
How do I start the process of my cats milk drying up?
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Published on September 16th, 2017
The only thing you can do is to remove the kittens. If they continue to nurse she will continue to produce milk. It takes a few weeks for her to dry up, but there is nothing you can do to make it go any faster.
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Published on October 16th, 2017
Physically separating them is the best, but if this isn't possible, you could try putting a baby onesie on Angel so that the kittens can't nurse. You would have to take it off and on as she has to use the litter box, but this would be a physical barrier so the kittens can't get to her mammaries.
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