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Post by cass on Jul 5, 2008 21:20:07 GMT -5
this thread went gangbusters over night lol! thanks for the plug guys you are so sweet! i agree with everything you guys have said regarding fertililty and couldnt agree more i have one tube, 1 funtional ovary, a bulky uterus less some bowel and i couldnt be happier! seriously, s**t happens i say! (for those that know me i mean that in the literal sense as well!) i just have to make sure no adhesions form over my tube and like tess i have until im 30 - but thats still 3.5 years!! thats a long time in my book anything can happen between now and then. You can cope with the endo obstacles and make things happen cause i know im going to give it a damn good shot when i come out of menopause!! i havent seen madasgascar damnit, i never get the in jokes!!
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Post by cass on Jul 7, 2008 1:58:22 GMT -5
i just logged on to AMAZON.COM and purchased a copy of this book you all talk about!! TCOYF i even got the 10th Anniversary edition to boot! i hope its as good as you girls say it is
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Post by JackMcFarland on Jul 11, 2008 17:32:50 GMT -5
I thought this would be interesting to post here. Well, as most of you know, my bf and I adopted a kitten in May... he was born sometime mid-Feb which would put him into the 6 month old range right now. I am sitting on the couch watching suckling off his little bed. I know he's trying to suckle because he is also kneading (cats knead inorder to get the milk flowing from their mother). He's been up to it for a good ten minutes now... purring away and suckling off his little blue bed! I'm in total awe of this little guy and wonder if he was not separated from his mom if he would still be nursing off of her at this age?? Domesticated cats are usually weaned around 6 weeks after birth. Luciano was with his mom up until 7 weeks when he was slowly weaned away. It's interesting though, isn't it? How even a cat goes back to nursing to be comforted??
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Post by cherry on Jul 12, 2008 0:16:31 GMT -5
My old cat, Misha, loved woollens. Somehow, even as an antique lady who was going orange in her old age, she used to love to nibble on my jumper and paddle whilst purring her head off. I guess it's like humans having a comfort blanket rather than a need to nurse. Felines seem to generally wean early though, the amount of times a year they reproduce if left to run wild is phenomenal. Misha was terrible until we got her spayed!
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Post by ouchy on Jul 12, 2008 0:34:24 GMT -5
And here is one of the many cats we had who didn't get the memo to wean her kittens. She was still going at nearly a year in this photo!
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Post by JackMcFarland on Jul 12, 2008 7:50:17 GMT -5
Feral cats breed almost every heat though... So unless she was nursing two litters.... or was sprayed? Wow...
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Post by ouchy on Jul 12, 2008 9:57:49 GMT -5
She was feral. My mom tamed her like every other cat in the neighborhood. UGh. She became the "cat lady." Nope. These "kittens" were from the same litter and she didn't go back into heat while she was nursing. Cool, huh! Not spayed, either.
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Post by jellybean on Nov 22, 2008 3:45:12 GMT -5
I remember VH1 had a show which included a mother who was still nursing her 7 year old and I think the longest one of her kids nursed for was 11 years. That made me curious and I found out we can lactate for up to 20 years.
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Post by ouchy on May 14, 2009 11:37:04 GMT -5
Video of gorilla nursing a 3-yr-old gorilla @ zoo. (I did not take this footage)
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Post by JackMcFarland on May 14, 2009 14:49:32 GMT -5
AWWW
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Post by ouchy on May 14, 2009 15:32:42 GMT -5
LMAO! So it's okay if an ape nurses a toddler, just not a human nuring a toddler.
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