I think someone on 99chan made this caption. I saved it years ago and it's always made me laugh. Thank you.

I'm pretty sure this was done by a 99chaner, as well. Bean would of made a better preznit than Obama.

:(

Stopped defecating or urinating entirely or just not in the box? It sounds like just not using the box BUT that seems like a very odd thing to put a kitty down for..

>>226
She's not used her box since August. She's going regularly, believe me.

You know, if you'd like to take your turn cleaning up pools of urine 3 times a day for 6 months, you can. Like I said, we've exhausted every option. We weren't going to lie to someone who expressed interest in taking her. We were honest and we wanted people to be prepared. No one wants a 9-10 year old cat who has a catbox phobia.

>>227
I'm the same poster you responded to. I am sorry that it comes to that for you, and I apologize if my post sounded accusatory/judgmental.

However, I did it for over two years, nary a peep about it. Had hardwood at the time and she'd pee in the hallway. I wouldn't always see it and would actually slip and fall in it sometimes. I loved her more than anything so I dealt with it until her cancer progressed further and it was her time to go.


And another cat I had, he would pee on my bed due to his kidney issues that I later discovered. Still dealt with it until it was his time to go as well. I cleaned that bed and the sheets a ridiculous number of times. When I wasn't sleeping, I'd lay a shower curtain liner on the bed and cover it with an old blanket so I didn't have to wash the sheets as often.

I do understand that not everybody can put up with it as long as I did.

Have you tried removing the door of the cat box, or the upper part of the cat box altogether?

Over the last 6 months, we've bought 5 different cat boxes of different heights since the vet was worried that her cerebellar hypoplasia was causing her to not be able to step into her catbox. It didn't help. We put 3 catboxes out at once thinking she wanted her own box, didn't help

The problem is that ever since we adopted her, she's had a problem projecting urine away from her body. She's always dribbled a few drops on herself, which means that she needs to be bathed on a very regular basis. As the years wore on, she began peeing on her feet on a regular basis, which would require her feet to be cleaned off, or if it had been awhile and her backside smelled, we would clean her backside and her feet. To Bean, a bath is the ultimate punishment. She began associating using the catbox with bathing. We've spent six months trying to undo that association with no luck.

As for her being an outside cat, she had a tendonectomy many years ago, plus we live in a high-rise apartment with no access to the outside world, so that's not an option.

We're putting her down tonight at 8. I've been crying all day. This sucks, but she has no quality of life anymore. It's the right thing to do even if it's not the easy thing to do.

Can you not find someone to take her that lives on the ground floor? If she just has some access to the outdoors, even if it's limited, she'll start going out there, most cats will given the chance. I know you can't have made this decision lightly, I really understand that, but there's got to be another way, this seems like such a silly thing to have her put down for.

>>236

By "going" out there, I mean going to the toilet outside.

>>236
I understand. We've tried to re-house her through the SPCA and through several cat organizations in our city. Most of the units in my building don't allow pets, so it isn't as easy as pawning her off on an old lady that lives on the first floor. We had some friends express interest in her only to back out in the last minute.

She's gone, everyone. The procedure was both better and worse than what I was expecting. They sedate her first and then she ODs on an anaesthetic so there is no pain. She went very quickly and seemed really at peace. Our vet said that she feels we made the right decision, which is nice. Oh, and I cried like a total bitch when it happened. Thanks for listening.

>>239

:<

:c

I've had to put down more pets than I'd ever care to admit, and you have my deepest sympathies - it's never easy, but it always helps me to think that every time it has been necessary to do this, I've considered it a mercy - an act of love and kindness.

You gave her a great, long life full of love and happiness, and rather than see her suffer you made the hard, but correct, choice. You were there at the end, and now she is at peace, her pain is over.

On a personal note - I'm a grown man and a generally apathetic bastard, and I have cried like a child each time I've had to put a pet down.

- To Bean, may she rest in peace.

>>244

Thanks, that means a lot.

>>239
My last cat had the same issue. Undeveloped basement where she'd spray kitty litter all over and got used to going where she pleased. Family finally developed said basement and she just wouldn't use the litterbox no matter what we tried. Year and a half of cleaning up after her later she left our care at the age of 14. Dunno if anyone adopted her (she was still an absolute love, and in great health minus her refusal to use a litterbox) but I doubt it. I like to think she still had a few more years in her at the SPCA or with a family who adopted her, but I know realistically within a month she was probably put down. I cried like a little bitch over that cat. You have my deepest sympathies.

PS: Oh, I made myself sad. :'(

Poor Beansie! This made me sad. A few months ago I nearly had to put down one of our cats (young and healthy, but circumstances). I spent the day in tears. We didn't end up doing it, and instead found a family willing to take him in. But I've only seen him a handful of times since - now I'm going to try and visit him today.

Also, my old cat has suddenly begun having accidents in the house, on beds/carpets/woodfloor. It's not very fun, and I can't wait for warmer weather so he can be outside while we're out of the house (that's when it happens).

My cat pisses where ever it likes now days.
A week or so ago she pissed on my work clothes that I'd layed on my bed, about to change in to. That didn't go down well, being my only clean work clothes.

She has a very annoying meow and my brothers always kicking, yelling and generally annoying it.
Even now as I lay in bed typing away on my netbook I can smell cat urine.

Having a giant-ass computer generates a lot of heat making my room the warmest in the house, so she's always on my bed which makes me feel all the more emotionally attached to her as I've always been there when she wakes up from her slumber. That aside, I'm really beginning to think it would be best if we just put her down.

RIP, Bean <3

>>256
cats are fine in cold weather, especially if you only leave them outside for a few hours. Just buy a dog house or something to shield kitty from the snow if you're worried.

I like how I can create a thread in January 2012, check back and see it is still here. Bean may be gone, but we've achieved Triad status again with the addition of.....Mercury.

Oh bugger it all to hell, I should never have come back.

>>612

Well that's bizarre, my posts in this thread were pretty much the last time I came to 99chan, I get the idea to give it another look after all this time just a few days after you do the same. Mercury looks mischievous.