Bengal has scratched DD friend

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Long story short my DS had a few friends over at weekend and one of them pulled my 1 year old Bengal's tail and she too took a little swipe at them. I had to pretend I was less annoyed than I was (as you always do with kids that aren't yours) but just checked they weren't hurt and thought nothing more of it. Today I have had said parents very annoyed on the phone demanding this was unacceptable and they wanted to report it, I was clearly very annoyed aswell and it got a bit heated from there.

I don't think I am but AIBU ? All the kids were clearly told to leave Annie (Bengal) alone and I didn't overreact when they didn't. Can't help that feel this is generation snowflake when things like this happen no injuries occured.

@SheGotBetteDavisEyes I like the word snowflake, I think it's very apt in some cases

OP hasn't come back.

Perhaps she has been taken into catstody.

Beryl you are on fire tonight.

Eatalot I agree.... In the words of good old Granny Weatherwax "If cats looked like frogs nobody would forget how evil they are!"

My ‘vicious’ Bengal boy... he doesn’t have huge paws though, his legs and paws are actually a bit spindly.

DD3 had a friend over once (5yo so quite capable of understanding) whose mum got annoyed that our hamster bit the child. I told her the hamster was in a room they were told wasn't for playing in (we tended to shove the cage in the office when noisy kids were round) and that she'd been told several times not to tease it. Finger went in cage and got bitten. Tough shit.

He is gorgeous, looks so content in that second photo :)

I just keep thinking that if that was a puppy instead of the bloody cat most replies would have been "Parents are right to repost to the police" and "You have to have it PTS".

Well no not really Chardonnay as

A) it would just be a pup
B) the child pulled the tail in the first place

That's what I would post, but I'm certain the thread on the whole would look very different.

Thank you alwaysme22, I agree with you but I’m biased! He is a happy cat, we call him the horse because he gallops everywhere.

I know some cat bites can be very nasty and require hospital treatment but I don’t recall any stories about children being fatally mauled by a domestic cat?

Was a talking about a mauling?

Imagine the exact same situation. Child scratched by a puppy after pulling its tail. Now imagine the replies.

I love the way the OP gives the age of the cat but doesn’t bother with the age of the child. Priorities!

:)

The point I was trying to make is that dogs can attack with fatal consequences therefore there is more likely to be harsher responses to a puppy In this scenario.

Imagine the exact same situation. Child scratched by a puppy after pulling its tail. Now imagine the replies.

My response would be the same. Child should not be abusing an animal!

Dog (or other animal) walks up to child minding its own business and scratches/bites - now that WOULD be different but that isn’t what happened.

I hate it when children pull tails, what on earth possesses them to do it, it's so spiteful. I'm afraid got what they deserved. I have two friends who each have a Bengal, both are non loving and vicious, I would not attempt to Stroke them in fact they are put out when visitors call. My veterinary friend says these cats do not make good pets.

Problem is that some people look at Bengals and think that they are wild animals and shouldn't be in a home.
One parent years ago wouldn't let their child over for playdates unless my cat was locked away.
Needless to say, that friendship ended swiftly. My cat makes my home!

There’s a moggy who sleeps all day in the waiting room of the health centre I have to go to several times a week. A cat in a health centre? How terribly inappropriate. I would avoid the place like the plague.

Anyway, YANBU op, the kid was at fault and the parents are idiots.

My DB has a Bengal. He is a lovely, lovely creature. He has never scratched me as I have never been cruel to him.

I used to have a rescue ginger tabby - she was a moody cow and would try to take your hand off if she thought you looked at her funny...... we did love her though.....from a distance usually..... the children knew to only touch her if she came to them and thus did not get hurt.....

Think op has been mauled by her bengal tiger, so won't be back!! Pull a tail you get a warning paw, cats don't scratch it's the pulling away that causes the scratch. Poor cat

In my opinion your veterinary friend has made a massive over generalisation Redland12.

Look at my photos in a previous post - does my Bengal look like not a good pet?

His attitude to anyone is 'someone else to love me and tell me how gorgeous I am'. He is a lap cat and any lap will do.

It’s camhs (child and adolescent mental health service) rather than GP surgery, Poisoning - quite therapeutic to have the cat there, IMO.

Hm...I have mental health problems and cats massively set off my anxiety, I wouldn't be able to go in there.

Bloody love bengals. And Maine coones. Cars often hate their tails being pulled.

I'd feel the same if some ransomed pulled my hair, grabbed my boob or smacked my arse. Seriously sympathy for a person (child or not) who doesn't heed warnings.

Perhaps they should read more Ronald Dahl books???

Also had a dog who had s sensitive hind legs and a stupid kid on my street t asked and pulled her tail until she rounded on him a drew blood,

Zero sympathy. In either case.