For example, Penny wrote:
My daughter left Mushue with me while she was moving and promised she would pick him up in 2 weeks. That was 10 years ago. She won't take him back. He is 15 lbs of pure black and the meanest thing I have ever seen.And Debby, another cat hater, wrote:
He is so very picky about his food. The bowl has to be filled all the way to the very top edge for him to eat it. If it gets below the rim He stands there and meows till you fill it back up. And don't even think of moving him out of your chair where he has plopped his fat butt. Or else you are going to get your face torn off. He has bitten me while I was asleep because he wanted to sleep in the bed and wanted me to get up.
When he decides he wants to lay someplace he will knock everything out of his way. He has pushed my dishes out of the cabinets before.
I actually moved when he was about 2 years old and this cat found me after 3 months he just showed back up. I can't give him to any one else as he is evil and no one wants him. I can't take him to the shelter because he is not adoptable.
I have layed in bed and thought up ways to get rid of him. I have thought of stepping on and squishing his head. I have thought of feeding him anti-freeze. You name it I have probably thought of it. I have suffered so bad for the past 10 years. I just don't have it in me to actually harm him.
I absolutely can not stand my cat either. I got her over 8 years ago from a shelter. I called them a month into it saying it just wasn't going to work and they made me feel like a low live animal hater, so I kept her. They told me her nervousness was because she was a shelter cat and it would go away in time. It hasn't. I can barely pet her, and if I tried to pick her up she'd take my left eyeball out. She's ruined all of my furniture, because I thought declawing was cruel.So looks like my hating is helping others in need, enabling them to step out of the closet and confess. Time, then, to up the ante.
I've made the decision to find her a good home this year, but I still feel really guilty. But I just can not go on like this, she is driving me crazy. I have another cat (another rescue cat) that I got 18 months after and she's fine. I've had pets all of my life and never had a problem like this.
It's good to know there are others out there that also don't feel the love for their cats.
Last month, the black cat next door, who often gets confused with Fonzie, was attacked by a vicious off-leash dog, whose owner just shrugged it off and walked away, leaving Yuki dying in his front yard. My neighbours rushed the cat to the vet where he was put down. The hit-and-run dog has never been found.
But when I heard this disturbing news, all I could think was, "Damn, why wasn't it Fonzie?"
In fact, Fonzie has pretty much left home this summer, and forged relationships with the two of the craziest women on the street. He's moved back in with Katya (a pseudonym), where I'd forgotten he'd temporarily stayed once before. And, even worse, he's taken to hanging with Emilia (another pseudonym).
Emilia is the one whose ex-boyfriend smashed the car with a golf club in the middle of the night last summer. The social workers are over at her place constantly, but what's she most worried about? Not her poor daughter , nope. She's concerned about the welfare of my cat and the fact that nobody loves him. Today, as I stepped out the front door, she was sitting on my porch feeding him.
It's partly my fault since I had hired her to keep an eye on him while I was away for a few days last week, sparking gossip among the neighbours about how any pet owner could be so irresponsible as to leave her animal in the care of the most dysfunctional family on the street.
But Emilia's cheaper than the vet, Fonzie's happier than he would be in a cage and it gives the neighbours stuff to talk about. If only I could offload with Emilia's family forever when we move.
The problem is my reputation would never recover. Looks like Fonzie is taking revenge on me.
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I adopted two abused kittens (brothers) a couple years ago. One is a Gund toy come to life, the other has his claws stuck in the back of my head as I write this...you never know what you're going to get with cats...
I do not hate cats generally...can take them or leave them, however...I do hate hate hate the neighbors' cat who kept having kittens in our backyard. These kittens would grow up, have kittens of their own which would also in turn grow up and have kittens of their own, all in our backyard. At one time this summer, we had nineteen cats of various ages pretty much living on our porch. You know what? Maybe it's not the cats I hate, but the neighbors who wouldn't feed their cat or have her fixed.
I have a cat that isn't so bad really, for a cat. But I am sick of the cat litter stink and him tracking it all over the house and everywhere he lays there is a mountain of hair, and the puke, which usually he eats back up if I leave it there. He's just gross. On top of that I have a grown son who is miserable in my house because of an allergy to cats.. so he seldom comes home for very long. I miss him and hate my cat.
Shoot the effing cat!!!
My sister took in a DEMON neglected cat about two months ago. At first I was the only one who sensed the true evil in him but now one by one my whole family has come(covered in scratches and bites) to my side, even my sister (she can't even pet the damn thing) As i read your post all I can think of is why wasn't it my sisters cat, for the love of god why wasn't it her cat.:(
i hate my cat and fantasize about her death each morning when she awakens my entire household at 6a.m. as she has done for the past ten years. she gets bits of faeces all over the house, pees on my bed, has peed in my lap, vomits everywhere then meows incessantly for more food, and meows loudly at night after we've gone to bed. she is making my hair fall out. i want her to die. the vet won't put her down. he says there is much more we can do for her. i currently must administer medication to her daily to keep her alive. the vet says she could live another 10 years! i am contemplating suicide, but i have an 8 month old baby that i adore. if it weren't for him, i surely would be able to give 100% of my attention to this Mother Effin' feline.
I also have a cat I hate. Every day, he alleviates his boredom with ways to bother me. The problem started when I brought him into the house, permanently, out of the kindness of my heart. I was feeding him outside for almost a year before I decided to bring him in. He was probably abandoned, but was also fighting all the neighbors' cats who entered our backyard and I felt it was safer for the neighborhood if I brought him in.
After spending upwards of $500 on him at the vet, I set out emailing friends and family about him needing a home. I even placed flyers at local vet clinics. So it's been over 2 years now. I already own 3 and have been fostering another trouble-maker (that's another story altogether).
