Thanks ever so much, you're both ace. Only Sol is an orphan and it's him and Verbal the other male kitten suckling on Minnie, the female kitten, and on each other as of today. Minnie is not suckling at the boys, so it's just those two weirdos. Sol I can understand and I suppose Verbal was the slowest to wean even if he's the biggest. I will see if I can dig out some teddies - assuming they would need to be baby safe types (think all the kids' ones have got eyes and the likes which I wouldn't want them sucking on)? Slap me if I'm talking rubbish. Will have a think about alternatives too. Thanks again.

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