Cat attacked my DS
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Anonymous
Really? Because I am not sure at all. There's not a huge market out there for 8 year old cats who are being given away because they aren't good with kids. OP, you allowed this to happen (by not disciplining your child and teaching him not to) and now your pet is going to suffer for it. I hope if you give this cat away you never get another animal. You are not pet owner material. |
Anonymous
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IMO a 23-mo. old should not have a cat or dog on hand, they don't understand how to deal with them and the dog or cat will react instinctively.
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Anonymous
I really hope you posted in the thread about the mom wanting to let her cat sleep with her baby (or was it a toddler?). That sounds very scary! |
Anonymous
You took the words right out of my mouth. Enough said. |
Anonymous
If OP had enough going on with DS and newborn, maybe they shouldn't have had the newborn, or even the DS if the cat came first. Cats are not disposable, they are to be kept for life just like you would keep your kids. I hate when people suddenly decide that their human children should come first and are more important. Treat them equally. If the cat came first, they deserve to still be there too. Wait until your kids start to bite you randomly. Are you going to rehome them at that time too? |
Anonymous
| I'm sure this was a scary incident for both you and your toddler but hopefully it taught everyone a lesson and won't happen again. I was raised with multiple cats and got my share of scratches from feisty cats when I was likely annoying them. I survived and continued to love cats, work in a vet's office and grow up to have my own cats. The thing about having animals is that you have to accept that they are animals and aren't going to behave the way you want at all times. Yes, a cat scratch could have been much worse had it been in the eye but it wasn't. So now you can use this as a lesson and work on teaching the toddler how to treat the cat. Not saying you haven't already done this by the way. I have a 19-month-old so I know how hard it is and I'm constantly monitoring my son's behavior around the animals. None of this is your fault and you don't need to give the cat away unless you decide that's absolutely what you want to do. Try working on it some more and accept that co-existing sometimes means these things happen. My 12-year-old cat tried to bite me when I was cutting his nails last night. I'm not giving him away but I'm definitely careful when I do things like that with him now. Good luck! |
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+1 million!!! |
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OP, you sound like a moron. You have a cat, and yet you don't know that they don't like having their tails pulled? Okaaaaay. Furthermore, you ascribe a human emotion (so-called jealousy) to an animal. Newsflash: the cat is not "jealous" of your son. You just need to teach your kids to leave the cat alone. I am glad the cat scratched your son. Maybe now he will be more careful around the cat.
Morons. The world is populated by morons. |
Anonymous
| When I was a little kid we always had a cat, and occasionally I got scratched. Why is his a big deal? Wash it out and wath for infection. Cats will scratch if they are provoked. |
Anonymous
I totally agree with this. What bugs me more than anything about OP's post is the suggestion that the cat has been jealous all along, just waiting for the moment to attack her sweet and innocent, precious little snowflake! B*LLSH*T! Actually, it sounds more like the cat has put up with the kid for 2 YEARS without even touching him, but no one should have to put with having an extension of their f*cking spine pulled by a bratty toddler. It's really not that hard to separate a toddler and a cat. And the feeding the newborn think isn't a good excuse. So, would she have left a hot stove on while feeding the newborn? Oh, the 2 year old burned his hand, but it's not her fault, she was busy with the newborn! No, before she sat down with the newborn, she should have put the 2 year old in a contained area (i.e. close the room off to the cat, put a gate up). Her tone in the post is everything. It's like she was waiting for a reason to get rid of the cat. I hate people like that. They think animals are disposable or "practice" until they have their actual kids, and then they set the animal up for failure, because they want an excuse to get rid of them. It's sad how many older (8-12 year old) cats there are at the pounds and shelters. It's heartbreaking to read that most of them were given up by someone after living with that person their *entire* life. And people like the OP then end up raising self-centered, bratty kids who think the world revolves around them. Instead of reprimanded her precious little 2 year old, it becomes the cats fault. So the 2 year old never learns that there are consequences (when he was told not to touch the cat and still did, he got scratched in the face, but instead of saying, well, that's what you get for pulling the cats tail and not listening, he's fussed over and the cat is discarded) but that kid will also learn that animals are disposable and become yet another j*ck*ss who has no respect for nature and think that it all exists for his pleasure. |
Anonymous
Yes, they do. In fact I have the card of the woman running the "free cats" display at PetCo. I'll try to find it. They would much rather come to you, assess the home situation, get the innoc. records., and then take Kitty to a vet who will try to sort out innoculations and any other health issues. Then, when cleared, the cat goes into a large cage at Petco to lure people to take them home with them. I was standing there talking to the woman who runs, I thin, "four paws" and she was taking care of two kittens who had been left outside the door all night in a box. We provided a temporary home for the cat until they could get it adopted. |
Anonymous
Yes, they do. In fact I have the card of the woman running the "free cats" display at PetCo. I'll try to find it. They would much rather come to you, assess the home situation, get the innoc. records., and then take Kitty to a vet who will try to sort out innoculations and any other health issues. Then, when cleared, the cat goes into a large cage at Petco to lure people to take them home with them. I was standing there talking to the woman who runs, I thin, "four paws" and she was taking care of two kittens who had been left outside the door all night in a box. We provided a temporary home for the cat until they could get it adopted. |
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We have a mean cat and were positive we'd have to give her to my mom when we had kids. Five years later, she is still around (and so are the kids!)
Did she turn into a nice cat? No. Do the kids know to leave her alone? Yup. Have they bothered her and gotten bit or scratched -- yes. But 99.9% of the time we coexist well. Kids learned. And a scratch or two was a small price to pay for not getting rid of the cat and teaching kids to be cautious around animals. |
Anonymous
| Goodbye kitty! Rehome or pound. |
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