Vampire Kitten

[chloe_close]

Hey all, it's been a long time.
I have a new kitty, my fat old Big Kitty adores her, as do I. He's really good with her, maybe a little too good... here's the problem...

New kitty (Abbey) suckles on my old boy's nipple(s).
At first I thought it was just kneading and cuddling (he's a big warm ball of fur so who could blame her) but nope it's nipple-age. *shudder*

Big Kitty doesn't seem to mind at all but I'm worried about it.

At first his nipple just looked kinda red and irritated but now it's huge and white on the end. When I pulled her off this evening I darn near threw up.

I realize this is probably because she was likely weaned too early or had a bad mommy or something. I suspect the owner may have been less than forthcoming about age and what have you... anyways, too late for that now, unfortunately.

I've tried just pulling her off with a firm no, tried putting bitter apple on him, I don't like doing that because a) it might sting and b) why should he suffer for her problem?
I'm thinking kitty T-shirt or tape, not very seriously... obviously he won't be thrilled with that either... but I'm really at a loss here. I don't want to positively reinforce the behavior either by offering toys or food and such.

Is this harmful to him or her? Will she stop? What else can/should I do?

Thank you!