divergrrl
Ideal_Rock
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- Dec 9, 2002
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Hey I need advice/encouragement.
I was doing laundry & looking for something & I almost stepped in a pile of cat poop on the basement floor. UGH.
So I clean everything up & change out the litter box (which was not very full) and now I''m trying to figure out how to clean up all the scattered cat litter (I use the no tracking kind...YEAH RIGHT!) that my cat has strewn all over the back part of my basement without contaminating the broom/shop vac. I''m thinking spritzing paper towels with disinfectant & doing it by hand. YUK!
I have had it up to HERE with my cat. I love her, but I can''t take one more mess. She''s only 12, and while I feel a responsibility to her, she just tracks those nasty litter paws all over my counter tops. She hairballs all over the place & I''ve adjusted her diet per our vet so many times its not funny.
She''s expensive to feed and she is the DIRTIEST animal I have ever met. She''s old, cranky, and keeps us up all night. I am about ready to find the nearest no kill shelter & drop her off.
I don''t think I can make her an outdoor cat because her front claws have removed.
I am no longer a cat person. I am thoroughly disgusted by the whole indoor cat dynamic.
What do I do? I want to be a good owner, and I want to be good to her, but I''ve been struggling with this since my first child was born almost 4 years ago & todays mess was just too much.
I was doing laundry & looking for something & I almost stepped in a pile of cat poop on the basement floor. UGH.
So I clean everything up & change out the litter box (which was not very full) and now I''m trying to figure out how to clean up all the scattered cat litter (I use the no tracking kind...YEAH RIGHT!) that my cat has strewn all over the back part of my basement without contaminating the broom/shop vac. I''m thinking spritzing paper towels with disinfectant & doing it by hand. YUK!
I have had it up to HERE with my cat. I love her, but I can''t take one more mess. She''s only 12, and while I feel a responsibility to her, she just tracks those nasty litter paws all over my counter tops. She hairballs all over the place & I''ve adjusted her diet per our vet so many times its not funny.
She''s expensive to feed and she is the DIRTIEST animal I have ever met. She''s old, cranky, and keeps us up all night. I am about ready to find the nearest no kill shelter & drop her off.
I don''t think I can make her an outdoor cat because her front claws have removed.
I am no longer a cat person. I am thoroughly disgusted by the whole indoor cat dynamic.
What do I do? I want to be a good owner, and I want to be good to her, but I''ve been struggling with this since my first child was born almost 4 years ago & todays mess was just too much.