I have a cat that I rescued from a shelter that I named Syanka. She was a good cat, for the most part, and I love her. She meowed a lot and I've even had people telling me she sounds like a screaming baby. But we learned to live with it. When we took her to the vet, however, that's when the problems really started. After we had some teeth pulled and cleaned, she started to become really picky with her food. She no longer ate dry food and now only accepts wet food, and just the Friskey's brand and not the patte kind. This isn't the worst part. She's stopped using the litter box.
It was a few spots every now and then, but now it's every time. She just uses it to pee and not even that all the time now. She'll go next to the litter box, but she refuses to use the litter box itself. We have taken her to the vet and he has only told us that it's just because of her age and the fact hat she had a high thyroid problem. She's on medication though, and even that hasn't helped stop it. We've had to rip up the carpet in my room because of all the times she's gone, and she's still doing it. Not only that, but she has recently found new spots to go in other rooms of the house.
We have put the cat in my room all day and she still doesn't go in the box. Recently, I was cleaning my room and I found a spot I didn't even know she was going and it was covered in maggots. That would've been the last straw, but I love my cat. I just don't know what to do with her anymore though. I can't give her back to the vet because they lied to us about her and there's no way anyone is going to want a cat that has to be indoors but refuses to use a litter box.
I wouldn't mind helping her, it's just that I had gotten a cat to be therapeutic. I was in treatment for an eating disorder in the summer of 2012 and when I had gotten out I was allowed to have a cat. I hadn't had a cat since my cat Stoney died in 2003, so I was super excited. When I saw Syanka, she was very malnourished and really skinny since she still had some trouble gaining weight while eating. This connected to me because of my disorder and I thought we could both gain weight together, thus making me fall in love with her and wanting to bring her home that day. I spoil her, I admit. I give her some of my scraps when I'm done eating, but I don't think this would be the problem.
I feel like there's something medically wrong with her, and it's besides the high thyroid. All I've gotten from vets is the high thyroid or that she's just an old cat. I just don't know what to do with her anymore. I love her, but I don't want to lose her because of this...
It was a few spots every now and then, but now it's every time. She just uses it to pee and not even that all the time now. She'll go next to the litter box, but she refuses to use the litter box itself. We have taken her to the vet and he has only told us that it's just because of her age and the fact hat she had a high thyroid problem. She's on medication though, and even that hasn't helped stop it. We've had to rip up the carpet in my room because of all the times she's gone, and she's still doing it. Not only that, but she has recently found new spots to go in other rooms of the house.
We have put the cat in my room all day and she still doesn't go in the box. Recently, I was cleaning my room and I found a spot I didn't even know she was going and it was covered in maggots. That would've been the last straw, but I love my cat. I just don't know what to do with her anymore though. I can't give her back to the vet because they lied to us about her and there's no way anyone is going to want a cat that has to be indoors but refuses to use a litter box.
I wouldn't mind helping her, it's just that I had gotten a cat to be therapeutic. I was in treatment for an eating disorder in the summer of 2012 and when I had gotten out I was allowed to have a cat. I hadn't had a cat since my cat Stoney died in 2003, so I was super excited. When I saw Syanka, she was very malnourished and really skinny since she still had some trouble gaining weight while eating. This connected to me because of my disorder and I thought we could both gain weight together, thus making me fall in love with her and wanting to bring her home that day. I spoil her, I admit. I give her some of my scraps when I'm done eating, but I don't think this would be the problem.
I feel like there's something medically wrong with her, and it's besides the high thyroid. All I've gotten from vets is the high thyroid or that she's just an old cat. I just don't know what to do with her anymore. I love her, but I don't want to lose her because of this...