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cat went crazy... can she be trusted?
My ~2y/o spayed female cat went crazy this a.m.... she apparently
attacked my siamese (male,neutered ~12y/o) - didn't end up being serious, but when he got away, she turned on my 5y/o son. She ripped at his legs, he then got away ran to me where she followed and attacked again. I gave her a smack to get off and held her down to the ground (had to use force) while he left the room. He ended up behind a closed door upstairs when I let go of the cat, she then took off immediatly in pursuit... hair fluffed out and growling. My son now has multiple deep claw marks on his legs up to just above the knees and defense marks on his hands & wrists. The cat seems fine now, but she is being kept away from the other family members. Her diet has been the same, the only thing is we parted with a fostered cat (1y/o had him from a kitten) last week. They weren't great 'friends' and did fight regularly (not to the point of injury). Can we trust this cat now? She is normally very affectionate, inquisitive and loves everyone (never had a problem with our kids). Any thoughts would be appreciated. We don't want to part with her, but obviously can't keep her if she's going to have 'mental' breakdowns and attack our 5y/o in this manner (let alone the degree of attack and how long it may have continued if I wasn't right there to stop it). Thanks! |
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cat went crazy... can she be trusted?
mrcoyote gmail.com wrote:
My ~2y/o spayed female cat went crazy this a.m.... she apparently attacked my siamese (male,neutered ~12y/o) - didn't end up being serious, but when he got away, she turned on my 5y/o son. She ripped at his legs, he then got away ran to me where she followed and attacked again. I gave her a smack to get off and held her down to the ground (had to use force) while he left the room. He ended up behind a closed door upstairs when I let go of the cat, she then took off immediatly in pursuit... hair fluffed out and growling. My son now has multiple deep claw marks on his legs up to just above the knees and defense marks on his hands & wrists. The cat seems fine now, but she is being kept away from the other family members. Her diet has been the same, the only thing is we parted with a fostered cat (1y/o had him from a kitten) last week. They weren't great 'friends' and did fight regularly (not to the point of injury). Can we trust this cat now? She is normally very affectionate, inquisitive and loves everyone (never had a problem with our kids). I'm glad the cat didn't claw your son's eyes, it can happen. .... after secluding the cat and treating the wounds, the first thing to do is clip your cat's claws, the best time is upon waking it up from a nap. It's really not too difficult. I put the thing between my legs and sit on it with its head pointing towards my knees and my feet keeping it from scooting away backwards. If sunlight isn't available, a flashlight might help. Also, you might want to put on glasses or goggles before you wake it from a nap to clip its claws. Do it regularly. .... keep in mind that giving your cat away is better than declawing it .... take care of your 12-year-old cat, in case it's stressed out Good luck. Path: newssvr27.news.prodigy.net!newsdbm04.news.prodigy. com!newsdbm03.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01b.news.pro digy.com!prodigy.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!pr odigy.net!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!g47g2 000cwa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: mrcoyote gmail.com Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav Subject: cat went crazy... can she be trusted? Date: 20 Feb 2006 12:51:44 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 30 Message-ID: 1140468704.532103.145460 g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.156.151.177 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1140468709 31979 127.0.0.1 (20 Feb 2006 20:51:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:51:49 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: G2/0.2 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse google.com Injection-Info: g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.156.151.177; posting-account=6XoxOA0AAACeXielqKiCInrOiGN51Wg3 Xref: prodigy.net rec.pets.cats.health+behav:424619 |
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On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:51:44 -0800, mrcoyote wrote:
My ~2y/o spayed female cat went crazy this a.m.... she apparently attacked my siamese (male,neutered ~12y/o) - didn't end up being serious, but when he got away, she turned on my 5y/o son. She ripped at his legs, he then got away ran to me where she followed and attacked again. I gave her a smack to get off and held her down to the ground (had to use force) while he left the room. He ended up behind a closed door upstairs when I let go of the cat, she then took off immediatly in pursuit... hair fluffed out and growling. My son now has multiple deep claw marks on his legs up to just above the knees and defense marks on his hands & wrists. The cat seems fine now, but she is being kept away from the other family members. Her diet has been the same, the only thing is we parted with a fostered cat (1y/o had him from a kitten) last week. They weren't great 'friends' and did fight regularly (not to the point of injury). Can we trust this cat now? She is normally very affectionate, inquisitive and loves everyone (never had a problem with our kids). Any thoughts would be appreciated. We don't want to part with her, but obviously can't keep her if she's going to have 'mental' breakdowns and attack our 5y/o in this manner (let alone the degree of attack and how long it may have continued if I wasn't right there to stop it). Thanks! FYI If my 5-year old were attacked by any animal, that animal would be history. MLB |
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cat went crazy... can she be trusted?
