Indoor Cats

[Skeeta]

Does anyone have an indoor cat? I am concerned about how it will accept a new (first) baby into the family as well I have heard that they are prone to jumping into cots which could prove to be a safety issue! Does anyone know anyone that has had this situation and have any advice they can give me?

[Melissa1983]

i have two indoor cats, and i am alittle worried about that too, but when DD1 was born, i was still living at home, and Mums cut was in doors and she never jumped in the cat. I think you will just have to watch the cat, and get up it if its jumps, it will do it a few times to get their sent on it.

[Gumby]

I have an indoor cat who we got a few weeks after bubs was born. We just keep an eye on them. James always has his door shut when he sleeps and the cat isnt allowed in there at all whether baby is in there or not.

[punkbaby]

we have an indoor cat as well we just watch him and make sure his never in the kids rooms and at night his locked up you can get those mesh doors for bubs rooms though for about $40 worth investing if you wont have time to check on bubs and the cat every 5 minutes when bubs is sleeping

[Leeny]

We have 5 cats, one of which is exclusively an indoor cat....We never had any problems with them when dd was in a cot or bassinette...I believe our 17 year old cat jumped in the cot a couple of times, and went to sleep at dd's feet.

Cats dont deliberately jump in the cot to harm babies...Its really only an issue when they're newborns I think. If your worried, perhaps close the door when babys asleep, or could could try getting a mozzie net and pinning it to the corners of the cot so the cat cant get in.

The cats just got in trouble if they tried to jump in the bassinette. One cat did try once, and never tried again. As I said, the most that happened with us is the oldest cat slept with dd sometimes :)

[AquaDevil78]

I have two indoor cats, one is 8 years old and one is a few months old, neither of them have shown any interest in Ds's cot, and all they have done when not in cot, is slooooowly venture up to Ds and sniff then run away. LOL! As soon as he moves, makes a noise they are scaredy cats.

Ds is almost 6 months old and so far so good :thumbsup:

[bigglet]

We have an indoor cat and initially I was worried after hearing about cats jumping into cots etc but my cat has never jumped into her cot - or ever gone near her willingly when she was a baby mainly because he didn't like her sudden movements, cries etc

The only problems we had was that our cat liked sleeping on her change table or in amongst her clothes but that was about it - I did read that you could get one of those nets that you hang above the cot/bassinet to stop cats jumping in which I considered but I didn't have that problem.

[juzzy]

i have 2 indoor cats, neither of them have showed any interest in my DD who is now 6 months old. They tend to stay away from her but i still am a bit wary of them.

They havent showed any interest in her cot or her bedroom either as we kept the door shut alot before she was born so they got used to not going into that room. We also shut her door at night so they cannot go in her room

[luckymama]

Cats dont deliberately jump in the cot to harm babies...Its really only an issue when they're newborns I think. If your worried, perhaps close the door when babys asleep, or could could try getting a mozzie net and pinning it to the corners of the cot so the cat cant get in.


Well i tried this already and my smart cat figured out how to get in there without moving the net, i wouldnt have a clue how. I pushed her out and told her no. That is just one place i dont want her sleeping, anywhere else in LJs room is fine, just not the cot.

[QueensMum]

Our cat was an indoors cat in our previous house. I was quite worried about her when I had the girls. I made sure that for a few months before I had the girls that she knew that their room was out of bounds.

We put up a safety gate on their room. Even though she could have probably jumped over it if she wanted to, she never did. She also slept in the laundry at night so the girls could have their door open.

We did have to keep an eye on her though but she was never a problem.

[Scout]

I have a cat who is indoors for all intents and purposes and was always strangely attached to me as well - he couldn't have cared less about DS.

He did jump in the cot a couple of times but never with DS in it.

Now that DS is 15 months though, I think my cat wishes that he had had the foresight to quietly jump in and smother DS. :laughing: DS chases him everywhere (including into all of the nooks and crannies), disturbs his sleeps and tries to torment him.

[earthfairy]

Hey Ladies...:wave:

Im pregnant with our first & we have a cat & a small dog who are both much loved & spoilt little furr babies!:hugs:


My cat was very ill a few years ago & cost us over $2,000 in vet bills - resulting in him being on a prescription diet for the rest of his life. He's not allowed to eat anything apart from the food that i buy from the vets.

