Conference misery::feline_v1

2808.0. "What can I do about this cat?" by ZONULE::PORTER () Mon Aug 28 1989 15:15

    I need some advice.  Two weeks ago I decided to take in another
    cat.  She's a 15lb tabby who's been spade and declawed.  She has
    double paws and is a very good looking cat.  Now here's the problem.
    She has caused nothing but trouble since I took her in.  She has
    broken a very expensive crystal wine caraff that was given to me
    as a gift.  She steals stuff off the top of my dresser and hides
    them.  Every night when I get home from work, there's litter all
    over the bathroom and halfway into the kitchen.  She meows all night
    long.  She terrorizes my other cat (who's only about 5lbs and whom
    I've had for a year and have had nothing but pleasure from).  She's 
    driving me and my fiance crazy!  We went away for the weekend and 
    had to keep her confined to the kitchen and bathroom so things
    wouldn't get broken or stolen.  I've never had to do this with any 
    of the other cats I've ever had.  I've tried the C.A.T., but this 
    only works if you catch her in the act.  She's only a year old and 
    I'm sure she can be trained, but my fiance and I both work all day, 
    and there's noone there to train her.  I'm about at wits end.  My 
    fiance says that he wants to give her back to the girl we got her 
    from, but her roommate has threatened to have her euthanized if she 
    can't find a home for her (that's one of the big reasons I took her 
    in the first place).
    
    If someone can offer me some good advise as to what to do, please
    send me mail, as I don't access this file that often.  Also, if
    someone would like to give her a good home, let me know.  I like
    to see her go to someone who has a fenced in yard, that's what she's
    used to and I think she's trying to get revenge for having to be
    cooped up all day.
    
    Thanks in advance,
    Lori B.