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Why won't the cat leave my toddler alone?

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Emma198 · 21/01/2020 18:28

Just wondering if anyone has any insights.

Little girl is nearly 14 months. Loves the cat, is generally good but can get excited and a bit rough, might pull his ear or tail. She squeals with excitement at him.

Thing is, the cat literally follows her everywhere, he's around her constantly and even claws at her door at night. If she's in her cot playing in the day while I have a shower or something, he's on the cabinet next to the cot.

It's lovely and everything but makes it hard work keeping her from pulling his tail etc because he's always there, and i don't like to keep moving him away because i already feel like he's had his nose pushed out of joint by her being here, he's a very loving cat and if there's someone in the house sitting down, he'll be sat on them kneading, until the baby came along now he's just rubbing himself around her all the time.

Not looking for a solution as such, it just makes no sense to me that he's obsessed with her and always rubbing around her when it's not unlikely he's going to get a bash or a tail pull. Wondering if anyone has an insight at all.

OP posts:
Shockers · 22/01/2020 11:03

I think she’s just his favourite!

I can’t stop kissing my cat- I love him so much. He is always by my side too, despite occasionally giving me ‘the look’ when I go overboard. Sometimes I roll over in bed and squash him too, but he seems to understand that I would never purposely harm him, so he never purposely harms me either.

MissPepper8 · 22/01/2020 13:48

@Toddlerteaplease I can understand its cat behaviour but randomly biting a toddler? Doesn't bite us, just bites him. Sorry I'd be too afraid she will bite a crawling infant.

I guess in your opinion if a cat did that to a newborn it would be fine, even when newborn gets infection?

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