Sad, sad home here today.
I have been fostering a friend's cat for the last several months. My friend went through a break-up and had to move to temporary housing where he was not permitted any of his five pets. He is still not in a situation where he can take any of his pets back from their foster homes. In fact he has already had to release two to the cat rescue contact he has.
The challenge is Molly, my friends cat has never taken a liking to my cat from the moment they met and the feeling is mutual. There have been nasty battles and ugly scenes between them. Separating them with a gate made it even worse because Molly could jump over the gate and torment Blue while Blue is too old and too fat to jump over the gate. Both cats started acting up and became more like wild animals than pets.
Both tried staking out territory with my bedroom being the prize location. Well when Molly realized I was not going to kick Blue out of my bedroom and they had to co-exist there, she started to retalliate against me. Pissing in shoes, shitting beside my bed and on my computer desk chair. Finally there was a straw that broke the camels back when she pissed on the powerbar for my computer shorting the whole works out. Both cats were banned from my room and the door is now kept closed.
I thought Molly was taking refuge under an antique lounge that I have in my living room. Well she was using that as an entire condo suite where she was pissing on a pillow she dragged to the floor. Now the hardwood under the pillow is black. The pillow is in the garbage now. And she had shit and upchucked hairballs all over under the lounge. Furthermore, she tore into the fabric on the underside of the lounge and is hiding out inside it. I'm almost afraid to turn the lounge upside down to see the extent of the damage. I cost my ex $1,200 to recover that before we separated.
Nothing we could do is appeasing either cat and they both continue to make matters worse. I hate to give up on any pet, but the bottom line is Molly and Blue are not happy in this situation. I called my friend and explained to him what's going on. He tried to find another Foster home for Molly but was unable to do so. He tried to call the cat rescue contact he knows and she cannot take any more rescues right now. His only option is to take Molly to one of the cat shelters or humane societies in the area. Given that she is 14 years old and has a benign tumour on her breast, she is not likely to be adopted and therefore euthanized.
I am so torn and feel like a horrible person for giving up on fostering her. But I feel like I'm up against a wall. I want to go away to see my family for Christmas but I cannot ask my roommate to take care of two feuding cats while I'm away.
I'm so upset I don't know what to do. Jerry is supposed to be here around 11 a.m. to pick up Molly. And that's if we can extracate her from the antique lounge where she hisses and spits and growls if you try to coax her out.
The challenge is Molly, my friends cat has never taken a liking to my cat from the moment they met and the feeling is mutual. There have been nasty battles and ugly scenes between them. Separating them with a gate made it even worse because Molly could jump over the gate and torment Blue while Blue is too old and too fat to jump over the gate. Both cats started acting up and became more like wild animals than pets.
Both tried staking out territory with my bedroom being the prize location. Well when Molly realized I was not going to kick Blue out of my bedroom and they had to co-exist there, she started to retalliate against me. Pissing in shoes, shitting beside my bed and on my computer desk chair. Finally there was a straw that broke the camels back when she pissed on the powerbar for my computer shorting the whole works out. Both cats were banned from my room and the door is now kept closed.
I thought Molly was taking refuge under an antique lounge that I have in my living room. Well she was using that as an entire condo suite where she was pissing on a pillow she dragged to the floor. Now the hardwood under the pillow is black. The pillow is in the garbage now. And she had shit and upchucked hairballs all over under the lounge. Furthermore, she tore into the fabric on the underside of the lounge and is hiding out inside it. I'm almost afraid to turn the lounge upside down to see the extent of the damage. I cost my ex $1,200 to recover that before we separated.
Nothing we could do is appeasing either cat and they both continue to make matters worse. I hate to give up on any pet, but the bottom line is Molly and Blue are not happy in this situation. I called my friend and explained to him what's going on. He tried to find another Foster home for Molly but was unable to do so. He tried to call the cat rescue contact he knows and she cannot take any more rescues right now. His only option is to take Molly to one of the cat shelters or humane societies in the area. Given that she is 14 years old and has a benign tumour on her breast, she is not likely to be adopted and therefore euthanized.
I am so torn and feel like a horrible person for giving up on fostering her. But I feel like I'm up against a wall. I want to go away to see my family for Christmas but I cannot ask my roommate to take care of two feuding cats while I'm away.
I'm so upset I don't know what to do. Jerry is supposed to be here around 11 a.m. to pick up Molly. And that's if we can extracate her from the antique lounge where she hisses and spits and growls if you try to coax her out.