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And I'm not talking about violent behaviour. He doesn't scratch or bite, however he is terribly destructive. For some reason is an absolute nightmare. We've tried noise, spray bottles, verbal commands, keeping him in his crate when we go out and nothing seems to work. In the past two days he's knocked over some very expensive wine glasses (they were in a rack with a DOOR, we came home and every single one was shattered), destroyed my beautiful vase on the kitchen table, knocked over my hamster cage and got bedding everywhere, tore up and peed on some of my clean laundry, put a rip in the shower curtain... the list is endless. He's just so BAD.
We even put him in his crate when we go out. We've tried duct taping it closed and everything, and nothing works. He still escapes. Even if we put him in a room with the door closed, he scratches at the bottom of it and now the spare room's door (and my own) is ruined.
I'm at the end of my rope here.
This has been going on for a few months (we've only had him that long, he was 6 months when we adopted him) and he gets along with our other cat, Sephy. She, on the other hand, is SO WELL BEHAVED and never does any of these things, even scratching. She simply is good mannered. Now, before you say we don't pay enough attention to him, we do. He sleeps in our bed with us, cuddles with me when I'm on the couch (however this is not all the time, he has his independent moments too) and he has TONS of toys to play with so he's never bored.
So, is it wrong? I'm really considering it, as is my fiance. He's simply too destructive. When he knocked over my macbook last night that was the last straw. It wasn't even at the end of the desk, either. It was near the back, closed. How he knocked it off the desk is confusing to me to say the least. That computer is extremely expensive, but that's honestly not the point. It's the fact that no matter what we do, he's SO DESTRUCTIVE.
If he goes back to the humane society... am I a bad person? Sephy needs a companion to be happy (she was diagnosed as depressed by the vet, and he suggested a friend for her. I know cats are independent but because of her time with others at the humane society, we simply could not let her go on like this). I just don't know what to do anymore. He's ruining my relationship and my home.
We even put him in his crate when we go out. We've tried duct taping it closed and everything, and nothing works. He still escapes. Even if we put him in a room with the door closed, he scratches at the bottom of it and now the spare room's door (and my own) is ruined.
I'm at the end of my rope here.
This has been going on for a few months (we've only had him that long, he was 6 months when we adopted him) and he gets along with our other cat, Sephy. She, on the other hand, is SO WELL BEHAVED and never does any of these things, even scratching. She simply is good mannered. Now, before you say we don't pay enough attention to him, we do. He sleeps in our bed with us, cuddles with me when I'm on the couch (however this is not all the time, he has his independent moments too) and he has TONS of toys to play with so he's never bored.
So, is it wrong? I'm really considering it, as is my fiance. He's simply too destructive. When he knocked over my macbook last night that was the last straw. It wasn't even at the end of the desk, either. It was near the back, closed. How he knocked it off the desk is confusing to me to say the least. That computer is extremely expensive, but that's honestly not the point. It's the fact that no matter what we do, he's SO DESTRUCTIVE.
If he goes back to the humane society... am I a bad person? Sephy needs a companion to be happy (she was diagnosed as depressed by the vet, and he suggested a friend for her. I know cats are independent but because of her time with others at the humane society, we simply could not let her go on like this). I just don't know what to do anymore. He's ruining my relationship and my home.