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She must be weaning it. Mother cats to that sometimes, like your mother might have made you go outside when you were bothering her. The older the kittens get, the sharper their tiny teeth get, so when they nurse their mother pushes them away now and then because they hurt her. This is very common; don't worry, they will be okay.

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Definitely separate the two so you don't take a chance if its happening when you aren't around. If it had occurred earlier, you could assume there was something physically wrong with the kitten, but at eight weeks, it would seem to be a Survivor.

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By 4 months a kitten is old enough not to need it's mother, so she will treat it like a normal cat.

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it is showing dominance over the kitten

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Maybe this cat is born like that.

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