Hello,
My wife and I have had the same 2 cats for 7 years. Both are usually very mellow. My wife is pregnant with our first child and my cat has started acting strange. Incidentally, my wife is on week 29. My cat is a male grey siamese mix. He is fixed and is usually a very affectionate cat. Since my wife has been pregnant he has taken to ramming her in the side and trying to take her side of the bed. Strangely, he sometimes would just sit there and stare at her while she is sleeping. So, we finally banned him from the bedroom and now keep the door shut while we are sleeping.
Anyhow, the real kicker was last night when I put my wife to bed. I picked my cat up and took him out of the room then he freaked out. I put him on my shoulder (I have done this many times since he was a kitten and he usually sits there and purrs). Then my cat lets out a loud noise and I have a one cat fight on my shoulder for a second. I was left with a deep gash by my left eye, 4 other scratches on my face, and several scratches and punctures on the back of my neck. Not to mention my left side of my face was covered with blood. After my wife cleaned me up she put the cat in the basement. We didn't discipline him or anything bad since I was so irritated that I would have hurt him. The other cat was nowhere near the incident.
What I was wondering is this: the only changes in our household is that my wife is pregnant. Could this be the root of his strange behaviour? My wife's cat is a female callico and has had absolutely no problems. This makes me very worried about what the cat will do after the baby is born. I can at least defend myself. But if he will do this to a 190lb male, what could he do to a defenseless baby? What would you do with a cat acting like this when you have a baby in the house?
So far I see my options as:
1) Keep the cat
2) Restrict him to the basement
3) Put him up for adoption. Then what will happen if a family with children adopts him?
4) Wait and see.
5) Euthenize him (really don't want to do this).
Please let me know what you think
Thanks
-mike
My wife and I have had the same 2 cats for 7 years. Both are usually very mellow. My wife is pregnant with our first child and my cat has started acting strange. Incidentally, my wife is on week 29. My cat is a male grey siamese mix. He is fixed and is usually a very affectionate cat. Since my wife has been pregnant he has taken to ramming her in the side and trying to take her side of the bed. Strangely, he sometimes would just sit there and stare at her while she is sleeping. So, we finally banned him from the bedroom and now keep the door shut while we are sleeping.
Anyhow, the real kicker was last night when I put my wife to bed. I picked my cat up and took him out of the room then he freaked out. I put him on my shoulder (I have done this many times since he was a kitten and he usually sits there and purrs). Then my cat lets out a loud noise and I have a one cat fight on my shoulder for a second. I was left with a deep gash by my left eye, 4 other scratches on my face, and several scratches and punctures on the back of my neck. Not to mention my left side of my face was covered with blood. After my wife cleaned me up she put the cat in the basement. We didn't discipline him or anything bad since I was so irritated that I would have hurt him. The other cat was nowhere near the incident.
What I was wondering is this: the only changes in our household is that my wife is pregnant. Could this be the root of his strange behaviour? My wife's cat is a female callico and has had absolutely no problems. This makes me very worried about what the cat will do after the baby is born. I can at least defend myself. But if he will do this to a 190lb male, what could he do to a defenseless baby? What would you do with a cat acting like this when you have a baby in the house?
So far I see my options as:
1) Keep the cat
2) Restrict him to the basement
3) Put him up for adoption. Then what will happen if a family with children adopts him?
4) Wait and see.
5) Euthenize him (really don't want to do this).
Please let me know what you think
Thanks
-mike