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My cat is NOT this patient!

Yes definately, a little cuddle is great but to let it go on for so long is just asking for that poor cat to get the hump and scratch the baby.
 
Not cute, and not cool.
And last I checked cats flick their tails when they're annoyed, or about to pounce.
 
Yssie|1326235560|3099847 said:
Not cute, and not cool.
And last I checked cats flick their tails when they're annoyed, or about to pounce.
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Thats what I thought too.
 
The cat seems remarkably unperturbed by it, but no, not cute and not cool. Even if the cat was happy with it, not a great thing to teach the kid. I prefer to teach my kid to touch animals only very gently and to have respect for them. Soft toys are ideal for this sort of thing, living creatures not so much.

My cat flicks his tail like that when he's enjoying something, though. It isn't always annoyance. Still, no way would I let my child do that.
 
Is it a severe character flaw of mine that I find the cat so much more fascinating and adorably cute than the baby?

I don't know what these parents are thinking, letting the baby go on and on like that. Even if the cat didn't mind, they are teaching the child that it's OK to pester an animal. That's not nice for the cat and bound to backfire for the kid someday. At one point the dad spoke up and told the child not to pull on the cat's fur but then both parents just kind of gave up and let her do whatever she wanted.

I want that cat! One of mine would have torn that baby to shreds.
 
Kitty is not a pillow! Kitty should get pets only not squishes!
 
The cat was tolerating that REMARKABLY well but when my kids were that age I always taught them to be very gentle with our cats. Eventually if that continues that cat may not be so easy going. I didn't really think that was funny or cute.
 
Wow. One of my kitties would have eaten her face within 20 seconds. The other one would just have been annoyed, meow'ed and ran away immediately.
 
I have to assume that cat was declawed or had soft tips put on its claws - if not, those parents were taking a huge risk with their baby.

And I agree that's a terrible lesson to teach a child - no matter how accommodating that particular cat may have been.
 
VRBeauty|1326255818|3100112 said:
And I agree that's a terrible lesson to teach a child - no matter how accommodating that particular cat may have been.
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HUGE ditto!
 
I have one cat that would have been fine with that untill the first crawl-over (which I would have put a stop to). She probably
would have gotten a warning bite on the nose from my other cat.

I teach my children that they must be kind to animals. Sometimes when they start "picking" at a cat my husband starts doing
the same thing to my kids and ask them how they like it when its done to them (probably better to just ask the kids to stop).
 
I think it's cute. I have a cat that would sit for that and LOVE IT. Honestly? Come on. Cats are smart enough that if they hate it, they get up and move. At least, mine do!

If you read the description, it said the cat laid in front of the baby- basically knowing the baby was going to do this.

As far as the tail flicking- not all are created equal. We have 4 cats- and one cats tail flick means something different if a different cat does it.
 
bean|1326297026|3100338 said:
If you read the description, it said the cat laid in front of the baby- basically knowing the baby was going to do this.
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My 10yo cousin tortures their two cats - there is no other word for it. He loves them to bits, and shows it by petting them so hard they are yanked and pushed, he squashes and smothers them, grabs them and hauls them whenever and wherever he wants... that is exactly what this baby will be doing ten years from now. One of them is older and terribly arthritic, and his back legs are disjointed with just a little wayward pressure, and he will come and lie beside this child and in ten minutes is guaranteed to limp away squealing, one leg out of socket. And a few hours later he'll come and lie beside him again!

And my uncle, aunt, and grandparents say say exactly that - that if he truly hated it, he's smart enough to get up and leave and not come back. He'll flop like that beside *anyone* though, and obviously is not smart enough to recognise that not everyone will treat him gently - I think it's safe to assume that he does not enjoy having his legs dislocated.

I have restrained myself from slapping him thus far. Barely.
 
One of my cats IS that patient but it does not mean she would like it. Thats why I waited until my youngest was 6 to get pets. If I already a cat when they were born, I would have made sure to teach my baby to respect my cat! Kids need to be taught limits with animals. My other cat would have scratched and drawn blood or simply ran away if anyone tried that with her.
 
I am jealous of all of you who have cats that will let you maul them! One of mine can only be pet in certain spots and you better pay careful attention to that tail because the second it goes from calm pendulum swings to the "I-am-done-now-you-better-back-off" twitch, it's a nano-second before you get swatted. My other cat is a love bug but she's also very playful and has no idea how scratchy her little claws are. Even when she kneads my lap before settling in for a nap, I get tiny little scratch marks.
 
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