Wednesday, May 27, 2009

I Think I Liked Her Better Lost

This is where I have some not very generous feelings towards the new cat in the house. I feel a little bit bad for voicing these but also feel the need to get them out and so you oh lucky internets get to hear about it.
Last night Scout peed on my bed. All the way through the bedding on to the mattress. I'm so not impressed. I had finally gotten Sara to pretty much quit peeing around my house (by moving into a house with absolutely no carpet) and now I'm worried that she will smell the pee on the bed and also decide to pee there. Why do cats decide to pee on a bed? Why not just go on the floor. I know that it wasn't that she was "mad at me" it's that she's scared and stressed but I'm still really upset by this. I am a lot more angry at this than I was with Sara peeing in the house for the most part. The difference though with Sara and Scout is that I'm attached to Sara and therefore more willing to put up with annoying behavior. I'm not attached to Scout. I feel bad for her but am not attached. I'm annoyed that I'm having to keep my bedroom door closed as I now don't want her hanging out under my bed, and my cats can't get in.
From what I was told her first owners hadn't treated her very well. She was left in a cage for a long time with only another cat and very little human interaction. She was described to me as aloof. I know right now she is stressed but every time I try to touch her she hisses and growls at me and acts like she's going to bite me. This is less amusing on day 3 than it was on day 1. I'm also feeling a bit resentful as I had been thinking about wanting another dog (I really want a chihuahua) and going back and forth on that but I didn't want another cat. And yet I let myself get talked into it because I'm too much of a softie. I don't want to take her to the shelter. They are overwhelmed by too many cats as it is now and I doubt she would get adopted. I hate the idea of her ending up there. But I just am really questioning whether she will fit in here. I know it's only been a few days but with cats I've had in the past this behavior has only lasted a day or so before they were back out seeking company. This cat doesn't seem to want company at all from humans and is totally traumatized by my cats and dog. My cats don't even hiss at her. They just look at her like she's crazy.
I looked around online yesterday and I found a Bengal rescue group here in California but they aren't taking any cats at this time because they don't have enough foster homes for them.
Ugg I hate it when I let myself get talked into doing something that I knew I really didn't want to do!

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Yuck I am so sorry. I hope something works out!

Tracey said...

SUCKAGE! I have two cats and they have never peed anywhere but the catbox.. wish I had some insight. I have heard though that bengal cats are not super lovy dovy.. so that is probably why she is so crazy.

Michelle said...

Im sorry. Maybe just give her a week or two? I know when we got Pooh Bear, he hated me. I couldnt walk by him without him hissing at me. He wouldnt leave our bedroom for weeks when we brought him home. He would sleep on the dresser and stare at me all night. Like he was plotting something. Creepy. Then 3 weeks later, on Christmas Day, he came downstairs in the middle of us unwrapping gifts and ever since then he has been my big boy that I couldnt imagine being without. Now, he rarely leaves my side.

Kristin said...

Dissolve oxyclean in water and pour it on the spot. It will completely take care of any residual smell.

twondra said...

I sure hope things work out. I'm so sorry it's been like that. :(

Jamie said...

I am so sorry! I know what it is like to want to help, but not ~really~ want another cat.

I hope the peeing stops and Scout joins the family soon. My cat Dexter has always been very timid and I got him when he was about nine months old. I swear he spent a month under the bed before he finally ventured out.

Billy said...

I am so sorry for you about this situation. It really sucks not being able to say - no.
I do hope things with the cat will improve (I think I saw in my reader another post regarding the cat - haven't yet read it..)