Hi.
I haven't been here in awhile. Seems like I only come on here when there's problems.
There's a problem.
As I talked about here a few months ago, Brutus has been peeing where he shouldn't pee - on the stove, on the entertainment center, on the OUTSIDE of litter boxes, on our keepsakes chest. You get the picture.
We have increased the number of litterboxes to 12- one for each cat.
we've had uti ruled out by our vet.
The trouble started when we started taking in feral cats that we trapped in our garage- about 1 1/2 yrs ago.
We went from 5 to twelve cats since then, plus gave away a dozen kittens from feral mama's- gave them to interested people & some to shelters.
We had his name on waiting lists at 2 shelters.
We could have taken him to one saturday, but decided we'd wait until our last two kittens (one male, one female) are fixed to see if that would make a difference.
I came home from work an hour ago & my wife told me that Brutus had peed all over a cat bed.
My wife is at the end of her rope.
She thinks the best thing to do would be to put him down.
She says that if we take him to a shelter & he gets adopted & if he starts doing it at his new humans home, they might not be so understanding & would maybe harm or kill him. That is a valid concern, & to be honest with pet talk, when I called to put Brutus, I was NOT honest with the shelters about why we need to surrender him. I thought if I was honest, his chances of adoption were nil. In my own defense, I've read on the internet that if a cat is doing this because of too many cats in a household (which is almost certainly the case here) The behavior will MOST LIKELY stop if they go to a new home with one or no other cats. That is why I lied to the shelters. I told them he was depressed & lethargic since the other cats came to be with us, & that he's probaly like to be an only cat.
I CANNOT allow him to be "put down"
I wouldn't be able to live with myself.
If he was ill or injured beyond help, then yes.
Not because of a behavior problem.
It's a territorial thing, right?
What can we do?
He is SUCH an AWESOME cat. This just sucks.
In my mind, WE have let HIM down by having too many cats.
I could go on & on & on.
If anyone knows anyone who would be willing to take a chance, I will hand deliver him anywhere in north america & pay for shipping anywhere else, plus I'd be willing to send the adoptive parents 15-20$ per week for his food & litter.
He is a grey tabby, 5 yrs old. nuetered & front declawed. He is sooooo full of personality. He is my good boy & I hate to have to part with him, but I don't see any other way.
