I sounds like Hannah is jealous of your daughter and seems to be acting the same way she would if you tried to introduce another cat. She thinks she is your baby and doesn't appreciate someone else getting your attention. Ypou may also be paying less attention to her at the weekends which is making her insecure.

You could try these things to help calm things down.
1) make lots of fuss of Hannah while your daughter is there to help her feel secure and know that you still love her
2) Get Feliway diffusers. This makes cats feel secure and relaxed and will help reduce Hannah's agression. You can also get this as a spray so I'd get that too and spray around the house before your daughter arrives
3) If Hannah has a favorite treat have it so that she only gets them from your daughter during the weekends. That will make her associate something good with your daughter and help win her over.

Hope things work out OK and I think the things above will help you work through this

Sassy answered on 7/27/08. Helpful? / 0

Sometimes cats can hold permanent grudges for the most minor reasons. My family got our first cat when I was four years old, and as little girls often do, I tried dressing her in doll clothes a few times. You can imagine how enthusiastic the cat was about that. Mind you, I wasn't rough or cruel, and probably only did it two or three times, if that. But for the rest of her 17 years, that cat hated me like the plague. To be fair, she was a singularly unaffectionate cat; the only person she ever made nice to was my mother, who fed her, and then only at feeding time. In any event, I've spent the intervening years wondering whether I warped her and gave her PTSD by dressing her in doll clothes. Anyway, all I can say is that while I tend to agree with the other posters that the cat is jealous, she could be harboring some deep-seated grudge for some perfectly innocent past behavior on the part of your daughter.

Leila answered on 7/30/08. Helpful? / 0