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Hello, I just want some advice about a tom cat i rescued in August this year. I didn't go to the animal sanctuary to adopt a cat, i just went to look at the animals and make a donation, while I was at the sanctuary there was a lovely ginger and white cat, meowing so loudly for our attention so i bent down and he put his paw on my knee, he did the same to my daughter and we felt so sorry for him and my daughter pleaded with me to adopt him. I have never had a tom cat only females. I had to put my beautiful tortoise shell cat to sleep in January and it broke my heart, I have another tabby who is getting on in years and I think i have made a big mistake adopting my tom cat. You see he doesn't seem to like other cats very much because when i let him into the living room where my senior cat sleeps, he sprayed all up the wall and over my tv. I don't like to shout at him, i removed him from the living room and now only keep him in two rooms of the house because he tried to attack my senior cat and because of the spraying. I do let him outside but not all night as i would worry about him getting injured or fighting with other cats. My tom cat cries a lot when he kept in the two rooms on his own but i just cant let him into the rest of the house for fear of him pouncing on my senior cat. I spend as much time as i can with him and he does like to sit on my knee. I really do adore him but I feel that i don't think it is fair for him to spend so much of his time outdoors and in two rooms. I have told my daughter that i think it would be better for Timmy to be rehomed into a loving home with no other cats. I don't think she is very happy with me for wanting to rehome Timmy but i feel it would be the best thing for him. I really hate myself, i feel i should have waited because i don't think i was thinking straight when i adopted Timmy, my mum passed away three weeks before I adopted him, I think i was maybe trying to fill the void in my life when i adopted him, I really dont know aht to do. Can anyone offer me any advice?