"mlbriggs" wrote in message news On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:51:44 -0800, mrcoyote wrote: My ~2y/o spayed female cat went crazy this a.m.... she apparently attacked my siamese (male,neutered ~12y/o) - didn't end up being serious, but when he got away, she turned on my 5y/o son. She ripped at his legs, he then got away ran to me where she followed and attacked again. I gave her a smack to get off and held her down to the ground (had to use force) while he left the room. He ended up behind a closed door upstairs when I let go of the cat, she then took off immediatly in pursuit... hair fluffed out and growling. My son now has multiple deep claw marks on his legs up to just above the knees and defense marks on his hands & wrists. The cat seems fine now, but she is being kept away from the other family members. Her diet has been the same, the only thing is we parted with a fostered cat (1y/o had him from a kitten) last week. They weren't great 'friends' and did fight regularly (not to the point of injury). Can we trust this cat now? She is normally very affectionate, inquisitive and loves everyone (never had a problem with our kids). Any thoughts would be appreciated. We don't want to part with her, but obviously can't keep her if she's going to have 'mental' breakdowns and attack our 5y/o in this manner (let alone the degree of attack and how long it may have continued if I wasn't right there to stop it). Thanks! FYI If my 5-year old were attacked by any animal, that animal would be history. MLB How horrible is that. So, how long has your child been in prison? |
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mlbriggs wrote: FYI If my 5-year old were attacked by any animal, that animal would be history. MLB What if that animal was provoked by the child? I got the impression from the original poster that she did not actually witness the beginning of this. Otherwise, why did the child have to run to her? If she was there, she would have been the one breaking up the cats, and she would have described how that happened and how the cat suddenly went after the child. I think it is much more likely that the child was startled by the cats, and reacted by screaming or flailing, and that is what misdirected the agression toward him. It's like breaking up a fight between dogs. The person is just as likely to get injured as the dogs. In this case, it was a small child who didn't know better and probably reacted in a way that made the situation worse. If you give up the cat with the explanation of being violent, it will most likely end up bein euthanized. Is that fair to a cat when the situation wasn't even seen by an adult? Here's another example. A neighbor kid was visiting and tried to squash my cat. The kid was only 5 or 6 years old, but was trying to sit on my cat. He didn't get attacked. I was able to rescue my cat before anything worse happened. But had my cat attacked him, it would have been a fair response. And the fault would have been the mother's for letting her kid sit on my cat. Another situation. Years ago, my youngest neice was a terror to animals. She pulled tails, grabbed ears, etc. She totally ignored us, and her mom wasn't doing anything about it. We warned her, and she got scratched. Not too seriously, but enough to make her cry. I did not feel sorry for her. After that, whenever they pulled in the driveway, all animals were locked away for their safety. And the girls were not allowed in the basement. No way did I want that terror near my animals. My niece is 13 years old now, and she has never spent the night at our house. We simply cannot watch her 24/7, and we do not trust her with animals. She can come for visits, but never overnight. It is very frustrating to see on the news that a dog attacks a child, and the dog has to be euthanized, yet the child was in the dog's yard without supervision, and nobody knows what actually happened. We punish the animal automatically even though it could easily have been provoked by the "victim". |
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cat went crazy... can she be trusted?
Any 12 or 13 year old that can not be trusted around animals has serious
issues and needs help. If this is truely the case and nothing is done to intervene you are looking at a future member of the prison population. The abuse starts out directed at animals and escalates to humans eventually. wrote in message oups.com... mlbriggs wrote: FYI If my 5-year old were attacked by any animal, that animal would be history. MLB What if that animal was provoked by the child? I got the impression from the original poster that she did not actually witness the beginning of this. Otherwise, why did the child have to run to her? If she was there, she would have been the one breaking up the cats, and she would have described how that happened and how the cat suddenly went after the child. I think it is much more likely that the child was startled by the cats, and reacted by screaming or flailing, and that is what misdirected the agression toward him. It's like breaking up a fight between dogs. The person is just as likely to get injured as the dogs. In this case, it was a small child who didn't know better and probably reacted in a way that made the situation worse. If you give up the cat with the explanation of being violent, it will most likely end up bein euthanized. Is that fair to a cat when the situation wasn't even seen by an adult? Here's another example. A neighbor kid was visiting and tried to squash my cat. The kid was only 5 or 6 years old, but was trying to sit on my cat. He didn't get attacked. I was able to rescue my cat before anything worse happened. But had my cat attacked him, it would have been a fair response. And the fault would have been the mother's for letting her kid sit on my cat. Another situation. Years ago, my youngest neice was a terror to animals. She pulled tails, grabbed ears, etc. She totally ignored us, and her mom wasn't doing anything about it. We warned her, and she got scratched. Not too seriously, but enough to make her cry. I did not feel sorry for her. After that, whenever they pulled in the driveway, all animals were locked away for their safety. And the girls were not allowed in the basement. No way did I want that terror near my animals. My niece is 13 years old now, and she has never spent the night at our house. We simply cannot watch her 24/7, and we do not trust her with animals. She can come for visits, but never overnight. It is very frustrating to see on the news that a dog attacks a child, and the dog has to be euthanized, yet the child was in the dog's yard without supervision, and nobody knows what actually happened. We punish the animal automatically even though it could easily have been provoked by the "victim". |
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cat went crazy... can she be trusted?
"declawed cats have a higher incidence of biting"~~~~ I have had cats
my whole life (I will be 37 in April) I have never declawed any of my cats UNTIL I got my last 2. Its been 3 yrs now and they do NOT bite, nor have we have any complains at the veterinary hospital that I work at as a health care assist. of "cat bites" after or because of a declaw I have very mixed feeling about declawing, I never did it before.But my husband put his foot down and told me to get it done or get rid of them after they torn his brand new chair up the same night we got it. I chose to declaw and keep them instead of giving them away and them possibly not have the good life they do now. BTW~~ I have a 6 yr. |
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cat went crazy... can she be trusted?
oh.......... you can use "softpaws" on your cat, they even come in
colors. (they are plastic tips that fit over the claw to keep the cat or dog from scratching) |
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