to euthanise my aggressive cat?

Some cats have a strong prey drive
They are not aggressive per se but get hyper- it sounds more like prey aggression
Looking for the signs and putting the cat in a different room when he looks hyper ( especially at night ) can help
He is probably just a bit bored and people under duvets are very exciting to him !

It’s not really the cats fault he is just not suited to you

Try and rehome him

Please don’t put him down if he’s an otherwise healthy cat! There must be someone willing to take him

You're a disgusting piece of shit even 11 years later

My cat is aggressive. I will not have her pts because of it. We all know how to manage her and she is happy, she just needs to be treated with respect and caution. When we rescued her we took her on as our responsibility. If I really couldn't keep her I'd rehome - someone would take her. You really need to try every avenue before resorting to this.

I can't believe some of the posts on here.....so much concern for an aggressive cat,and yet fuck all empathy for the frightened,bitten children.

OP,do what you need to do.If an animal charity are will take the cat,let them.If not,do not let anyone try to guilt trip you about putting your childrens' welfare above that of a cat.

My cat was very aggressive (a rescue cat) she'd been rehomed once before which failed. I used to be covered in scratches but now she's the soppiest cat ever.

Definitely find a good rescue centre.

If it was a dog and it was aggressive you wouldn't keep it...why should a cat be different?

Is it possible for you to give it a home outside? We adopted 2 semi feral cats when they were 6 months old from the rspca and they are nearly 10 now. But we had a cat flap put in our garage door and they have a little cat house type thing in there with bedding and we feed them in there. So they have somewhere warm and quiet to sleep and they definitely prefer to have their own space.

But then ours arnt even that vicious really now. Just scared stiff of everything! Ours would only attack if we tried to pick them up although we have tamed them enough to be able to stroke them (if we sit still on the grass and don't stand up they won't run away!). Absolute nightmare taking them to the vets though, they really lash out when they are scared.

Or as someone suggested above, maybe try and find somewhere else that could offer the cat and more outdoor home like a farm.

Well i think having a healthy cat pts is cruel. Ok it wont hurt and the cat wont know what is happening but it will still be dead.

If you dont want the cat then have it rehomed. Ring up your local rescue centre and ask them to take it.

If you read the post you will see I don't think putting the cat to sleep is cruel. I think the idea of doing it without looking at other choices is.

Sounds like the cat wasn't socialised properly as a tiny kitten so there may not be anything you can do - I think that if they haven't had enough contact with humans by the time they are about 8 weeks (or could even be 6 weeks), they will always be anti-social and possibly aggressive.

Rehoming sounds best option and I love the farm cat idea. It's not fair to put down a healthy animal unless there really is no other choice but I can see your dilemma. Hope it gets sorted.

Agree saint. Rescue centres are full to bursting and are not an easy get out for people who won't take responsibility themselves. Either put it somewhere rural and let it have a lovely natural life or pts.

unless shes putting the cat to sleep by bludgeoning it to death, putting it to sleep is not cruel. the cat doesnt know anything about it

Invest in some feliway, it really does work.

Op, I'm a cat lover but my parents had a cat like that when I was little. She was viscous, attacked everyone and nothing worked. My family moved country when she was six. She was totally unrehomeable and 6 months quarantine would have sent her even more round the twist so my parents had to have her pts.

It's a horrible thing to have to do, do look into other options first. The cat may make a suitable farm cat, being outdoors and not being handled may be exactly what he needs.

cats bite sleeping people as they are looking for attention. Either put him out for the night or close the bedroom door. Make sure he has plenty of toys and a stratchy post for him to play with if he wakes up early.

Bloody hell lets hope the op kids don't start biting and scratching in a few years. God only knows what will happen to them. On a serious note. Re home it. Don't pts that is cruel in this instance.

Celia Hammond help rehome cats to purely outdoor homes, as mousers/ratters.

www.celiahammond.org/

My kids sleep with their doors shut so they don't have cats sleeping on their beds all night. Works perfectly well to keep batty older rescue cat out of their rooms (one of those ones that leaks wee when they sleep. sigh)

i agree, find a farm that she can go to, she'll be fed, warm and get the joy of hunting.

could she have been a litter of a feral cat? taken to young?

Put the cat out at night so it can't bite or scratch your kids when they are asleep?