It was a hard thing for us to do, but we just had Libby adopted as a barn cat. My husband and I tried all of the suggestions to change the behavior of her aggressiveness, but her biting continued everyday, twice a day.
We took her to the vet to see if she was sick, but she was fine. We went to the original place we got her from and asked for advice. We told the vet doctor the situation, and that we didn't want her to be caged again, but we were clueless and if Libby wasn't happy with us, that we wanted her to be happy with someone else.
Well to make a long story short, we put an ad out for her adoption. We got a couple of interested people, but when we were upfront with Libby's aggression, that scared people off. But we finally got a couple who live in the back country and were looking for a barn cat. My husband and I drove up to the place, called the references, and decided that Libby would enjoy the space and responsibility!
Well the adoptees (sp?) paid the $65 (which we donated to our local animal shelter), and took Libby home. I just went up there yesterday to see how she was doing, and she seems to be doing well. I am happy that we didn't have to take her back and have her caged. The best thing is that the owners said I could drop by the barn to check up and see how she is doing.
I didn't realize how hard letting her go was going to be. I told my husband I wanted to wait a few weeks before we get a new cat. This time I went to a shelter and told the volunteers our lifestyle, and exactly the cat we were looking for. They told us we'd probably do good with an adult cat. So at the end of this month we're going to go back to the shelter to look at some of the adult cats.
We took her to the vet to see if she was sick, but she was fine. We went to the original place we got her from and asked for advice. We told the vet doctor the situation, and that we didn't want her to be caged again, but we were clueless and if Libby wasn't happy with us, that we wanted her to be happy with someone else.
Well to make a long story short, we put an ad out for her adoption. We got a couple of interested people, but when we were upfront with Libby's aggression, that scared people off. But we finally got a couple who live in the back country and were looking for a barn cat. My husband and I drove up to the place, called the references, and decided that Libby would enjoy the space and responsibility!
Well the adoptees (sp?) paid the $65 (which we donated to our local animal shelter), and took Libby home. I just went up there yesterday to see how she was doing, and she seems to be doing well. I am happy that we didn't have to take her back and have her caged. The best thing is that the owners said I could drop by the barn to check up and see how she is doing.
I didn't realize how hard letting her go was going to be. I told my husband I wanted to wait a few weeks before we get a new cat. This time I went to a shelter and told the volunteers our lifestyle, and exactly the cat we were looking for. They told us we'd probably do good with an adult cat. So at the end of this month we're going to go back to the shelter to look at some of the adult cats.
