Cat attacked my DS

[Anonymous]

I don't even like cats, but your reaction is over the top. Your son got scratched not attacked. Clean it up and watch for infection. Hopefully your son learned not to pull kitty's tail. If not, the cat will repeat the lesson.

[Anonymous]

Agree with 19:33. Another cat-hater here. Your cat was provoked. Every SINGLE time your son goes towards the cat remind him to be gentle and that cats only like their backs pet (or whatever they like) but DON'T like their tails touched. No need to give away the cat. Give away the kid if anyone.

[Anonymous]

You should definitely find a new home for the cat. .I have a feeling your kid will torment the cat in the future and you won't do squat about it. Please don't ever get another pet. You probably shouldn't have any more kids either. Instead of teaching your kids right from wrong, you will likely shrug off all bad behavior and raise a spoiled little monster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:get a cat cage.
http://www.amazon.com/IRIS-Silver-Wire-Tower-.../190-2877628-5026466

I bet the kid could fit in that. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

HAh! Good zinger.

[Anonymous]

This happened when my DS was a toddler. My DH told me the cat gets declawed or put down. So we did the laser declaw, which is more humane. I knew we wouldn't be able to rehome him and I wasn't willing to put him down.

[Anonymous]

Your DH sounds like a dickhead

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happened when my DS was a toddler. My DH told me the cat gets declawed or put down. So we did the laser declaw, which is more humane. I knew we wouldn't be able to rehome him and I wasn't willing to put him down.

You should have had part of your child's fingers removed, so that way he couldn't pull the cats tail. No matter how humane you think the laser declaw was, it was not.

[Anonymous]

I would also like to point out to all the people that don't want their cat scratching their child (even if it teaches your child a lesson when they mess with the cat), there there is a perfectly good product out there that covers cats claws and will prevent scratching. It is mainly to prevent scratching of furniture, but I am sure it would work on kids too.

[Anonymous]

00:10 That product doesn't work - it's basically rubber tips that on the tip of each nail. They all off. Cats hate them and chew them off. It doesn't work.

Declawing is a horrible horrible procedure. Most vets won't do the procedure anymore. When I signed the contract when purchasing my cats from a breeder, I agreed to never have them declawed. That's how strongly people feel about it.

[Anonymous]

Your kids are too little to understand empathy toward animals for a while, and your cat is too old to rehome. The kindest solution is to put him to sleep. Don't subject him to the stress of a shelter.

There are plenty of sweet, patient cats and dogs in shelters awaiting adoption. There is no need to put yourself and your family through the aggravation and risks of dealing with an animal that cannot adjust to its new circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happened when my DS was a toddler. My DH told me the cat gets declawed or put down. So we did the laser declaw, which is more humane. I knew we wouldn't be able to rehome him and I wasn't willing to put him down.

Wow your hubby gave you those two ultimatums and you are STILL with the guy? How dare you take away a cat's claws just because your husband said so!! It is obvious who wears the pants in the family. Sounds to me like your issues ran much deeper than de clawing a cat. Your husband is very controlling and it's his way or the highway.

Now it's time to castrate him. Just to settle the score.
"If" only your kitty could talk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your kids are too little to understand empathy toward animals for a while, and your cat is too old to rehome. The kindest solution is to put him to sleep. Don't subject him to the stress of a shelter.

There are plenty of sweet, patient cats and dogs in shelters awaiting adoption. There is no need to put yourself and your family through the aggravation and risks of dealing with an animal that cannot adjust to its new circumstances.

sickening. the cat is 8, not 20.

[Anonymous]

I've declawed cats. Sometimes they won't stop ruining the furniture. Then you declaw them. It is painful and the cat must forever stay indoors, but it may well let you keep the cat.

[Anonymous]

I know of a few instances in which cats were declawed for scratching furniture, but after being declawed, they developed other problems, mainly not peeing in the litter box.

It is traumatic to the cat to have it declawed, and there is a lot of pain when they use the litter box (try to dig/cover their pee). They then associate the litter box with pain and stop using it.

So while people think declawing solves one problem (scratching up furniture or kids), it inevitably leads to another problem (peeing all over the place).

It's a bad idea. period. It isn't only painful for the cat; it also leads to other problems.

If the cat didn't scratch the cat for 2 years and ONLY scratched when the kid pulled his tail, then it seems to me the cat adapted pretty well to the environment. Now it's time to teach the kid. And 2 is plenty old enough to teach a kid. I had pets at that age, and I didn't pull or hit them, because my parents taught me not to.