This is the second time my 4 year old female tortie has attacked my son completely unprovoked. She gets in my son’s face constantly and then when he moves, she attacks him. Ive had her on anti anxiety meds and I have calming diffusers in my house as well but nothing is working. She’ll normally just hiss at him but constantly insists on being close to my son just to attack him. The first time it was just some scratches on his arm but this time she attacked his face and her nail was stuck so deep in his nose I had to wiggle it out. It was really really bad. My other two cats have no issues with the baby and this has resulted in me having to keep my tortie in the basement (which is huge and furnished) but she’s still isolated and it’s just not fair to her or my son. I just feel wracked with guilt. I made a promise to take care of my pets for their whole lifetime and I pictured me doing that with my cats but there’s no way I can keep her. I can’t trust her around my son and I don’t want to keep her isolated her whole life. Am I awful for rehoming her?? I feel like I’ve tried everything. It was never an issue until he turned 1.

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