My 17 y/o ds came home from his Dad's today. He was playing video games in the kitten room, and generally being loud. He has ADD, and while he is not as rowdy as some kids with it, he is louder than the other kids, and bigger at 17!
About an hour ago, he went back into the kitten room/game room. He walked over near the kitten cage to turn on a lamp. The kittens have been exploring the room as they are about 3-1/2 weeks old. He says he accidentally kicked a few kittens on the way to the lamp, but they were not injured and did not even cry out. But CoCo hissed at him. So in typical ADD "act first think later" fashion, he jumped over the kittens to back away from CoCo. She followed him, jumping over the kittens into full attack. As he exited the room with her attacking, she turned on my dog, an 86 lb akita, in the hallway.
Luckily, the dog, Misty, was raised with cats, and does not return injury when attacked by a cat. I pulled Misty away, and pushed CoCo back into her room with my foot, and ds using a small kids chair like a lion tamer!
DS has several scratches and one bite on his thigh. I have several scratches on my leg. Misty seems to be ok. And as far as I can see, CoCo and the babies are ok. But I am not exactly inspecting them! She hissed when I just entered the room to spray feliway around. But she quit when I spoke to her.
Poor CoCo, fearing for her babies safety. Poor ds, bore the brunt of his bad decisions. And poor Misty still has no idea of what happened!
We have washed and put ointment on the minor wounds. Hopefully CoCo will let me keep putting her ear medicine in her ears. And I need to figure out how to unplug the Playstation, so the kids can play on the living room TV with their Christmas presents!
I seriously need to limit the number of cats I foster. Although I am still glad that I saved CoCo from her previous home where she had no vet care...I gotta remember to just say no!
About an hour ago, he went back into the kitten room/game room. He walked over near the kitten cage to turn on a lamp. The kittens have been exploring the room as they are about 3-1/2 weeks old. He says he accidentally kicked a few kittens on the way to the lamp, but they were not injured and did not even cry out. But CoCo hissed at him. So in typical ADD "act first think later" fashion, he jumped over the kittens to back away from CoCo. She followed him, jumping over the kittens into full attack. As he exited the room with her attacking, she turned on my dog, an 86 lb akita, in the hallway.
Luckily, the dog, Misty, was raised with cats, and does not return injury when attacked by a cat. I pulled Misty away, and pushed CoCo back into her room with my foot, and ds using a small kids chair like a lion tamer!
DS has several scratches and one bite on his thigh. I have several scratches on my leg. Misty seems to be ok. And as far as I can see, CoCo and the babies are ok. But I am not exactly inspecting them! She hissed when I just entered the room to spray feliway around. But she quit when I spoke to her.
Poor CoCo, fearing for her babies safety. Poor ds, bore the brunt of his bad decisions. And poor Misty still has no idea of what happened!
We have washed and put ointment on the minor wounds. Hopefully CoCo will let me keep putting her ear medicine in her ears. And I need to figure out how to unplug the Playstation, so the kids can play on the living room TV with their Christmas presents!
I seriously need to limit the number of cats I foster. Although I am still glad that I saved CoCo from her previous home where she had no vet care...I gotta remember to just say no!