We had trouble with him jumping up on the kitchen bench & stealing food etc....
The vet recommended a "Zone System".

It is two smoke detector like dics that you can put anywhere where you dont want the cat or dog to go. You also have a collar that you put on the pet. When the pet gets too close to the zones the collar beeps & if they still move closer they get a small electric zap. You can set the distance to suit you. I have one zone on the kitchen bench & one near the dogs dinner bowl.

I will put a zone under the cot in the babies room. I wont mind 'sailor' (my cat) going into the nursery but i wont want him near the bed, he is a real snuggly cat so im just worried he might get too snuggly IYKWIM?

These zones arent cruel in anyway, they were recommended by the vet & now Sailor hears the collar beep & runs without even getting zapped:laughing:

Maybe if you are really concerned speak to your vet about the Zone system.


Hope it helped ...


Love & Light
Kirsty x

[~Kimba~]

We have an indoor cat (4 years old) and I was worried about the same thing but when we brought DS home she was terrified of him and wouldn't go anywhere near him. Every now and then she'd get curious and edge close enough for a sniff but as soon as he moved she was off. She hated the sound of him crying and used to get distressed ad look at me like 'aren't you doing to do something about that?' - even now she still does that if he cries, and if he's in his room crying she'll often sit outside his door looking at me.

With sleeping, DS slept in a bassinet in our room for the first 3 months and the cat would sometimes sit at the end of our bed and watch him, but never tried to get in with him. Since he moved to the cot in his own room I always close his door when he's asleep, so she couldn't get into the cot even if she wanted to.

my DS is obsessed with my cat, ever since he could see her he's watched her, he squeals when he sees her and now that he's mobile he chases her around the place, and she's kind of warmed to him enough now that she'll actually let him catch her and climb on her/ 'pat' her (IE smack and pull her fur). It's really funny to watch, he just about squashes the poor thing but she's so gentle and never has a go at him, if he's too much she just runs away.

[OneNowOneLater]

My DD has never been afraid of my indoor pedigree Devon Rex. He's the type with very little fur - at the moment cos its cold, he kinda looks like a wooly sheep.

I've never really had a problem with Tiny jumping into DD's cot. Like most people, her bedroom door is shut 99% of the time.

My DD absolutely adores Tiny. Now that she's crawling, she chases him around, pulls his tail (she gets told no for that one), whacks him, pulls his skin (he has a tonne of it), and he just sits there and takes it... I have no idea where he gets his patience from.... I dont even have as much patience as he does....

[Leeny]

My DD has never been afraid of my indoor pedigree Devon Rex. He's the type with very little fur - at the moment cos its cold, he kinda looks like a wooly sheep.


I have a pedigree devon too ;)..Aren't they just beautiful?

[sare]

Yep we've got one too. I was a little hesitant about how he would cope with a new baby and whether we could stop him from going into her room, but in 3 years he has shown absolutely no interest in the girls. He is scared of them because of their unpredictability and the loud noises that they make.

[larabelle]

Hi, we're about to have our first bub (10 days to go until the due date!), and have 2 indoor cats. I was concerned about one of them in particular hopping into the cot. We've kept the door to the nursery closed so they haven't been able to get in, and just this week we've replaced the wooden door with a screen door/grill so the cats can see in, but not get in. We thought a screen door would make it easier to hear bub as well.

[BoyCrazy]

I have a cat who is indoors for all intents and purposes and was always strangely attached to me as well - he couldn't have cared less about DS.

He did jump in the cot a couple of times but never with DS in it.

Now that DS is 15 months though, I think my cat wishes that he had had the foresight to quietly jump in and smother DS. :laughing: DS chases him everywhere (including into all of the nooks and crannies), disturbs his sleeps and tries to torment him.


LOL my DS loves to chase and torment my 2 indoor cats as well, so much so that they now HIDE under my bed base from him!!

WE have never had any isssues with them trying to get to him or in his cot, they are more scared of him than anything, but i would recommend the cot net just for saftey and peace of mind, you never know what animals will do as they are just do damn unpredictable!!!
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