Is it wrong to put my cat to sleep over peeing in the living room?

Question

I have worked for months to clean the wall, carpet & floorboards where my cat was peeing only to find out today that there are three other places in the living room that are totally DRENCHED in cat urine (I thought the smell was coming from the other place). She is very aggressive & tolerates 4 people. I had to have her declawed on all 4 paws because she was so mean. She appears to love me, sleeps with me at night, cuddles with me at the computer and at the TV. Every now and then she attacks me for no reason, but doesn't do much harm. The point of this is that there is no one I can give her to & the SPCA will put her to sleep because her aggressiveness makes her unadoptable. Is it wrong to put her to sleep? I just can't let her ruin my whole house. This has begun in recent months, she is healthy, has the same litter she always had & consistently uses her litter box & I change her box every other day. I just don't know what else to do, it breaks my heart...

Answer 1

yes ithink that it is wrong to put her down.
you may need to change her cat litter to a differant brand. she may be pregnat. or she may be doing it to get attiontion if you have to get rid of her i will see if i can take her if we live close so email me to find outat
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your vet may be able to tell you waht is wrong if you want to call them

Answer 2

Last year my beautiful Manx cat Theodore went out for the evening and never came back. I love cats and the house didn't feel the same without one, so I picked up Lola from a rescue centre. She was very frightened and would pee all over the house. I found Cat Spraying No More� on the internet and the techniques worked almost immediately. I haven't had a problem with Lola since. Amazing!

Can't stop your cat peeing in the house? Then worry no more...

Answer 3

Something has changed, either in her life or in her head. Try to think of any change that has occurred in her environment -- new carpet, new kitty litter, new boyfriend, new animal in the house or outside that may be coming to the door or window and upsetting her, new baby, new food?

Have you had her checked recently by a vet to see if she has a health problem? Sometimes people treat inappropriate urination as abehavior problem and it turns out to be an infection.

As a last resort, I would take her to an animal shelter and be completely frank about why you are giving her up. You say the SPCA will put her to sleep -- have they told you that or are you just afraid that will happen? Some shelters will go to considerable lengths to improve a cat's or dog's behavior to make it adoptable. At least at a shelter she would be evaluated for adoption, whereas if you take her to the vet and have her put to sleep, she has no chance.

She may have mental problems. The cuddling and being lovey, then attacking you without provocation, suggests that. Dementia is a recognized condition in veterinary literature.

Answer 4

I had 2 cats that loved to pee on my couch. I had their urine tested and bloodwork , they were fine . It was a behaviour problem that I really didn't have time or patience to deal with, plus had alot of other problems to deal with in my own life. I did try the feliway spray and that worked until i forgot to use it one day . One of them even pooped on my pillow when i was away for 1 night. One of them was very tempermental like your cat, sounds just like him. There is only so much a person can deal with everyone has their own limits . I had my 2 wonderful kitties put to sleep, it really hurt because they were still young about 2-5 yrs old. But , honestly who would want to bring a cat into their home if it's going to use the house as a litterbox? or attack them for no reason? If you have ruled out medical conditions then that is a decision that only you can make and no one should judge you for it.... You would be surprised how many people do put their cats to sleep for this reason... It is hard and will hurt for awhile but if its what you feel is best then do it. Good luck and take care

Answer 5

Putting a cat to sleep means helping a cat to avoid pain. I'm sorry to be harsh but the definition of what are talking about is killing a cat for peeing all over,

As someone else mentioned, there is probably an underlying problem that can be fixed.

Answer 6

Only a an absolute last resort! Place an ad for someone that understands what the adoption of a project kitty means. I adopted a Siamese that had these issues when I got her. She was deemed unadoptable and had been returned several times for the problem. I thank the people that gave up. She is amazing.

She urinated on anything out of order and the bed. It was terrible. For her it was a territorial, possessive, and an anger thing. Many things can cause a kitty to act out.

She is showing her power as well. So discipline is not an option. My kitty reacted to mild discipline as a cute thing. She was so unaccustomed to getting praise that she thought of mild discipline as good attention. She had learned to perform bad behavior for attention. We had to learn when not to give attention and then smother her for no reason at all. It was quite sad.

Over time and tons of extra cuddle time and constant praise she stopped much of her bad habits. She is still a Siamese and fusses at the rest of the household, but she no longer pees or is destructive. She is smart, athletic, beautiful, possessive, slinky, social and cuddlly. All of these things also led her to this dominant propensity. We call her busy. naughty.

It is important to use the Oxy type products that totally remove the scent. This alone will not stop the behavior. You must work on why it is happening and then remove that from the equation. I know this is hard to know why. Believe me, she is getting something out of it. Figure it out.

Is she tring to show you she is angry, does she strive for more attention, is she trying to keep someone away...

Answer 7

Yes it is wrong to put her to sleep. Most of her behavior problems are probably from you declawing her. Cats who are declawed are more likely to become aggressive or more aggressive than they were, avoid the litterbox and have many other behavior problems. You should really really try to work with her. keep an eye on her anytime that she is in a spot where she like to pee. if she starts. Immediately grab her and bring her to the litter box. You need to get a special cleaner that completely eliminates the smell and stain so she's not tempted to go there again. You can find this at any pet store and most regular stores that sell pet products and/or cleaning products.

Answer 8

You know, nowadays your Vet can prescribe Zoloft or Valium for cats and dogs, so that might be an option to try to calm her down and stop her from attacking people.

Is she fixed? I'm sure she is, but I just had to know, because when cats are fixed, they usually tend to be less hormonally unstable.

You might have to just take her to your Vet and explain the situation. I would NOT every put a cat down for peeing, no matter how bad it was. There has to be something very simple that you can amend in order to get her to go in her litter box.

Answer 9

it's only wrong if you haven't tried everything else

I had a cat when I was a kid, did the same thing - not so hostile, but developed some kind of problem in her head where she started absolutely destroying the furniture/carpet, and couldn't be trained out of it.

if you've taken her to the vet and they can't recommend anything (they've got some pretty neat anti-anxiety stuff for animals now that's not even terribly risky for long-term use, that they never used to have, for all I know that'd help) then as stressed as she is (cats don't mess in inappropriate places unless there's something wrong), it might even be kinder to put her down.

Answer 10

I think if you have a cat with all of the problems your having, you are a patient owner. I never argue with someone who has a problem animal like yours. If you are at the point of asking, you can put her down and not feel bad about it. Pets are not usually a source of constant trouble like Yours. I have put up with problem pets that I tried to domesticate , and once they were gone, It was much more healthy for my family and you don't realize what you really put up with till after they are gone. I don't like cats being aggressive, what will you do if your cat bites somebody? You are the one that has to live with this cat. Not anybody else. You do what you feel you must do.

Answer 11

putting her to sleep wont help. take her to the vet and see what he/ she says about the situition. cleaning the litter box every day might just do the trick. did you ever think that her peeing every where is her trying to tell you to change her box every day?! some cats are just pickey like that. and If all else fails, ill take her off your hands. I have been looking for a cat like her for the longest time