https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 02:16:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-pet-doesnt-like-kids#post-2426014 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:17:35 +0000 Tanjowen 2426014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old are your girls? Our cat is not a fan of our 2 year old, and to avoid any incidents we ended up separating them during the day. The cat has a room to herself where she feels safe and LO isn't allowed to go, and once he's in bed, she has free run of the house. It's not ideal or fair, but everybody stays safe and somewhat happy. At some point LO will be old enough to understand not to mess with her and we can change the situation accordingly. </p> <p>One idea to try that we are doing is bribery - we have our LO give the cat wet cat food as a treat at bedtime and the cat definitely tolerates that! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-pet-doesnt-like-kids#post-2425798 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:43:07 +0000 Bao 2425798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have two cats, one grew up with the girls and the other one is 5 years old so she was never around kids. When we first had the girls she would hide and just not come around until they were in bed. Now she will tolerate being in the same room, but if the girls get too close she will growl and hiss, but never bite...just sort of expressing her fear of them. I am constantly having to tell the girls not to get too close because it scares the cat, but they don't listen and they always try and pet her. On the flip side the cat doesn't ever run away, she just lays there. I want the kids to understand the cats boundaries but I also want the girls to be able to sit on the couch without the cat hissing and growling (cat lays on the back of the couch most of the time)...any ideas how to get the girls to understand the cats boundaries because telling them to back off is getting pretty old, it's a good 15 times a day thing! </p>