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Ok so my adult male, Georgie, has been attacking my 6yo daughter randomly. He is a kind of nervous cat so we’re aware of that and try not to have any loud noises, big sudden changes etc, that being said the aggression toward my DD started maybe almost a year ago. It’s usually quick, very & sudden & unprovoked ex. Laying in bed, he was getting love & all the sudden jumped at her and scratched me pretty good in the process. This last time was the worst, we were in the bathroom, he was laying on the floor she was sitting on the toilet and all the sudden he flew off the ground onto her arm. He really scratched her bad, one scratch was so deep it looked like her skin had been torn open (thankfully it was no longer than 1/4in). It seems to me to be unprovoked but clearly something is bothering him enough to attack. I know he doesn’t trust my DD, we’ve had him since he was a kitten & she was about 2, I never left them unsupervised but she got some tail pulling & things like that in while they were growing up. I feel like this might by why the aggression seems to be mostly “at” her. The 1st time it happend she had been at my moms & we figured a new smell bothered him, then it started happening more regularly probably every 2-3 months. I am very aware of his body language so I keep an eye and if he seems to be getting nervous or overwhelmed/scared I’ll give him space and that’s usually fine. Sometimes he just is being petted it just sitting and will all the sudden fly up. I am going to try the nail caps and possible some stress drops that were suggested to me. I’m sorry this is very rambling I’m just really at a loss with this. I’m very very close to him so I’m trying to find any and all options to try. I want to look into behavioralist but my funds are very limited as I’m a barber & getting back to work has been not so fun. But I’m willing to try anything! Just thinking of even the possibility of rehoming my boy kills me, but I’m scared he may really hurt my daughter and I just can’t risk that :/ any and all help would be soooo appreciated! Thank you!