Executing a cat for peeing.

[Marklet12]

What do you think of this article? It's called, Why I killed my cat

We put down our cat, Goldie. Why? Because there was one bedtime too many when my 9-year old daughter laid her head on her pillow and remarked, "Mom, my pillow is wet." Because Goldie kept us all awake as he howled through the night. Because he decided that instead of using the litter box in our new house, he preferred to relieve himself in our only bathtub.

Personally, I think it's ok.

 

[PorcelainHeart]

I think it's stuck up.

 

[awashinlove]

I think it's another example of irresponsible pet ownership, and does not say much for these folks. Assume the worst before adoption, and if you can't handle it don't follow through. It doesn't say a lot for one's intelligence if they can't handle a pet they chose to welcome into their home. Animals are trouble, and you can never ensure character traits. Don't get one if you can't handle the ups and the downs. Man has stripped animals from their natural habitat, we need to live with the consequences. My cat's been peeing around the house for eleven years (startd when I was 8). We'd praise God if he ever pee'd in the tub or only a pillow. We simply "spend hundreds" on cleaner fluids, sometimes new furniture, and get over it. As for the howling, cats caterwaul. All three of my females and two of my males do it just about every night. The woman didn't "try everything" as she claims, I see no evidence of just getting over it.

Marmaladegirl22, I'm with you.

 

[shainamsu]

i think it's wrong. there's something medically wrong with the cat, and instead of receiving the medical attention that he deserved, he was killed for it. much more often than not, cats won't use the litterbox for a medical reason, and it's just a horrible shame that the poor cat got stuck with such awful parents.

 

[country woman]

I think thats wrong And I agree with Awashinlove animals are not throw aways that can be tossed like garbage. Maybe the cats has kidney stones or is older. A friend of mine has a cat that poos on the carpet so she just cleans it up and scolds her but loves her any ways.

 

[Lycana]

Would you kill a child for not behaving properly? I don't think God approves of us killing his creatures for such a simple reason.

 

[Dagna]

I'm glad I'm not that person's parents. I'd hate to think of what they'd do to their parents when they can't control it any longer. I don't know of any situations where a cat has peed in the house for no reason at all and no one has ever "tried everything". I myself have a cat that peed all the time. She went to the vet, we tried kitty prozac etc. Finally realized that we live in an apartment and the previous renters probably had pets that peed and the subfloor was never cleaned and sealed properly. Sure enough, we moved and now we don't have a problem at all. I wonder if the cat in the article was declawed. It's fairly common for a declawed cat to have issues about using the litterbox...

 

[CardinalBaseball]

I think it is very wrong.

example of irresponsible pet ownership

 

[awashinlove]

It's fairly common for a declawed cat to have issues about using the litterbox...

Actually, that's a myth. There was a study a while back that stated declawed cats have a higher percentage of being brought into shelters in light of litter box issues compared to the percentage of clawed cats brought in for litter box issues. The study, however, failed to include only pet cats, and since the larger majority of all cats in shelters are strays, the study was not accurate. I won't state the following as fact since I can no longer find the link to the source, but university studies actually have shown time and time again that clawed cats have more issues with litter boxes than those that have been declawed. My guess is that since cat nails peel, they don't enjoy the grains getting stuck in their claws.

Many cats will refuse the litter box for a reason that is beyond anyone's current understanding. Any kitty foster home will tell ya that for the majority of cats with this problem you can literally "try everything," and the cat just doesn't like the sand, and feels the need to mark certain areas (females, too). You're often in a lose-lose situation: Leave any trace of the pee spot, and the cat recognizes it as a place to relieve itself, clean up and the cat just wants to mark again. You can't always take nature out of an animal, despite how much man seems determined to try.

For any owner though, you can always take precautions to try and avoid this trouble, like removing all traces of fish from your cat's diet by feeding urinary tract health formulas (often the only difference between original and urinary tract formulas is fish meal).

Blessings,
awashinlove

 

[godisgr8]

i think it's wrong. there's something medically wrong with the cat, and instead of receiving the medical attention that he deserved, he was killed for it. much more often than not, cats won't use the litterbox for a medical reason, and it's just a horrible shame that the poor cat got stuck with such awful parents.

I totally agree! That is just terrible!

 

[Firebird73]

What a cruel thing to do. Some people should be banned from keeping animals.

 

[Marklet12]

i think it's wrong. there's something medically wrong with the cat, and instead of receiving the medical attention that he deserved, he was killed for it. much more often than not, cats won't use the litterbox for a medical reason, and it's just a horrible shame that the poor cat got stuck with such awful parents.

1) The author said hundreds was spent diagnosing the problem.
2) Kitties aren't born from humans; they weren't its "parents"

 

[HeDied4Me]

What a cruel thing to do. Some people should be banned from keeping animals.

It's a sad story, but it's not cruel. How is it cruel to euthanize an animal? IMO, it's more cruel to give an animal to a shelter than to euthanize it, if you know that no one will want to adopt it. Spending the rest of its life at a shelter would be much a much worse experience for an animal.

Just because they couldn't handle one extremely difficult-sounding cat doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to have pets.

