Looks like an Old Man cat.
Kittens
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Beautiful kitty, However looks like a grumpy kitty.
Arkay Lynchpin
Preserve wildlife; pickle a squirrel.
Arkay Lynchpin
Preserve wildlife; pickle a squirrel.
This is very cute but it is also a bit scary to see people letting cats get on top of sleeping babies, or into babies beds at all. There have been so many cases of suffocation... and afterwards the families can never forgive the kitty, even though the cat has no idea what it's doing.
Arkay Lynchpin
Preserve wildlife; pickle a squirrel.
So far as I know that's been disproven. Cats tend to be affectionate to human babies, and protective of them. The fact that babies are soft, warm and smell like milk may have a lot to do with that.
They often got blamed for SIDS before people knew what SIDS was. Cats don't actually suffocate or suck the breath out of babies. That being said, I wouldn't let a cat or anything else in an unattended crib with a newborn. It's not a good idea to even let newborns have pillows in the crib.
Suffocation may have been the wrong word, my apologies... I was talking about deaths, in cribs (etc) so probably SIDS. And it has been documented that they (cats) can contribute to a raise in body temperature in the infant which is something best avoided.
Most healthcare workers working with parents and babies, teach them not to put anything at all in babies bed... co-sleeping is another kettle of fish that I won't get into here.
I can remember when I had my children it was the thing to use a crib bumper all around the inside (1960's). Now, as Flake stated nothing is to be placed in the crib with a baby. Many even suggest no blanket.Suffocation may have been the wrong word, my apologies... I was talking about deaths, in cribs (etc) so probably SIDS. And it has been documented that they (cats) can contribute to a raise in body temperature in the infant which is something best avoided.
Most healthcare workers working with parents and babies, teach them not to put anything at all in babies bed... co-sleeping is another kettle of fish that I won't get into here.