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Tldr; Extremely obnoxious, yet simultaneously sweet elderly cat 15+ in Citrus County, Florida that needs a forever home!!!
I have come into an unfortunate situation, and I'm hoping that someone here will have some decent advice! A mostly feral, elderly cat named Popcorn has fallen into my lap, after 2 of her previous owners passed away within a few months of each other. I am already living in a 'combined household', and in total, we have 6 cats. (7, with the recent addition). 3 of the cats are my own. The situation is sort of complicated. My sister and I moved back home to help my mother fix up our childhood home so she could put it on the market. Her lover of 10 years lived with us as well. He is the one who took Popcorn in, after our neighbor, her first owner, passed away. Unfortunately, he passed away as well, in June of this year.
We had finally reached an equilibrium, before Popcorn was thrust upon us. Our cats had finally gotten used to each other, and all marking behaviors ceased. But Popcorn really has all of our other cats stressed out to the max. Marking and middening behaviors are in FULL SWING. Especially since Robbie passed away, since he was retired, and would spend most of his day taking care of Popcorn. Since he passed, there is nobody to keep an eye on her during the day. Popcorn has zero boundaries, so it causes all of the other cats to constantly be on edge, including the ones that have never had problems with anxiety.
But the biggest issue has been with my mother's cat, Kiki, who is a walking ball of anxiety. We've actually taken her to the vet to see if they could figure out why she is so anxious/if we could treat it, but nothing came out of it. She was traumatized by rambunctious children when she was younger, and ever since then, she is fearful of everything. She even runs away from me when I approach her with a plate of wet food--and we feed them all on a daily schedule. Also, I spend a lot of time with her, petting her and playing with her. She trusts me, so it baffles me that she acts like that.
Anyway, ever since Popcorn entered our home, Kiki has been so worked up about it, that at one point, she actually held her poop until it almost needed to be surgically removed. It was so bad, she had to stay over night at the vet's office so they could administer fluids/laxatives. She has a private litter box in her room and everything, but even the sound of Popcorn's blood curdling meow sends Kiki burrowing under the covers, where she'll hide for hours until either she hears my mom come home, or someone coaxes her out.
Oh, yeah, Popcorn's meow... It really is extremely loud and obnoxious. The other cats hate it. We humans hate it.... she never stops. When I leave my door cracked after going to bed, she even bursts into my room at odd hours of the night like the kool aid man and screeches right at me at full volume from literally about an inch away from my face. It usually startles me awake, and I continue to have noticably elevated stress levels long after I'm away from her. I have to close myself in my room to escape her. Otherwise, she'll climb my body to get as close as she can to me, no matter what I'm doing, or where in the house I am. I kick her out of the house a lot of the time, but I can't bring myself to kick her out permanently. She's so old!! My estimate would be 15+.
I am not planning on living here forever. My sister definitely won't take her. My mom has too much on her plate, and I honestly can't stand this cat. I have never in my life been able to say that I dislike a cat, but I honestly hate this cat so much. Never thought I'd be one of THOSE people... I feel guilty for hating her. I won't give her to a shelter, because I refuse to send her to her death, but I resent that I have to be the one that gets stuck with her. Everyone in my household has a full time job. It's extremely difficult having to spend so much time and energy cleaning up disgusting cat messes.
I'm only a waitress. I can't even afford her. But nobody else will take her, and that breaks my heart too. It's such a complicated feeling, because, really, she's a sweet girl. All she wants is affection. She craves it. If she had it her way, she'd have someone petting her and holding her 24/7. But my loyalty is to my own cats first. And she's extremely mean to them. Plus, she has no boundaries, and she can't just sit there and let me pet her. Either she climbs my body to be as close as she can get, or nothing at all. We are just not compatible, I guess.
This turned out pretty ranty, so I'm sorry about that!! Thanks for reading if you got this far.
Tldr; Extremely obnoxious, yet simultaneously sweet elderly cat 15+ in Citrus County, Florida that needs a forever home!!!
I have come into an unfortunate situation, and I'm hoping that someone here will have some decent advice! A mostly feral, elderly cat named Popcorn has fallen into my lap, after 2 of her previous owners passed away within a few months of each other. I am already living in a 'combined household', and in total, we have 6 cats. (7, with the recent addition). 3 of the cats are my own. The situation is sort of complicated. My sister and I moved back home to help my mother fix up our childhood home so she could put it on the market. Her lover of 10 years lived with us as well. He is the one who took Popcorn in, after our neighbor, her first owner, passed away. Unfortunately, he passed away as well, in June of this year.
We had finally reached an equilibrium, before Popcorn was thrust upon us. Our cats had finally gotten used to each other, and all marking behaviors ceased. But Popcorn really has all of our other cats stressed out to the max. Marking and middening behaviors are in FULL SWING. Especially since Robbie passed away, since he was retired, and would spend most of his day taking care of Popcorn. Since he passed, there is nobody to keep an eye on her during the day. Popcorn has zero boundaries, so it causes all of the other cats to constantly be on edge, including the ones that have never had problems with anxiety.
But the biggest issue has been with my mother's cat, Kiki, who is a walking ball of anxiety. We've actually taken her to the vet to see if they could figure out why she is so anxious/if we could treat it, but nothing came out of it. She was traumatized by rambunctious children when she was younger, and ever since then, she is fearful of everything. She even runs away from me when I approach her with a plate of wet food--and we feed them all on a daily schedule. Also, I spend a lot of time with her, petting her and playing with her. She trusts me, so it baffles me that she acts like that.
Anyway, ever since Popcorn entered our home, Kiki has been so worked up about it, that at one point, she actually held her poop until it almost needed to be surgically removed. It was so bad, she had to stay over night at the vet's office so they could administer fluids/laxatives. She has a private litter box in her room and everything, but even the sound of Popcorn's blood curdling meow sends Kiki burrowing under the covers, where she'll hide for hours until either she hears my mom come home, or someone coaxes her out.
Oh, yeah, Popcorn's meow... It really is extremely loud and obnoxious. The other cats hate it. We humans hate it.... she never stops. When I leave my door cracked after going to bed, she even bursts into my room at odd hours of the night like the kool aid man and screeches right at me at full volume from literally about an inch away from my face. It usually startles me awake, and I continue to have noticably elevated stress levels long after I'm away from her. I have to close myself in my room to escape her. Otherwise, she'll climb my body to get as close as she can to me, no matter what I'm doing, or where in the house I am. I kick her out of the house a lot of the time, but I can't bring myself to kick her out permanently. She's so old!! My estimate would be 15+.
I am not planning on living here forever. My sister definitely won't take her. My mom has too much on her plate, and I honestly can't stand this cat. I have never in my life been able to say that I dislike a cat, but I honestly hate this cat so much. Never thought I'd be one of THOSE people... I feel guilty for hating her. I won't give her to a shelter, because I refuse to send her to her death, but I resent that I have to be the one that gets stuck with her. Everyone in my household has a full time job. It's extremely difficult having to spend so much time and energy cleaning up disgusting cat messes.
I'm only a waitress. I can't even afford her. But nobody else will take her, and that breaks my heart too. It's such a complicated feeling, because, really, she's a sweet girl. All she wants is affection. She craves it. If she had it her way, she'd have someone petting her and holding her 24/7. But my loyalty is to my own cats first. And she's extremely mean to them. Plus, she has no boundaries, and she can't just sit there and let me pet her. Either she climbs my body to be as close as she can get, or nothing at all. We are just not compatible, I guess.
This turned out pretty ranty, so I'm sorry about that!! Thanks for reading if you got this far.