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Relieved, cross and worried

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NAB3wishesfor2008 · 14/01/2008 17:46

DS2, aged 2 and a half has 2 scratches on his face and it appears they were done by the cat. Have put the cat away and told her not to scratch . The chances are DS2 did bother her but I am so relieved she didn't get his eye as it is near but I also am cross with both of them (unfairly probably) and worried that she has scratched him again.

How do I teach him to stay away from the cat? I keep telling him to leave her alone, have bought him a Fur Real kitten but he adores her.

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TheMadHouse · 14/01/2008 17:48

It is something that he will learn. It is imporatant that they learn the consequenses of their actions.

It will only happen a couple of times and then either the Child or the cat will hide - he he he

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NAB3wishesfor2008 · 14/01/2008 17:50

She has scratched him quite a few times. DS2 doesn't seem to be learning. She never bothered with the older two. She patted DS1 with her paw when he wouldn't stop pulling his tail, and she scratched DD when she was 6 months for no reason but it has worried me this time as it was so near his eye.

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CarGirl · 14/01/2008 17:51

He will get the hint or the cat will get better at hiding from him/staying out of reach IYSWIM. If my dc have pestered the cat/rubbed fur wrong way/attempted to pull fur/tail I have told them off/naughty step as if they had tried to hurt another child IYSWIM my plan being that they learn to respect the cat as much as anyone else. Our previous cat "smacked" all the dc at one time or another (with due provocation) and they never crossed the line again. The current cat is too stupid laid back to care, any attention equals attention in his warped pedigree brain

TheMadHouse · 14/01/2008 17:52

My car is quite old now (12) and only lets the children near her when she wants and on her terms

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NAB3wishesfor2008 · 14/01/2008 18:03

What worries me is she has scratched him quite a few times and he still hasn't got the message. He was lucky not to have lost his eye.

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CarGirl · 14/01/2008 18:06

your only options in that case are to

a) rehome ds

b) rehome the cat

Are you able to shut the cat away from your DS when you are at home and give cat free reign when he is in bed & when you are out?

If you see your ds near your cat at all what do you do, you could make it a complete you do not touch the cat rule complete with time out consequences but seems quite drastic?

hertsnessex · 14/01/2008 18:09

surely if you feel he may lose an eye then you get rid of the cat?? is there anyone you know who would take the cat?

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NAB3wishesfor2008 · 14/01/2008 18:11

Rehoming either is not an option.

The cat is only in the main house when we are in and he went in to where she was in the lounge when I was finishing off making bread with DS1.

I do keep telling him to leave her alone and he will now go on the step if he prevokes her. I didn't see what happened but DD said she scratched him.

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hertsnessex · 14/01/2008 19:43

then apart from your ds learning there isnt alot you can do.

Whooosh · 14/01/2008 19:48

DS WILL learn eventually-and though it sounds flippant-it is very unlikely a child could lose an eye through a cat scratch......

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NAB3wishesfor2008 · 14/01/2008 20:19

ILs not willing to have her but tbh I couldn't part with her unless I really had too. I have had her since she was 5 weeks old.

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hertsnessex · 14/01/2008 20:31

if you think she MAY scratch your son and damage his eye then surely HE is more important than her. You have had her from 5wks old......You have had him since before he was born...........

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NAB3wishesfor2008 · 14/01/2008 20:32

I know that.

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Whooosh · 14/01/2008 21:00

NAB-no need to part with her-I fully understand the bond-5 wk old kitten is teeny.
Give them each their own space,"teach" DS as much as possible but always allow cat to have an escape route-it will work out-promise-millions of people have been through the same-it is a great learning/teaching curve for all involved.....

CarGirl · 14/01/2008 21:06

Is your cat getting elderly just our previous puss was very easy going until he got elderly, unwell and then he got less tolerant cantankerous with young 'uns

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NAB3wishesfor2008 · 14/01/2008 21:48

She is 13 and suffers with hyperestisias. She loves to sleep on top of the chair in the lounge and I expect he climbed up and tried to stroke her. enthusiastically. Have shut her away since I saw the scratches and she has been crying over her toy(means she is having fun!) Will watch them very carefully tmw.

When she was tiny she used to sleep in a tissue bos. I once lost her and spent hours looking for her. Eventually found her in my bed, under the duvet, with her head on the pillow. Took photos of her.

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