Not my cat or baby, I am writing on behalf of a friend- I'm trying to help her.
They have a great cat, who is about 5 years old.
They now have a beautiful baby boy who is 10 months old.
Two or three times the cat has clawed the baby, scratched his face. From my understanding, completely unprovoked by the baby. Latest the cat jumped on the couch where the baby was being held by dad and scratched the baby's face close to the eye. Unprovoked. It is uncertain if the baby was being loud or unintentionally scared the cat (and she's sure the cat would've run instead).
In the past the cat has scratched when the baby provoked him (they're working on teaching the baby to respect animals, but again, he's 10 months old too).
She's thinking its jealousy because the cat isn't getting as much attention as he used to.
I am sure you all are understanding of the predicament- the cat is family and they love him. But there's also a baby that needs to be protected. Cat claw caps will not help. She's been trimming claws keeping them short. Separating is tough because they're in a small home and its unfair to the cat to be locked away.
They are considering declawing or rehoming and they don't want to do that, so she's at wits' end. What else can she try to keep the cat from clawing the baby?
Edit: they're calling around to see if any local groomers would put claw caps on, but still looking for other options.
They have a great cat, who is about 5 years old.
They now have a beautiful baby boy who is 10 months old.
Two or three times the cat has clawed the baby, scratched his face. From my understanding, completely unprovoked by the baby. Latest the cat jumped on the couch where the baby was being held by dad and scratched the baby's face close to the eye. Unprovoked. It is uncertain if the baby was being loud or unintentionally scared the cat (and she's sure the cat would've run instead).
In the past the cat has scratched when the baby provoked him (they're working on teaching the baby to respect animals, but again, he's 10 months old too).
She's thinking its jealousy because the cat isn't getting as much attention as he used to.
I am sure you all are understanding of the predicament- the cat is family and they love him. But there's also a baby that needs to be protected. Cat claw caps will not help. She's been trimming claws keeping them short. Separating is tough because they're in a small home and its unfair to the cat to be locked away.
They are considering declawing or rehoming and they don't want to do that, so she's at wits' end. What else can she try to keep the cat from clawing the baby?
Edit: they're calling around to see if any local groomers would put claw caps on, but still looking for other options.
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