ive had my cat since i was 12 and im 22 now ....i have two small children 19 mo and 9 mo ..anyways my 9 months old son was sitting in the middle of the living room floor and my cat just attacked him for no reason ...she has been getting difficult over the last few years having to be cage d at night for racing through the house breaking things and having both kinds of accidents during the nights having to bathe her at least 4 time a wk.... my son is alright scratches on his nose upper mustache area cheek and tongue.i called the dr .....anyways the next day i had her put down which made me histerical.now i feel guilty and upset for my choice..was i wrong?
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Having to put down a loved pet is very hard. I had to put my ferret down 2 weeks ago she was almost 8yrs old.
Just remember all of the fun you shared together.
no .kids come first. allways .every time without fail.
no
i wauld be sad if i put down any of my pets but in your case it had 2 be done
Children first, but you should have tried to adopt out your pet using free sources like craigslist or even the humane society even though most of the time they will put down the animal brought there, but still you could have adopted out your cat.
For different reasons, cats become a nuisance as they get older. They either get sick or unruly, or have accidents, etc. Sometimes, the best thing for all concerned is to put it down.
I just recently put down my cat of 13 years we had since he was a kitten. He was always coughing and having trouble going to the bathroom. It broke my heart to put him down, but what else could I do? Vet said there was nothing that could make him better.
You have to protect your kids. He probably would not have been a good choice for adoption because of his behavorial problems.
No. Don't second-guess yourself on this. You did the right thing here. This animal was definately having some serious psychological probs and it was endangering your children. An animal that attacks unprovoked shouldn't be kept.
My deepest condolences. I know how hard it is to put a beloved pet down.
Yes. What's more important? A life or a couple of scratches? When a person gets old and starts wetting the bed do you kill them? No. Animals have feelings to. When cats get older they want peace and quiet. your son was probably annoying her.
First of all, to Manda- animals may have feelings, yes, but at 9 months old, this asker's son is HARDLY old enough to know that or to be left alone around ANY animal for very long. An old cat like this would not have been used to children anyway, and would have seen the baby as a target and as the cause of its owner's sudden tendency to ignore him. To the asker: I know it was painful for you, but you made the right choice in this case. The safety of your children ALWAYS comes first. It sounds as though this cat's behavior had been getting progressively worse, and her attack on your son was just the last straw. I would probably have done the same or a similar thing in your situation, for good of all concerned. True, perhaps you might have been able to adopt the cat out, but at her age with her behavior problems, the odds of her being placed in another home successfully were very low. Added to that was the fact that she was constantly causing other problems in the house besides the accidents, and you had even more of a reason to do what you did. Cats can get to be a nuisance as they age- my sister has an older cat in her house right now who has to live in a cage because he won't use the litterbox and can't be trusted when he's loose in the house anymore. It sounds from your question that this is what was happening with you, and you would probably have been okay with this cat, except that she attacked your child without any provocation. You shouldn't feel guilty for making what was clearly the only choice you could. I hope your son is feeling better, and I am sorry it had to come to this. Good luck.
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