Our cat Jade loves my Vincent

[rabernet]

I'm aware of the risks for it, that's why I said I keep a super watchful eye on the two and I'm always holding Vincent very closely to me. Our cat Jade generally knows better than to attack anything as we have two ferrets in the house as well that run around with the cats, although I won't be letting the ferrets run around with Vincent at all. Vincent is a pretty docile snake so I'm not terribly worried, but thanks for the concern. :]


As stated in the reply above this one, Jade generally knows better because we used to have to correct him about a lot of things, now he's pretty tame. He's been around ferrets, rabbits and mice and has not yet once attacked them. I do keep a watchful eye on them and I don't let them interact all the time, thanks for the advice though. :]


I only let Jade near Vincent, again when I'm holding him close to myself. I don't let our other cat near Vincent because he has a weird temperament and is known to freak out about small things. I know a bit about cats and Jade actually rubs his head against Vincent in a light headbutt sort of way (even lighter against Vincent) like he does the rest of my family, it's a way of a cat showing affection. In any case, I still watch them very closely. :]


I appreciate the advice and the concern, but I still think that part of it depends on the temperament of both animals. Both my snake and cat are very docile and have mild temperaments, so I'm not really that worried about it. He treats Vincent like he treats our ferrets and is generally a very relaxed cat. I'll continue to keep a super watchful eye on the two whenever they get close to one another. :]


I only allow the more stable of our two cats around Vincent, our orange tabby has a history of being skittish and freaking out over small things. Jade's been around small animals and has never attacked any of them (ferrets, rabbits and mice), the most he ever did was paw at them and rub his head against them to scent them like he does the rest of our family. Thanks for your input. :]


Jade doesn't have a history of biting animals or humans, even when he was a kitten. Thanks for the fact tough, I'll keep it in mind. :]

Obviously - you're going to do what you're going to do. However, for the record, I still think that you're being far too naive about the situation. It takes a SPLIT second for each animal's nature to kick in and for something to go horribly wrong, no matter how docile you are convinced they both are.

My most docile female, who I swore would NEVER EVER bite anyone, bit me. Because she mistook me for prey. My own fault for not paying attention that I was mimicing feeding day by opening all the snake tubs in the same order as I do on feeding day (I was looking for a dead rat that I could smell in the racks). But even those of us who are very in tune to their animals still can't predict when an animal will react off of instinct and not "domestication".

I hope that I'm wrong, and that we won't see a post from you in a few years about a tragic event that ended badly for one of those two.