mr. j green

by john
(toronto)

Our 6 year old cat has never done anything to anyone, but yesterday one of our children fell and was crying. when my wife went to pick him up to comfort him, the cat went beserk and attacked her. later in the day the same thing happened with the other child getting hurt. in the evening we did an experiment when the kids were alsleep and i pretended to be hurt and the cat again attacked my wife like he was trying to protect me. after that, my wife pretended to be hurt and the cat attacked me. i have been around cats all my life and I am not talking about the cat just being upset, teeth were barred, tail was fat and the cat was growling like a dog while on hind legs swatting non stop.

What could be causing this change??