I really think my kitty needs to be an only kitty in a household and there isn't much I can do about that. Placing cats in these parts is impossible because every cat lover has at least 3 more than they already need. Plus, I adore her and don't want to give her away. I clean boxes twice a day. Plus, they have the option to go outside which most of them prefer. I have read all the books and done everything I know. She gets along with the other cats in that she doesn't get into fights and gets her share of the food. She just doesn't want to use a box they have used. No matter how clean it is. The litter does not matter. I can't find a place to put a box where she is the only cat that will use it. She does the best she can and I do the best I can. I don't think she is horribly stressed out as much as just particular. She's a very cheerful cat.
BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I recommed Patricia McConnell's book "The Fastidious Feline". She is an
animal behaviorist who appears on Wisconsin Public Radio.
http://www.dogsbestfriendtraining.com/books-whse.php
Boonie
www.elephants.com
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From: wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:26 pm
Subject: Re: euthanizing kitties for bathroom habits
To: [email protected]
> I know what you mean. We have a kitty that isn't
> doing so great at the box, and will probably have to
> replace the carpet eventually, but like you, NO WAY IN
> HELL, excuse my French, that I would pts. No way.
> There are always other options. That's just cruelty,
> laziness, self-centeredness, or whatever you want to
> call it. If you aren't going to stick it out with the
> animal until it's natural end, then don't get it in
> the first place! An animal is not some ornament to
> decorate your home or to entertain children. Animals
> come with responsibilities. Sorry about the rant...
>
> Wendy
>
> --- Lewis Faye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> > This makes me sick. I hate people that do this. I
> > have a female that is bad about missing the box.
> > She is physically okay. I think her problem is that
> > she is the lowest in the hierarchy and just gets
> > nervous about using the more dominant kitties' boxes
> > (I do have multiple boxes.). Now, I will eventually
> > get ceramic tile flooring. In the mean time, I will
> > spend a small fortune on cleaning products for the
> > carpet. I WOULD NEVER EUTHANIZE HER. That is just
> > the most sickening concept to me.
> >
> > wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: I didn't know
> > that the number one reason cats are
> > euthanized is because of their lack of litter
> > habits;
> > that is SO sad. I believe it though. My husband's
> > brother and his wife decided to put their cat to
> > sleep
> > this past spring because it was urinating in their
> > new
> > home in the dining room. I was SICK when I found
> > out.
> > If I had known beforehand, I would have taken her
> > myself. My husband just told me that they had to put
> > their cat to sleep, which meant to me that she was
> > very ill. But the next time I went over there, I
> > asked what was wrong with Angel, and adorable kitty
> > (she looked like a Ragamuffin), so sweet and
> > loveable,
> > and they told me she was urinating in the dining
> > room.
> > So I said, "So you just killed her?!" I was so
> > angry. Then they have the nerve to get another
> > kitten
> > for their little girl, I guess a more "well-behaved"
> > cat, and then decide they didn't want it either, and
> > when they were talking about it, I just asked them
> > to
> > not talk about it anymore because I didn't want to
> > know what they did with that kitten. We had
> > Thanksgiving dinner there this past week, and I
> > really
> > just have to pretend none of that ever happened or I
> > would not be very pleasant to be around. I catch
> > myself wishing bad things on them when I think about
> > Angel, like 1000 cats converging on their home at
> > night while they are sleeping and peeing and pooing
> > EVERYWHERE, so that they house is NEVER the same, or
> > even worse things. And then I chastise myself for
> > wishing ill on others. Life is so not fair. I think
> > that should be SO illegal. But we allow abortion in
> > the U.S., and since animals are lower on the totem
> > pole than humans in society, I guess there's not
> > much
> > chance of it becoming illegal.
> >
> > :)
> > Wendy
> >
> >
> >
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