How to introduce elderly cat to newborn?
I am due to give birth in October and I am really worried about introducing the baby to my elderly cat. He has never really been around children, so im not sure how he is going to react. He is 14 years old. When my cousin used to come over with her children (the cat was about 3/4 years old) he would run upstairs and hide - or go outside until they had left. Other than that he hasn't been around any children. He is an only cat now after our other cat passed away in January.
Does anyone have experience with introductions? How to do it? What should I do to prepare?
I want both cat and baby to feel as comfortable as possible with the first encounter
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Hey girl, I got my cat after my baby was born he’s also a elderly cat, I use to put her in her next to me and invite my cat on my bed and he’d be completely fine and sit next to the next to me with her inside it, i eventually put her next to him wen she was 6 months old he’d always come up and sit next to me while holding her aswell and he was completely fine he just didn’t like it when she cried, just make sure there’s somewhere for cat to run incase there not a fan at first of baby morn eventually got use to eachother he still doesn’t like it wen she cries tho 😂 xx
I have 2 9 year old cats and they have completely tolerated my 7 month old, may be different when she moves around more but they have got used to her smell, I just won’t leave them alone altogether if I need to take a shower for instance. I remember asking this question to my midwife and she said you will be surprised how well cats and babies adjust to one another. I would just recommend supervision so they are never both alone together 🩷
Main thing to remeber is dont push your baby onto the cat let the cat come to the baby i have two younger cats both 4 when we came back from hospital we left little one in car seat in living room and let the cats come to her she just turnt 1 and they are best of friends
Im a breeder and have 7 cats. They were all so curious and love my new baby. They just lay next to her, sniff, try to play you should be fine. They are so comfortable that they want to lay right next to her and would damn near suffocate her if they could 😅 so just be careful
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