My cat hates everyone except me what to do?

Your cat will accept your baby, too, as long as your baby treats him respectfully. You will need to teach them both proper manners.

My boyfriend has a cat that doesn't like anyone else because she is scared. Since I am clicker training my cat, I thought I would try with his. Once she learned to touch a target and she would get a click and treat, I made my finger the target. Soon she would sniff my finger for a treat. Next, she allowed me to pet her a little and clicked and treated. Now, she nearly always lets me pet her and even comes to see me when I come over.

Maybe you can try some clicker training and when she understands, see if she will play the friendly game with someone else. Once she starts to trust people again, she won't be so reactive. It only took a few sessions with my boyfriend's cat.

There is a lot of information online about clicker training. My own cat will jump through hoops and go wherever I request him to go with a tap of his target pencil.

I do not understand the word quack ? What has a duck's noise to do with it ? But I do wonder what sort of a vet would recommend having a cat which was already biting, declawed. Surely any decent vet would know it would make the biting even worse ! And why because of pregnancy ? That makes no difference ! In countries where we do not declaw our cats we look after our babies and children,they respect each other,we do not mutilate our cats and then say we have a problem.

I am very sorry for your poor cat, it sounds as if you are going to abandon loving him when your baby comes.That is bad.

You had a 4 year old cat declawed !!! I can't believe a vet would do this crippling operation, imagine 4 years with the claws he needs, suddenly gone ! The shock must have been dreadful, poor poor cat,never mind the pain.

It's incredible that a person trained to cure animals did this, knowing full well that declawed cats bite and that one already biting would be even worse.

He or she certainly wasn't thinking of your baby !

Your cat will need much tlc and a lifetime of care as he is now disabled.

So many cats suffering and now yours too !

Well, much good it is asking a vet who declaws cats if they recommend it, of course they damn well recommend it because they make a lot of money from declawing cats. Do you honestly think a vet who was ethical and true to his profession would amputate the healthy toes of a cat? Think again for your excuse, the cat is yours, you made the decision to betray his trust no one else..

Why on earth did you feel the need to cripple this cat because you're pregnant? Your baby will soon grow, those toes are gone forever. Plus the fact that as the mother you should have been capable of protecting both baby and kitten from each other, it isn't all one way toddlers can be very rough with cats and easily hurt them.

I'm surprised your cat doesn't add you to his hate list after what you did, the only reason he must bother with you is because he's utterly dependant on you, as your baby will be, so will you be having your offspring surgically altered to suit yourself?

Poor little cat, you will have to treat him kindly and make sure your child does too.He is a special needs cat since you had him declawed.

Most declawed cats do bite, because of the pain and the feeling of being defencless,surely the vet or the techs who come in your shop explained this ? He trusts you, don't let him down by ending his short life, you really owe him big time !!

We know how laser declawing works and it's still the amputation of the ends of the cats toes, only less bloody and supposed to heal quicker, but of course that's if the laser doesn't burn some of the flesh too.Many people have done much research on declawing so you can't tell us anything new !

Don't make exuses man,just make it up to your cat by giving him the best life possible in the circumstances.I'm afraid it sounds as if you are contemplating getting rid of him as if it's his fault he bites.

Children don't have to be scratched to learn respect for animals if the mother watches over them until they are old enough to be trusted to treat the cat gently, that's what we do in our country.

My parents had cats when I was born, I wasn't scratched even once, my mother saw to that. I grew up loving and respecting cats as they come, with the claws they were born with, need, and have a right to keep.

I agree, the biting is because of the declawing. You are very lucky he doesn't mess outside of his litter tray too as many declawed cats do,they never forget the excruciating pain following that operation, so they avoid digging in litter with their wounded paws.

You will need to give your cat lots of love and attention, even after the baby comes or his little heart will be broken too.

Children have to learn to respect and be gentle with pets, you'll have to see to that.

If you have his life taken from him, that is very very sad, cats lives are short enough already and many are ruined by declawing.

I long for the day it is banned worldwide.

You've really let that poor cat down, no wonder he bites, and hates everyone, declawing was the worst thing you could do to him.It's the most painful operation for a cat and leaves them feeling defenceless, they can't walk, groom, or exercise properly and they bite because they are defenceless ! Declawing is the amputation of the last joint of the cats toes and really it's a very un-neccessary procedure which is banned in 38 countries already, as animal abuse.There are alternatives to that drastic surgery, but it's too late for your cat, you can't have his toe ends put back on.

Of course he will cling to you, he doesn't know you had that done to him, he trusts you and feels safe with you and you owe it to him to look after him as well as your baby.If you take him to a Rescue Centre now, he will be one of many unrehomeable declawed cats, condemned to die ! So when the baby arrives you'll need to make sure your cat still gets plenty of love and attention from you, as naturally he will be jealous.When your child starts walking you'll need to supervise him/her always with your cat, as small children are very rough with pets, they know no better.It's your responsibility to teach your child to be gentle with your disabled cat.

I hope you are joking about taking him to the vets, surely you won't betray that cat any more than you have, by having him destroyed ?

He's surely the best guy in the world!!! :) I had some cats and they were afraid of guests who visited me, but were calm. Inky is agressive because he's a male (I suppose not neutered, what explains it), he treats you like his family so he tries to protect you and is jealous about you. It's hormons thing, so I'd think about neutering him, I believe it's the only way to calm him down.

First, this shouldn't come down to a question of cat vs baby. If you take the time to make sure he still feels special, there's no reason to assume he'd hurt your baby.

You also didn't mention if he's neutered. This always calms cats down and makes them less territorial.

hopefully nobody hurt your kitty. they become very nasty after someone hurts them or tortures them. do not let ur baby hit him or pet him to hard. let your cat smell the baby first. ANIMALS ALWAYS NEED TO SMELL SOMEONE BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING. thats why you do not approach a dog too quickly.