My nan's little cat seems to be settling a lot more now, but the children can't get anywhere near him

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and it is starting to concern me.
When they stand near the cat, it hisses at them, which scares the boys. Neither of them have attempted to stroke it yet, but I'm scared it may attack them if they do.
Not sure what I can do about this one.

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Have you tried letting DC feed him? then maybe he'll associate them with nice things and start to relax with them? Also try not to let them stand to close to the cat, cats are a bit wier in that things have to be done on their terms not ours!

Probably unlikely that the cat will attack-she just sounds scared tbh.
Best think is probably for you to continue they way you have and almost ignore (as far as the dcs are concerened) that she is there.
It is still early days-you are doing a great job!

Thank you both.

I think the cat is a little scared of the boys still. He/she has settled down a lot, and follows me around, but doesn't seem comfortable around the children yet.
I will try & encourage the boys to feed the cat, that is a good idea.

DS1 was keen to feed the cat this morning, so I let him put the food into the bowl & get the cat some water. Will continue to encourage this, and hopefully the cat will become more settled around the boys eventually.

It is best if the children just leave the cat to do his own things. Putting food down is just fine, but trying to get near him, call to him, touch him etc is just going to make him defensive. It is still very early days for the cat to be adjusting yet and maybe with time the cat will feel much less threatened by them and start to volunteer to be near them. I know it is hard for the kids, but at least they can feel involved in some way if they are helping to feed.

The boys haven't attempted to touch the cat at all - infact they are scared to walk past it because they don't like it hissing at them!
They say "Mummy, we need to get pass the cat!"

They are both wanting to help feed it though, and they think it has cute eyes!

Hopefully the cat will get used to them in time.