My wife and I took in a stray cat with kittens. The kittens nursed for a while but we had to get the mother fixed so we could put her outside the house. She’s not a good indoor cat.
Now, she’s fixed but inside and lactating. Should I try to milk her?
She’s segregated from her kittens until she’s healed from the surgery. That’ll be another week or so until she can see the kittens again, according to the vet.
The milk will dry up long before you have any success at milking the cat. Just so you know, it will harden and be almost like their is a board across her belly. Milking the cat will just prolong what ultimately will happen anyway, not to mention the life-long scars you will have for attempting it.
Don’t freak out as it dries up. It is rather odd, but completely normal.
This is the voice of experience. I had a cat that lost her kittens and it was freaky. I also breastfed my daughter. I can probably tell you more than you would ever want to know. Do yourself a favor, don’t ask. 
I’m just concerned that she’s sore form being full of milk. How long before she dries up?
Have you asked your vet? What does he/she have to say?
Didn’t ask. They just said keep the mother away from the kittens for 10 days.
You can milk anything with nipples.
(Sorry, couldn’t resist the Meet The Parents reference!)
OK, vet just said let it go and the milk will go away. The internal pressure will signal the cat hormones to stop producing milk.
Yes, I suspect if you milk the cat she will continue lactating, and you probably don’t want to have “milk cat” as part of your daily routine for the next 10 years.
It does hurt, it is painful, but only for a few days. The reason there are women who breastfeed their many year old children, is because as long as the milk is being used, it will be produced, pretty much.