I have grown up with animals all of my life mostly dogs but over the last 10 years, I have had two cats. One passed away almost three years ago due to age while the second cat still remains with me. H is part Persian part mutt – black and white. Probably one of the cutest cats you’ll ever encounter not to mention he is incredibly sweet and loves everyone meets and vice versa.
My cat was barely a year old when I adopted him from a shelter. He was abandoned by the original owners after they moved out of their apartment and left him. He ran out of food, water, and attention and was discovered two weeks later by the apartment manager. I adopted him three days after being found. He horded his food and was attention starved as I’m sure you can imagine. Over the years, my cat was fine with attention because he also had another cat, however, when the other cat passed in 2008, my cat started to become incredibly destructive. He wants consistent attention the entire time I’m around him and I try to give it to him but it seems like he wants attention 24/7 while the other cat I had was an normal cat all around.
My cat is a long-haired cat due to the Persian genes which was manageable but over the last year he has begun to shed so much its not manageable. The best thing to do is to keep his hair short so problem solved right – well there is one other item that makes this situation even worse. When my cat doesn’t get the attention he thinks he deserves OR if his box isn’t exactly perfect all the time, he pees. Its not like he pees near his box, no…this cat pees on everything. The sofa, the bed, the floor, on anything that’s lying on the floor – doesn’t matter what it is. If he feels he can do it, then he will. He destroyed my last apartment to the point of where it was not acceptable. I moved into a house thinking that wood floors would resolve the issue plus I was sick of carpet anyway so it was a win-win. No that didn’t work either because it didn’t stop him; he continues. He doesn’t have a UTI and is neutered. I’ve tried the Comfort Zone Feliway Room Plug In thinking it could be stress but its not. He’s peeing and not spraying also to clear that up. I’ve had him look at me even though I’ve give him a little attention when I get home and am in the middle of something will choose something and just sit there and pee on it trying to get my attention.
This cat has been with me through Cancer and other devastating events in my life and I can’t turn him over to a shelter because they already told me that because he’s 10 and has behavioral issues he will be hard to adopt out to a new family. They said he could remain in the shelter for a long time.
I’m at a crossroad because I can’t have this continue and it’s affecting too much of my life in the end. I need to now move into a new location and I know his behavior will continue. This is all about attention for him and I give him as much as I can but I can’t do it 24/7. He’s strictly an indoor cat and I don’t feel he has the smarts per se to be outdoors. If it were a farm with a lot of land that might be different.
If he wouldn’t have this behavioral issue, I wouldn’t consider getting rid of him but I feel like I have no choice. If you were me…what would you do?
My cat was barely a year old when I adopted him from a shelter. He was abandoned by the original owners after they moved out of their apartment and left him. He ran out of food, water, and attention and was discovered two weeks later by the apartment manager. I adopted him three days after being found. He horded his food and was attention starved as I’m sure you can imagine. Over the years, my cat was fine with attention because he also had another cat, however, when the other cat passed in 2008, my cat started to become incredibly destructive. He wants consistent attention the entire time I’m around him and I try to give it to him but it seems like he wants attention 24/7 while the other cat I had was an normal cat all around.
My cat is a long-haired cat due to the Persian genes which was manageable but over the last year he has begun to shed so much its not manageable. The best thing to do is to keep his hair short so problem solved right – well there is one other item that makes this situation even worse. When my cat doesn’t get the attention he thinks he deserves OR if his box isn’t exactly perfect all the time, he pees. Its not like he pees near his box, no…this cat pees on everything. The sofa, the bed, the floor, on anything that’s lying on the floor – doesn’t matter what it is. If he feels he can do it, then he will. He destroyed my last apartment to the point of where it was not acceptable. I moved into a house thinking that wood floors would resolve the issue plus I was sick of carpet anyway so it was a win-win. No that didn’t work either because it didn’t stop him; he continues. He doesn’t have a UTI and is neutered. I’ve tried the Comfort Zone Feliway Room Plug In thinking it could be stress but its not. He’s peeing and not spraying also to clear that up. I’ve had him look at me even though I’ve give him a little attention when I get home and am in the middle of something will choose something and just sit there and pee on it trying to get my attention.
This cat has been with me through Cancer and other devastating events in my life and I can’t turn him over to a shelter because they already told me that because he’s 10 and has behavioral issues he will be hard to adopt out to a new family. They said he could remain in the shelter for a long time.
I’m at a crossroad because I can’t have this continue and it’s affecting too much of my life in the end. I need to now move into a new location and I know his behavior will continue. This is all about attention for him and I give him as much as I can but I can’t do it 24/7. He’s strictly an indoor cat and I don’t feel he has the smarts per se to be outdoors. If it were a farm with a lot of land that might be different.
If he wouldn’t have this behavioral issue, I wouldn’t consider getting rid of him but I feel like I have no choice. If you were me…what would you do?
Worked for Spooky. It did make her dopey for about three weeks, and then she moved back to being normal. Some people get really upset seeing their kitty sleeping and kind of dopey - but it gave all of us the break we needed to clean up our home of pee. She was on it for about three months, then we weaned her off, and she was just fine. She's an 11 lb cat and was on 10mg given once a day - but it's not a med you just stop using, we halved it for two weeks, I think, then went to every other day... and I think that was it.
: is the best advice! I would also add more litter boxes around your home. I do like the cleaner NOK out, and also Stink Free (Petsmart sells that along with the black light).
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