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My cat's milk won't dry up, and her kittens are still nursing. Tips?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 3 months old

My cat gave birth 10 weeks ago and I’m trying to dry up her milk the problem is that I’m keeping two of the kittens so it kinda hard to separate them ANY TIPS?

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Answered By Amber Da Silva, DVM

Veterinarian

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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