i HATE this cat....

[xchairity_casex]

yes it attacks her too shes got huge scratches on her when she first brought it home she tried letting it sleep in her room with her but it would attack her face untill she got off the bed so she started locking it in the bathroom at night. it goes after everyone who lives here except the dogs maybe she is taking to the dogs and those are "hers"?i would really hate to have her put down which is the reason i opted to not take her to the animal shelter secretly of coarse becuase they would have her put down if she acted liek that with them!
the only reason my isster says its so sweet is becuase me and my mom were against her gettign the cat in the first place and she inssited on it now she is not wanting to addmitt being wrong on her desicion

 

[LotsaChicken]

You need to do something about that cat. A cat bite is the most dangerous bite in the world. Cat saliva is toxic and their incisors are like hypodermic needles. My son ended up in the hospital for a week from a small cat bit on his calf. If I would not have immediately taken him to the doctor he could have ended up with an amputation. My sister nearly lost a finger once because of a cat bite. It's nothing to play with. Get that cat out of your house if it's biting!

 

[BlazeJester]

I talked to a lady yesterday who had cat scratch fever when she was a child. It is a nasty bacterial illness. If the cat is aggressive and scratching people up it should be put down or FIXED and released outdoors. It obviously has no interest in people and is dangerous to the family, particularly the child(ren).

 

[xchairity_casex]

nope this cat came from a home was raised indoors. i think im going to start advertising to find it a home as a barn cat only

 

[SarahBeth9394]

I wouldn't even try and give away such an aggressive animal. There are too many good cats out there. It would just be passing your problem onto someone else.

 

[AinaWGSD]

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Really? I whole heartedly agree with the rest of your post. That cat is dangerous, and cat bites are one of the worst possible bites to get. But their saliva is certainly not toxic, and their incisors are absolutely nothing like hypodermic needles (in fact, their incisors are practically harmless...they're tiny, almost as blunt as our incisors, and the only thing most carnivores including cats use their incisors for is plucking hair from their prey before eating it or "flea biting" to scratch an itch). Their canines certainly can be sharp, certainly a more pointed sharpness than a dog's canines, but even then they aren't even half as sharp as hypodermic needles. The danger from their bite comes from the bacteria in their mouth, which can fester in a wound and cause septic infections in some (although not all) people. Their claws can also harbor some pretty nasty bacteria which makes cat scratch fever a very real and dangerous possibility. People with a weakened immune system should always seek immediate medical attention if bitten or scratched by a cat because the risk of a severe and even life threatening infection is very real. But most healthy adults will be ok with just washing the wound thoroughly with soap and water. Working at a vet's office I've been scratched countless times and even bitten a few times by many cats of various health status and have never had the wound become infected when washed immediately. That's not to say I don't keep a close eye on any cat bites I get, but I also don't run to the emergency room as soon as it happens either.

To the OP, I'm not really clear on the situation here. Do you live with your sister? Does your sister live with your mom? If your sister is living on her own, unfortunately there isn't much you can do about the cat. If she is living with your mom, then the only thing you can really do is to plead with your mom to lay down the law and get rid of the cat. If you're living with your sister, then you may just have to move out if you don't want to deal with the wretched thing any more. You can try looking up websites on the horrible things that can go wrong with cat bites/scratches and show them to your sister and try to explain to her how much danger she is putting her child in by asking him to take care of the cat and keeping an aggressive animal in her home. You could try pointing out to her that if this were a dog, DCFS would be on her case so fast for putting her child in harm's way by knowingly keeping an aggressive animal. But ultimately it's up to her to make that decision, and it sounds as if you or your mother trying to show her the sense of the situation may only make her more blind to what needs to be done.

 

[TigerLilly]

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I forgot about 'cat scratch fever!' One of my DS's got it from a kitten that was very sweet--but as kittens do act like kittens, she scratched him a time or 2. that was NO joke--his jaw locked up to the point he couldn't eat, hurt to even drink anything & lost 10 lbs over the course of a few days. The pediatrician said it was due to the germs caused by fecal matter getting under the cat's claws & transferred to an open wound (i.e., a cat scratch). Not something I want to ever have to experience again.

 

[NYboy]

Your sister needs to have her head examined, keeping a cat that put 5 stitches in her sons face!

 

[NYRIR]

Sounds feral....and if not...then definitely a bizarre cat! I'm sorry to say I would have it put down. There are so many needy NICE cats out there, why keep one like that?! Tell your Mom and sis if they get rid of it they can get a NICE cat instead! Same as with a Roo...

 

[goobhen]

I love cats, I have 5, but that cat would disappear!! Those five stitches your nephew got because of that cat? Well those would be the only stitches he would need, I would get rid of it! I am not saying to SSS (because I couldn't do it) but a vet could!
Good luck, I took in a feral cat, she was a sweetheart. Until she turned about 9 years old, then she attacked my son (who loved her & she was his cat). She was just so unpredictable around adults, children, well she was an angel to them, adults she was a timebomb. She went out one day, saw her run to the woods, never came back.