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And that last sentence confirms why what you did was absolutely the right thing to do!!!
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The cat's always been like it - even as a kitten, but my sister's never tried to rectify the situation - she seems to accept it's the cat's nature!
In the summer when we were around there, the cat was locked in a bedroom as the back door was open.
I accidently let her out, so just picked her up to take her back.
She howled, snarled and tried to scratch me. I reacted the same way I would if one of my cats was so rude - i gave a low growl and put my hand on her chest so her claws couldn't reach me. She immediately relaxed, realising I was in charge and any objection was futile!
If I had a cat that behaved like that when picked up (as she obviously does even when my sister picks her up), I would pick her up all the more, until she learnt who was 'boss'!
I dread to think what may have happened if my grandson had looked over the side of the chair.
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Hi Maggie,
Well done you! Your sister should be ashamed of herself is all I can think.. Dogs do a lot of harm to small children we read about that all the time AND so can cats... Better she got scratched than it scratched him in the face and maybe in his eyes. She wouldn't have liked that to be front page news now would she? Still maybe she will have learnt from this and she'll remember if theres a next time to put cat out the way..Should be second nature with a feisty cat.. hissss..lol
Tricia
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Actually, I'm now feeling a little miffed that my sister thought my grandson could have 'done something' to the cat!
I've got 3 cats that have the run of the house and, via a cat flap, the outside world, and my grandson regularly sees them.
He is well versed on how to behave with both cats, and, as his other grandma has dogs, those too! Litttle things, like you can lean on the dogs (a boxer and large mongrel) but not the cats!
I can boast that my 3 cats have never bitten or scratched anyone in anger or fear, and 2 of them have never spat at a human. If they don't like something/someone/a situation - they move!
I have just 'frontlined' 2 of them, something (as every other cat owner will tesitfy) they detest. They wriggled, squirmed, Betty spat - not at me, just in general - but when I looked into her face, she quickly turned away. Neither howled or tried to scratch me, and half an hour later George is trying to sit on my lap (I say trying - I don't want him near me until the stuff has totally dried!!) LOL
I've just
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Don't feel guilty Maggie, if any of my six behaved like that they would be shut away when we had company, particularly when there were young children about. As you say, any animal will scraatch/bite a child if they are teasing it, your little grandson obviously wasn't otherwise the cat would have had him there and then.
Is the cat psycho or could there be a medical problem, my parents had a dog once who suddenly went for a small child, it was found he had something wrong with his kidneys if I remember rightly and had to be put to sleep.
Anyway again, don't feel guilty, you protected your little grandson, better a frightened cat than a badly injured child, the cat will get over its' fright, your grandson may not have been so lucky
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Don't feel guilty - said cat should have been put somewhere safe while children were there. You acted like any mum/grandma would when a child was threatened - and better those scratches on your sister than your grandson. Well done you! xx
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I was around my sister's yesterday, as were a few other family members, including my daughter, her husband and my 3 grandchildren.
My sister has a 'house' cat - who isn't the friendliest of beasts to anyone - my sister feels honoured when the cat deigns to sit next to her for half an hour before biting/scratching her!
Well my 30 month old grandson was pootling betwen the lounge, kitchen and conservatory. The cat was in the conservatory, as were 2 other family members.
Grandson came in from the conservatory to the lounge and sat in a chair.
I became aware of a hissing, looked around the side of the chair and my sisters cat was looking up at my grandson (who fortunately wasn't looking at the cat - he was talking to his sister) snarling and spitting!
I shouted at the cat - who, instead of doing what a 'normal' cat would do (ie run away), she tried to go for me. I moved the chair and took a step towards her, at which point my sister said I was scaring the cat! Yes, i was - as she was out of order - but my sister said perhaps grandson had done something to the cat in the conservatory - the other family members said he hadn't even touched the cat! Even if my grandson had done something to the cat - surely it should have bitten/scratched him right away - not stalked him!
Anyway, sister (eventually) managed to catch the beast - all the time it was spitting and snarling at my sister - to lock her in her bedroom (the cat could have gone up there anytime had she so felt like it).
Whilst walking up the stairs, the cat let out a horrific howl and snarl. When my sister eventually came back downstairs, she had nasty deep scratches on her arms and chest!
Her comment : 'That was a very frightened cat'.
My unsaid thoughts 'That's a demented cat that has never been put in her place'.
Still, I feel guilty about my sister's scratches.
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