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Cat Forum / General Topics / June 2005child and kitten
My 3 year old daughter has always expressed interest in having a kitten. We recently moved into a 4 bedroom house and I have finally given in. I adopted a kitten and brought it home to surprise her. She seemed happy with the kitten……. At first. The last few days have been tough. My daughter is now terrified of the kitten. You might say “she is scared and standoff -ish.” But this is true terror. She will NOT come out of her room if the cat is out of its bed area. If she does come out she steers way clear of the cat and if the cat makes the slightest move, towards her or away from her she scream and shakes in terror. I have a dilemma. I do not want to get rid of the cat. I do not believe in “checking out” a cat for a week then returning it. But on the other hand I do not want to get rid of my daughter (that’s a joke). Has anybody had a similar experience, where do I go from here? Thanks in advance > My 3 year old daughter has always expressed interest in having a kitten. We > recently moved into a 4 bedroom house and I have finally given in. I adopted [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Thanks in advance Did something happen between your daughter and the kitten that could have caused this fear to occur? My suggestion would be to have your daughter come to see the kitten while you are holding it in your arms. When she is comfortable doing that, then maybe you can tell her that the kitten would really like it if she were to gently pet it's head. After she is comfortable with that process, maybe she can try holding the kitten on her lap. Just keep going from there. Good luck. I think your suggestion is very good. Mother should be sure that the child sees she, the mother, is not the least bit afraid of the kitten. > > My 3 year old daughter has always expressed interest in having a kitten. We > > recently moved into a 4 bedroom house and I have finally given in. I adopted [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > process, maybe she can try holding the kitten on her lap. Just keep > going from there. Good luck. > My 3 year old daughter has always expressed interest in having a kitten. > We recently moved into a 4 bedroom house and I have finally given in. I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Thanks in advance In our house the cats (we have 5) would stay, the kid would go, at least to boarding school. Wait 'til she's 16. You might change your mind. :-) Seriously, though, you clearly have a dilemma. Did a particular incident occur that now triggers her reaction? Can you keep them separated and manage a slower reintroduction?  SignatureWayne Boatwright *¿* ____________________________________________ Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974 --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0524-6, 06/18/2005 Tested on: 6/19/2005 10:54:24 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com >My 3 year old daughter has always expressed interest in having a kitten. We >recently moved into a 4 bedroom house and I have finally given in. I adopted >a kitten and brought it home to surprise her. She seemed happy with the >kitten . At first. I can sympathize, I'm terrirfied of dogs. If you can keep the cat out of her room. When she is ready let her approach the cat herself, rather than the cat approach her. Maybe she is afraid of the cat becuase the cat jumps on her? Maybe the cat rushes in and scares the cat by it's sudden appearance? ------------------------------------------ http://www.barnabascollins.blogspot.com >My 3 year old daughter has always expressed interest in having a kitten. We >recently moved into a 4 bedroom house and I have finally given in. I adopted >a kitten and brought it home to surprise her. She seemed happy with the >kitten . At first. I can sympathize, I'm terrirfied of dogs. If you can keep the cat out of her room. When she is ready let her approach the cat herself, rather than the cat approach her. Maybe she is afraid of the cat becuase the cat jumps on her? Maybe the cat rushes in and scares the cat by it's sudden appearance? ------------------------------------------ http://www.barnabascollins.blogspot.com I strongly suspect something happened that you didn't see. Perhaps the child pulled the cat's tail or something similar and the cat hissed at her. I would get her more involved with taking care of it, like having her put down its food and water dishes. > My 3 year old daughter has always expressed interest in having a kitten. We > recently moved into a 4 bedroom house and I have finally given in. I adopted [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The last few days have been tough. My daughter is now terrified of the kitten. > You might say "she is scared and standoff -ish." But this is true terror. She > will NOT come out of her room if the cat is out of its bed area. If she does > come out she steers way clear of the cat and if the cat makes the slightest > move, towards her or away from her she scream and shakes in terror. > > I have a dilemma. I do not want to get rid of the cat. I do not believe in > "checking out" a cat for a week then returning it. But on the other hand I do > not want to get rid of my daughter (that's a joke). > > Has anybody had a similar experience, where do I go from here? > > Thanks in advance |
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