I now this is a touchy subject and I hate to do this but I trust everyone's opinion here so please read this carefully, keep an open mind and let me know what you think.
I'm thinking of finding a new home for both of my cats.
One of my cats has been having some major behavior problems that started 2 years ago and I'm reaching my limit. By the way both our cats are almost 4 years old.
The problem is one of our cats, pees everywhere and I seriously mean EVERYWHERE and almost everyday (but he'll also use the litter box with no problem). We have tried everything, Vet visits and expensive tests, new diets, medications, changing our schedules, I even changed my job because I thought my work hours were stressing him out. Three vets have told us there is nothing wrong with him medically.
He also has a vomiting problem, he will throw up everyday sometimes more than once. We tried different diets, vet visits and more expensive tests, medicine, we brush him everyday and we also use hairball remedy everyday.
Nothing works and the several vets we have talked to have suggested that it's just a behavior problem. The big issue is that I don't have anymore money for this problem and our apartment is ruined, which honestly I could care less about material things but the apartment doesn't belong to me so I'm responsible to pay for all this damage. We try rewarding him for good behavior and behavior modification methods, we also try giving him more attention. Nothing works.
Our other cat is fine and has no problems at all, but both the cats are so attached to each other (and both from the same litter) we don't know if it would be right to seperate them by keeping one and finding a home for the other one.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I'm pretty desperate and I feel guilty about suggesting to find him another home but I don't know what else to do and maybe someone else out there can afford to help him in ways that I can't?
Another thought is that I know they have obedience trainers for Dogs but do they have anything like that for cats and does it work?
Thanks for your help!
Amy
I'm thinking of finding a new home for both of my cats.
One of my cats has been having some major behavior problems that started 2 years ago and I'm reaching my limit. By the way both our cats are almost 4 years old.
The problem is one of our cats, pees everywhere and I seriously mean EVERYWHERE and almost everyday (but he'll also use the litter box with no problem). We have tried everything, Vet visits and expensive tests, new diets, medications, changing our schedules, I even changed my job because I thought my work hours were stressing him out. Three vets have told us there is nothing wrong with him medically.
He also has a vomiting problem, he will throw up everyday sometimes more than once. We tried different diets, vet visits and more expensive tests, medicine, we brush him everyday and we also use hairball remedy everyday.
Nothing works and the several vets we have talked to have suggested that it's just a behavior problem. The big issue is that I don't have anymore money for this problem and our apartment is ruined, which honestly I could care less about material things but the apartment doesn't belong to me so I'm responsible to pay for all this damage. We try rewarding him for good behavior and behavior modification methods, we also try giving him more attention. Nothing works.
Our other cat is fine and has no problems at all, but both the cats are so attached to each other (and both from the same litter) we don't know if it would be right to seperate them by keeping one and finding a home for the other one.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I'm pretty desperate and I feel guilty about suggesting to find him another home but I don't know what else to do and maybe someone else out there can afford to help him in ways that I can't?
Another thought is that I know they have obedience trainers for Dogs but do they have anything like that for cats and does it work?
Thanks for your help!
Amy