I tried everything.
I tried love.
I tried patience.
I tried plugins.
I tried treats.
I tried locking him up in the garage to “think about what he did”.
I brought him to the dr.
The dr called him “the spawn of Satan”.
I kid you not.
Yesterday when the Dr suggested meds, my DH said no. No, we want alternative methods. No meds!!
Today we changed our minds.
This morning at 6am, I was awakened to the sounds of a cat yelling outside my door. When I didn’t rush to let him in, all went silent. Then I heard the tell tale sign of scratching the walls. I jumped up and opened the door in time to see the flash of a tail heading down the stairs. At my feet was a pile of cat urine.
That little doodoo-head of a cat pissed at my door. Again.
Then when we got up, we could smell poop. We couldn’t find it. We blamed it on the fishtank. There I was, cleaning out the fishtank at 7:30am. Poor fish. Then DH went to put charlottes shoes on. Sebastian had pooped in Charlotte’s shoes.
So we relented and I went back to the vet this am. The doctor wrote up a prescription for Kitty Prozac. I think they actually felt bad for me. They said he can be on it for a lifetime if it ‘helps’.
Something better help because otherwise my foot is going to go through his throat.
~Trisha[/private]
my gosh! sorry that the cat is going crazy!
I feel for you…. we adopted a friend’s neutered male cat (1st mistake!)when she moved to Florida. He peed in our closets, on clothes IN the clothes hamper (figure THAT one out!) in our shoes and in the Kids games. But the final straw was when my husband left his big red toolbox open, and – you guessed it – that evil little black cat FILLED the whole top w/urine!!! (He went to live in the Country @ a friends farm the next AM. Bu-bye, Peyton
)and that’s the LAST male Kitty in our house. Have a great week-end!
Oh my gosh, Trisha! You crack me up! Hope the Kitty Prozac works! You’re some sorta saint for keepin’ that cat!
My dog sometimes does this to me and I HATE it! Maybe I should get him on meds lol
i was once the owner of butch, the cat who barked. no joke he barked. he was nutered. (you know, the joke the vets tell us about calming the critters down?) butch was the coolest cat you ever met. but i am only going to tell you one story. butch and the bandit (a dog) moved in with a roommate. he was an indoor/outdoor cat. (well, he had to be, how else could he con the world?) anyway, one day he got hit by a car. when he came back home, my roommate and i decided he was now going to be an indoor cat. he was not happy. when bandit messed, he was firmly talked to as he was was escorted outside. butch watched. a couple of days later, we came home and sat down for a glass of wine and whine. butch walked into the room. waited a moment and pooped right there in front of us. when he figured out it would not work but pissed us off mightily. my roommate used to keep her bed room window open. as the condo was built over the garage, her room was really the 3rd floor off the building. when butch figure that one out, out the window he went. ok, what would you do? let the cat tell you went he wants to go outside and let him? of have a pooping cat (only on the best rug) with 1 inch leg (after they came out the casts)? i opted for being the door woman and letting him go and come as he wished. (he apparently learned his lesson about cars as he never tried to cross a street again.)
That sucks, makes me appreciate my low maintenance cheerful girl cat.
My husband had an evil cat when we first met. She ruined his beautiful Thomasville custom sofa and would poop on his pillow and clothing.
She had always been a feral cat until my MIL tried to “adopt” her and gave her to my husband. Just not meant to be a pet. She had a horrible habit of hiding in closets/cabinets and would leap out hissing at me whenever we least expected it. She was so unhappy to be indoors and to be a “pet”, but my MIL had always fed her and babied her….and wouldn’t take her back.
My sister worked at a nearby swanky horse stable that was filled with pedigreed horses, riding students, and living quarters for vet students. They agreed to take her as an extra barn cat, as long as she was spayed. Once a year, they round up all of the cats for vaccinations. MIL was horrified. That cat is now living in an air-conditioned barn loft and fat on mice and numerous treats that all of the little girls bring her. I thought it was a good ending for her.
Girl, I feel your pain about crazy cats. At least your MIL isn’t involved! LOL Great post!
Hope meds will help
that kitty would be at the pound so fast! I know it sounds evil, especially from a total cat lover but, the behavioral thing is just that…you generally can’t get rid of it. So deal with it or give up for adoption. I had two kittens that I rescued. they never told me they were potty trained. I tried my best to train them and they went in the box but, as soon as I left the house they went on my clothes, bedding, shoes, couch, whatever. I couldn’t keep them. I still feel bad but, there was nothing I could do.
To me it sounds like he is a jealous little bugger ! I hope all works out well
@ Shan @Last Shreds Of Sanity:
we did find out that sebastian has a UTI and we have him on meds for that. Def check your vet for your cat having a UTI. Now, on top of that, the pooping, thats behavioural. I do have this oxyclean bissel pet spray and it DOES take the smell out. Get it in the vacuum aisle. You just wipe up pee, spray right on and its going away.
Let me know if the Prozac works or not. My cat pisses EVERYWHERE. I have tried the “bladder pills” the vet gave me. They didn’t work. I have tried Simple Solution and Nature’s Miracle, the smell still persists. My Husband wants to get rid of the cat, but I won’t put him in a shelter where he will be euthanized in 3 days. All the good shelters around here are full up because of all the people that lose their homes & leave their pets behind.
I’m serious. Let me know if it works for your cat or not. Please?
I often read, but have never commented. I couldnt pass this one up though.
I thought I was the only one who had the “spawn of satan” walking around on 4 legs thinking of ways to make me crazy!! He once knocked the vet over in an escape attempt from the office.
He DOES sound like the spawn of satan. He also sounds a lot like my oldest son. Is that bad? I think poop in the shoes would’ve been my last straw too.
Oh, and I had to LOL @ locking your family member in the garage to think about what he’d done.
We had a kitty that peed all over our house too. We put him on kitty prozac after trying everything else and it did help but it make him sick. It was damaging his kidneys and he got really scruffy and sad. So we took him off the meds and put him up for adoption and he was adopted by a family that could let him outside (we kept him inside due to neighbourhood traffic)
I hope he’s still alive and happy. I still miss that cat, he was really smart and learned to shake a paw. I feel for you Trisha, it was really stressful for us. I hope the meds work and you end up with a happy kitty!
@ Sara Bonds:
LOL. I just reread that and it didn’t sound right. I just meant I hope that the meds will make life easier for your kitty and in return you all to live with him/her.
Poor kitty kitty. I hope the meds will make a world of difference for you all.
Its not depression, its rage. LOL!
Oh now that’s odd! I’ve never heard of putting an animal on meds for ‘depression’. lol That really does suck though! Hope things get better!
Oh that sucks Trish! For what little it’s worth sounds like a worthwhile decision to try the meds. Hope it helps (and hope they aren’t stupidly expensive!)