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Question
me and my partner got a.kitten a few weeks ago but the people we got him from lied about his age. they said 8 weeks and then said the day he was born which would of made him 4 weeks 4 days when we got him. he has just started biting my ears and it really hurts. no matter what i do or even if i take him to another room he comes back. we have another 3 year old girl cat & they get along okay.. shes warming up to him. but what do i do to stop him chewing/sucking on my  ears? he also will sniff your nose then try squeeze his head up your nose..

Answer
Kittens act like this when they get taken away from the mother too early, I'm sure you've realized. What he is doing is basically replacing you as his mother. The way to help him figure out how to change is to re-train his brain by giving him a toy by means of redirecting his attention away from what he is doing.