to want to rehome one of our cats?

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We have three cats, an 18 month old brilliantly behaved female and two 5 month old kittens. One of the kittens is just lovely - lets my DCs pick him up and carry him about like a toy, never scratches and is very patient. The other kitten is alright temperament-wise but has this horrific habit of eating from the kids' plates.

It's bad enough that he does it when the kids have finished eating but he actually does it when they're sitting having their meal. Our dining table only seats the DCs and it's very difficult to get to the cat every time he does this, especially since I'm 33weeks pregnant with SPD.

I'm honestly at the end of my tether with the eating off plates thing and I want to rehome this cat, especially because in a couple of months I'm likely to have baby bottles lying around and I can't trust that this horrible cat will leave them alone.

Am I being unreasonable?

yes- yabu.
how old are your children? If they are over 4, then they can help by removing the cat from the table and putting him on the floor.
Have you considered shutting him away from where the children are eating?

YABU.

YABVVVVU.

Next.

YABU just remove the cat from the room when your children are eating. Does the cat do the same thing when you are eating your meal? It needs to learn that it is not allowed on the table.

What everyone else has said. Shut the kitten out of whatever room you eat in. Problem sorted.

I have to say, I had 2 kittens together years back, total nightmare, 1 was anti social and wouldn't mix with us at all, the other was ok but not wonderful like my previous and current singletons are.
So, I don't know what my point is LOL but seriously, rehouse it now whilst it's cute & rehomeable - not when it's 4 and vicious and then runs away....

We have two and they are lovely. And very naughty. They have done much worse things than eating off plates...

mine is very naughty Lady Glen.... he's such a beast! He gets in bed at night and chews fingers & toes HARD, he steals food etc etc

A friend of our's has the same problem, she uses a water spray and says it seems to be working

Eldest is 8 but isn't here for lunch during the week or any meal at the weekend, the other two are 3 and 2. Putting the cat on the floor does nothing, he's very persistant at returning and aggressively going for their food - he's scratched DD to get to her food before now. I can't close the door to the living room securely either - the cat can open it because the latch doesn't catch completely.

Jolly Not to me and DH, no. Only to the children

Shine One of the kittens is also peeing and pooing under the DCs beds and the sofa, I have a suspicion it's the same cat but haven't caught either of them in the act so can't be 100% sure. This particular cat is fairly antisocial, his brother is just lovely so it fits. But... I don't want to apportion blame without evidence.

dittany Tried that. This cat jumped into the bath with me, it just doesn't seem to care.

Lady This one has done worse than eat off plates too, but this is the most pressing and ongoing issue for me.

I should mention that I'm a longterm cat owner and I've never considered rehoming any of our cats before now. I've never had any behavioural issues with our pets that we haven't been able to address but this little guy is really pushing his boundaries and I feel he'd be better off in a home where this isn't such a big issue.

How many litter trays do you have for them?

Thunder Still have three just now, one upstairs and two downstairs.

I feel bad for that - the eating off plates thing just drives me crackers, and I posted this right after finding him stealing food off DS's plate so that'll have influenced my ranting! Generally he's amiable enough as long as he's not being wound up by the DCs but he's certainly my least favourite.

Thank you all for the straight talk though, I do appreciate it. I will definitely find him a nice permanent home if we go down that route rather than just sending him to a shelter.