# Is a house cat this large potentially dangerous to young kids? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 23, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563 "2012-09-23T02:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563/41 "2012-09-25T00:34:39Z")
They don’t call them “Jack Russell Terrorists” for nothing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563/42 "2012-09-25T21:53:15Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Well, sure - everyone knows that cats try to steal a baby’s breath. 🙂 > > **Spectre** , that’a a lovely big fat kitty. 😃 Thank you for the kind words. I’ll be sure to tell her. But she isn’t fat, she’s big boned. 😃 She’ll stay in that position, or similar, for an hour or more, either sleeping or just chilling out. Every so often little cries or chirps will emanate as she stretches, changes position, etc. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563/43 "2012-09-26T00:15:24Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > What, no response? How many cat pictures like _this_ do you see every day? She is adorable. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563/44 "2012-09-26T01:16:48Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > What, no response? How many cat pictures like _this_ do you see every day? Kitty is obviously in need of a good tummy rub. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563/45 "2012-09-26T02:27:04Z")
I have an acquaintance that raises and rescues Servals, and they are kind of scary. I love cats, but these are big enough that you really, really wouldn’t want to make one mad! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563/46 "2012-09-26T02:46:41Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Thank you for the kind words. I’ll be sure to tell her. > > But she isn’t fat, she’s big boned. 😃 > > She’ll stay in that position, or similar, for an hour or more, either sleeping or just chilling out. Every so often little cries or chirps will emanate as she stretches, changes position, etc. My cat isn’t fat either - she is also big-boned (and fluffy). I’m sure her big-bonedness has nothing to do with her cleaning up both bowls of food every time we feed them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563/47 "2012-09-26T04:21:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Not to open the whole pitbull debate again, but labradors have their own reputation for attacks. I think the general rule for pets in families with small kids is good supervision - dogs and cats are all capable of doing damage to a small child. All scary dogs are pit bulls. I think that may apply to cats also. However, since all dogs are boys and all cats are girls then that cat must be a pit cow. Don’t worry about being confused, the pit gene is very unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563/48 "2012-09-27T21:04:18Z")
:smack: > [@Seanette](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > What, no response? How many cat pictures like this do you see every day? > > Kitty is obviously in need of a good tummy rub. 🙂 It’s a hell of a big job. Yeah, took me two days to come up with that! ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563/49 "2012-09-27T23:48:06Z")
> [@spectre of pithecanthropus](#): > > what, no response? How many cat pictures like _this_ do you see every day? sqeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-house-cat-this-large-potentially-dangerous-to-young-kids/635563.md?page=2)