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We have two cats - an older male and a younger femaie. We have a 16 month old kid. The female cat doesn't care for him so she stays on a different floor all day until she knows he's in bed. The male doesn't mind the attention the kid gives by screaming and the kid hugging him. The cat will even walk up to my kid waiting for him to grab his tail so he could walk my kid around. It's cute. Today my kid was hugging him on the floor when the cat turned and gave my kid two puncture holes in his forehead with a quick bite. This sucks. We love the cats but that crossed the line of trust now.
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Has the cat bit anyone before? If not, the kid can learn not to do that again and things should be fine. The cat needs to be in control too sometimes.
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Kill the cat. If it did it once, it may happen again. No Mercy!
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Well, maybe the kid will learn where he is on the pecking order of things.
Better make sure to disinfect the wound(s). Cat injuries can become nasty very quickly.
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He has tried to bite at older kids when they were being rough or purposely irritating to him. But that was years ago. And my kid and this cat have been interacting since the kid was born. He's is a very loving cat andbeing 16 years old not too energetic to get too crazy.
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Pecking order is something the kid needs to understand. But hey, he's still pooping in his pants. haha
We are cleaning him up good and the cat is up to date on all shots.
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A 16 month old kid is a bit young to be playing so physically with the cat. The kid is going to cross the line at some point and the cat is going to defend itself. This is going to be true of any cat. It doesn't seem fair to get rid of the cat when it may have been (essentially) attacked by the child.
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I guess if the parents don't teach "respect" to the kid someone has to do it. hahaha
Yeah, don't let them play unsupervised either.
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Animals have their limits, the cat's was reached. No animal can be 100% trusted with children - to do so is foolish. I'm not saying that you are foolish, it's just that I have heard/seen way too many stories of kids and dogs, and the kids are always the loosers. I don't think a cat would be as agressive as a dog, more likely to tell you it's pissed with a bite or scratch, and then simply run away. Clean up the kid's wounds, keep a better eye on the cat from now on when the two are together, and go on with life.
Jeff
