I'm at a difficult point. And I can't believe that I'm thinking of putting down my very old cat for behavior problems, but I am.
He's pretty healthy, with only some expected issues that come with age. I've invested a lot of time & money to keep him that way. I adopted him when he was 10 yrs old.
I'm fostering some kittens that I trapped right now. I've gotten them pretty well socialized and am hoping to get them adopted this week. The last time I had foster kittens that I had trapped he started peeing on things. Fortunately I was able to place them with a good no kill shelter quickly, and they were adopted quickly.
I keep the fosters in my home office in a large dog crate, in between play sessions in the bathroom or inside of my closed office.
I also have 2 strays from my neighborhood that have lived with us since last August that live loose in the house.
My old cat is really mean to other cats. He's awful to my 2 other adopted strays. He's been mostly tolerable around the last litter of foster kittens, until last night, when he attacked me so savagely I'm still in disbelief.
My arm is still so swollen and sore and bloody that I might go to an urgent care facility if it gets any more swollen. I have to wonder how either of my other house cats, both of whom are much smaller than my arm, can endure that much violence on an ongoing basis.
As of this time, I have little to no empathy for this cat. I really don't know what to do with him. I'm seriously thinking of putting him down.
Thanks in advance for any advice or insight.
best,
a
He's pretty healthy, with only some expected issues that come with age. I've invested a lot of time & money to keep him that way. I adopted him when he was 10 yrs old.
I'm fostering some kittens that I trapped right now. I've gotten them pretty well socialized and am hoping to get them adopted this week. The last time I had foster kittens that I had trapped he started peeing on things. Fortunately I was able to place them with a good no kill shelter quickly, and they were adopted quickly.
I keep the fosters in my home office in a large dog crate, in between play sessions in the bathroom or inside of my closed office.
I also have 2 strays from my neighborhood that have lived with us since last August that live loose in the house.
My old cat is really mean to other cats. He's awful to my 2 other adopted strays. He's been mostly tolerable around the last litter of foster kittens, until last night, when he attacked me so savagely I'm still in disbelief.
My arm is still so swollen and sore and bloody that I might go to an urgent care facility if it gets any more swollen. I have to wonder how either of my other house cats, both of whom are much smaller than my arm, can endure that much violence on an ongoing basis.
As of this time, I have little to no empathy for this cat. I really don't know what to do with him. I'm seriously thinking of putting him down.
Thanks in advance for any advice or insight.
best,
a