Can Male Kittens Produce Milk
Sep 27 2006 1 s.
Can male kittens produce milk. Non neutered male cats become very territorial and aggressive. If a mother cat is lactating she will easily adopt an orphaned kitten or kittens as her own. Many male mammals have been found to. But i have very little knowledge in biology so sorry for asking this silly question.
In my cats case his self grooming may have had the same effect. If he s an outdoor cat that doesn t mean he ll only fight. While most male cats reach puberty between the ages of 7 and 9 months some are able to start fathering kittens at 6 months of age. The second common cause happens when male cats are exposed to hormone containing medicine.
Start date sep 27 2006. They do not function or produce milk just like male humans have nipples but are void of any use. Startover tcs member thread starter. Some drugs given by vets.
I know this is embarrassing. In zoology male lactation is production of milk from a male mammal s mammary glands. Joined sep 27 2006 messages 1 reaction score 0. It can possibly be straining on her body if it is her first litter although she will produce more milk when more is demanded.
This usually happens when a male cat is groomed by another cat in one reported episode a litter of young kittens managed to make a male cat in the house produce milk by snuggling up to him regularly. It is well documented in the dayak fruit bat and the bismarck masked flying fox. Regular low grade massage type stimulation of a male cat s mammary area can stimulate milk production. Noanswer actually male cats can indeed have nipples.
It has been used in popular literature such as louise erdrich s the antelope wife to describe the phenomenon of male galactorrhea which is a well documented condition in humans unrelated to childbirth or nursing. Once he hits adolescence that sweet little kitten demeanor changes considerably. Can spayed cat still produce milk to feed a kitten. This usually happens when a male cat is groomed by another cat in one reported.
If the kittens are eating formulated diets the nursing is. If the kitten is relying solely on milk for nutrition it will be a problem as cats milk is quite different in composition from dogs. According to vetinfo some cats may experience false pregnancy and produce milk if they are spayed during the diestrus stage of their heat or reproductive cycle. Mating with an infertile male false pregnancy can also result from mating with an infertile tom or male cat.
The term male lactation is not used in human medicine. Regular low grade massage type stimulation of a male cat s mammary area can stimulate milk production.