Our cat has been openly aggressive for the past 6 months. Hissing, laying on his back with his claws and teeth showing, constantly trying to bite you, ears pinned back etc. Whenever he attacks someone I put him in the kitchen, shut the door and left him to calm down. It got to the point where if you simply went in the kitchen to get something he'd go for you.
He then started going for my youngest DS2 who is 4. He'd be playing with something in the back room and the cat would out of nowhere seek him out and jump at his face to scratch him/bite him. DS is now terrified of him and will scream/repeat "no no" if he goes anywhere near him. He has always sought out and attacked DH.
Today I was upstairs with both DS and the cat out of nowhere ran up the stairs, jumped up at DS2 face and once again tried to bite/scratch him leading to DS2 screaming/crying. DH came up to get him whilst I comforted DS2 and he hissed, scratched and bit DH drawing a fair bit of blood.
We are expecting DS3 in a couple of months and are extremely worried about what damage he could do. He seems to be very selective with who he targets he 9/10 will go for DS2 who it the youngest and smallest, then hubby and DS1.
Im running out of ideas as what to do with the cat and how to stop him from seeking out DS2 to attack. We play with him lots and for a good few hours, he has other cats he plays with outside the house (lots of cats in our neighbourhood) everyone knows to leave him alone and they do when he shows sign of having enough of petting so they're not pissing him off. DH wants to get him rehired and honestly I can't blame him but DS1 loves him to pieces and I do like the fluff ball