 

[shainamsu]

1) The author said hundreds was spent diagnosing the problem.
2) Kitties aren't born from humans; they weren't its "parents"

i don't think that any amount of money is too much to be spent on animals. i have read the article in full, and disagree that the animal was beyond help. and while you may think so, i'm not speaking from inexperience. my very first rescue animal, a three year-old golden retriever mix named dallas, had this very same problem with soiling the house. i was told he was housebroken when i adopted him; he wasn't. that surely could have been grounds for returning him, but i didn't. i went through several several several months of absolutely nothing working and spent a TON of money running tests trying to figure out if the problem was medical -- it wasn't. just like the author, i tried psychology, but that didn't seem to work either. i tried confining him, but he got so nervous that he destroyed the room. after almost a year, i was convinced that this dog would never be housetrained and that i would owe hundreds of dollars to the rental unit that i was living in for damages.

that was two years ago. this dog is still in my family, along with three other rescue dogs that had similar problems along with a host of other ones, one of which went through a prolonged phase where she had nightmares and would urinate in her sleep from fright, yelping and crying as though she was being attacked, and ruining our carpet/couch/bed in the process (and she's a st bernard mix, so she certainly incurred more than a small amount of damage).

each of these animals eventually outgrew their issues, especially with soiling in the house, and over the years, we've had to confront different and surfacing issues. but we deal with it. b/c these animals are our responsibility. my husband and i recognized that we took on the responsibility of an animal that depended on us completely for everything, and that we could not simply shirk that responsibility when we grew frustrated. b/c trust me, there were definitely times that we were beyond the point of frustration that the author of the article had reached. however, we love these animals like we do our own children and while there have been times that owning four large rescue animals has been inconvenient (especially with traveling and trying to take vacations), we would never consider ending any one of their lives over it -- we love them too much and they deserve more than that. the problems that they have are results of being grossly mistreated by previous owners, and it isn't right to hold them responsible for other people's ignorant actions.

and i hold to my original opinion: i think it's a horrible shame that the poor animal had such awful parents. "goldie was a pet, and he had ceased to be an acceptable one"? it's cold and callused. animals deserve more than that, and we, as their caretakers, need to stick to our responsibilities.

 

[healingisachoice]

i think that's awful. we are all God's creatures, animals and humans alike.....what gave the mother the right to take the life of one of God's creatures?

 

[HeDied4Me]

i think that's awful. we are all God's creatures, animals and humans alike.....what gave the mother the right to take the life of one of God's creatures?

A question for those in this thread who have expressed this opinion...

Are you vegetarians? I assume you are, but I just thought I'd ask.

And are you opposed to any euthanization of animals, regardless of the circumstances?

 

[ceedaisy]

How very sad. Geez, everyone would be so lucky to have the accidents happen in the bathtub! So much better than the bed or furniture. Poor poor kitty. And, I agree that these were the cats parents. They adopted the cat and take care of it. Just like I'm my cats and dogs mommy.

Also, no I'm not a vegetarian and I think there are good valid reasons for euthanization if it involves health concerns and involves lots of needless suffering. But this would be for a different thread.

 

[awashinlove]

A question for those in this thread who have expressed this opinion...

Are you vegetarians? I assume you are, but I just thought I'd ask.

And are you opposed to any euthanization of animals, regardless of the circumstances?

Yes, actually, I for one am a vegetarian, complete with soy as a substitute for dairy (though fresh caught fish do find their way into my diet). I don't see what this has to do with bringing an animal into your home and taking its life when it doesn't measure up to past pets, though. There's nothing wrong with using an animal for nourishment if you aren't taking for granted what it is you've been given.

What it comes down to, as keepers of God's creatures, the ones who have authority over these living beings, is that it's our job to respect them. I'm not against even putting a bullet through the head of an animal when he or she is suffering or even to save a human life, but to euthanize for no reason of value is just absurd. If you can't fix it, obliterate it? Talk about lazy in your responsibilities. I don't like the "my pets are my children" mentality one bit, but I do believe in having reverence for God's gifts to this world. Don't punish the animal when you're the one who forced them into an unnatural situation.

Blessings,
awashinlove

 

[HeDied4Me]

People shouldn't euthanize animals unless there's a good reason... But it sounds like this cat's owners tried really hard to solve the problems.

Since the owners didn't feel like they could handle a cat that was so difficult, I think it was better for them to have the cat euthanized than to give it to a shelter. With all the wonderful cats that are available for adoption, it would be extremely unlikely that such a difficult cat would find a good home, in which case it would either be eventually euthanized or spend the rest of its life at a shelter with very little, if any, individual attention from people.

There are some people who get rid of pets for little or no reason (which is inexcusable), but there are also people who try to help their pets but just can't deal with the problems any more. Throwing away an animal's life because it's an inconvenience is one thing-- but having an animal put down when it's ruining its owner's house and making its owners unhappy is another. It wasn't an impulse decision, and it sounds like the owners really cared but just couldn't handle the problems any more.

 

[awashinlove]

it sounds like the owners really cared but just couldn't handle the problems any more.

Of course that's what it was, so the owners had no right whatsoever getting the cat in the first place. They have no excuse. They tried to perfect the animal, not accept the animal. If you can't accept imperfection, realize that before you end up with a death on your hands.