What does this cat do? He used to scratch on windows and doors initially, trying to be let out again. Eventually that stopped. But now the crown molding on all my doors (including bathroom) are destroyed. He used to wake the dead at night to play with another cat (the other trouble-maker). He raped my other female cat, who developed a nervous licking habit until she was practically fur-less on her stomach and elsewhere and the vet put a plastic collar around her neck for three months. She eventually stopped licking and got over her attack.
He runs in front of me first thing in the morning, fights and bothers my Number 1 cat because he feels he deserves as much if not more attention. He is a territorial, agressive alpha-male who doesn't work well with the cats in my house.
Every day my husband and I are exasperated with his behavior, and are wishing we could unload him to anyone. We don't want to kill him (although we feel like it regularly) or have him euthanized. The vet said his behavior will not change. I'm at the end of my rope and am just counting the days until I can find another home for him. He's a complete pain in the ass.
Thanks for letting me vent.
I also hate my cat. She is a kitten and I have only had her about 3 months. I am a nervous wreck from this kitten. She meows constantly, she has a nervous personality (that's what the vet called it). She is either jumping on something, digging to China in her litter box and spraying litter all over the bathroom, chewing on my blankets, she rarely walks, always running or fast walking. She sleeps during the day while I am gone and rarely sleeps when I am home. She is not mean but I have never seen such a nervous kitten, I thought taking her to the vet, getting her fixed and all her shots would help but no! It takes twice as long to do anything around the house. If I do laundry, she is diving into the piles of laundry. If I am putting on my makeup, she is running off with anything she can get into her mouth. It is like living with another person! When I am taking my shower in the morning, all I can hear over the water is boom, bam noise from her bouncing off the walls. She literally runs in a circle all over the apartment and will do that for hours!! I think she is neurotic and is making me neurotic as well yet I don't have the heart to give her away. I have always been a calm person but she is making me feel nervous all the time even when I am not at home. What can I do? I give her lots of attention, feed her well, play constantly with her but that just seems to make her even more nervous.
I don't want to sound mean. I am a biologist and as a rule I love animals large and small. Although, recently I have opened my eyes to the cruel reality that is the domesticated house cat. I have lived with cats all of my life even though I was allergic to them. As it turns out this cute kitty schtick is just a facade and the fact of the matter is that cats are the number one killer (besides humans of course)of small endangered birds, mammals and reptiles. They are also the main reason so many people are unwitingly infectied with the parasite known as toxoplasmosis gondii. This parasite can affect your behaviour causing you to be more aggressive, anxious, and angry. That being said, I have a very bad cat, she pees on her scratching post and bed as though she is marking territory even though she is spayed. She claws anyone who tries to pick her up, she meows to be fed at the but-crack of dawn and if she goes out side she starts eating anything that grows and promptly pukes it up. She also brings in half dead rodents that then take up residence in the house after they recover from their partial mauling. She has a problem with flinging cat litter and will sit in her box and fling litter for upwards of half an hour. She also wipes poop across the floor and on the carpet as she is so fat she cannot clean herself. Why am I letting a cat ruin my home because I am a lover of animals? Why are you doing it too? Because some people who work in the domesticated animal industry are making you feel bad about getting rid of it? This is ridiculous and I think that we as humans should take it into our own hands to control our own destiny with out the ludicrus bleeding heart rantings of peta members. If you are miserable because of a cat, get rid if it you will be doing the world a favor because cats do great and vast damage to the natural ecosystem that was in place before we and our pets ruined it. So, please do your self a favor, don't feel guilty, don't let some one else make you feel guilty, be rational and logical and make room in your life for a pet that deserves your love instead of making room for one that is miserable and makes you miserable too=)
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I also hate my cat. She is a kitten and I have only had her about 3 months. I am a nervous wreck from this kitten. She meows constantly, she has a nervous personality (that's what the vet called it). She is either jumping on something, digging to China in her litter box and spraying litter all over the bathroom, chewing on my blankets, she rarely walks, always running or fast walking. She sleeps during the day while I am gone and rarely sleeps when I am home. She is not mean but I have never seen such a nervous kitten, I thought taking her to the vet, getting her fixed and all her shots would help but no! It takes twice as long to do anything around the house. If I do laundry, she is diving into the piles of laundry. If I am putting on my makeup, she is running off with anything she can get into her mouth. It is like living with another person! When I am taking my shower in the morning, all I can hear over the water is boom, bam noise from her bouncing off the walls. She literally runs in a circle all over the apartment and will do that for hours!! I think she is neurotic and is making me neurotic as well yet I don't have the heart to give her away. I have always been a calm person but she is making me feel nervous all the time even when I am not at home. What can I do? I give her lots of attention, feed her well, play constantly with her but that just seems to make her even more nervous.
3:27 AM
I am retracking this posting that I left previously - I came across it tonight and it now seems funny. This cat that I complained so much about has transformed into the best cat I have ever had. He was going through 'kitty nerves' when I wrote this. I got him from Anti-Cruelty where they told me he had been on the streets for weeks as a kitty. He had difficulty ajusting in the beginning. Now he is a dream cat. He constantly talks to me, follows me everywhere. I was very sick in November with the flu and he didn't leave my side. Yes, the litter box is a nuisance, there is hair everywhere but this cat has given me non-judgmental love and tenderness and everything else now means minor. Thank you Tiger!
Well what to do is try not pick the cat up so much, as it may not like being held. And as you said he meows and bites you when you touch him? Well for that I suggest that you could probably play with him and until he comes more closer to you, you could gradually start touching him but not to much to start of with. Try to bond with him like playing with him. Show him hat the other cats are not afraid of you. Good luck! :)
These posts are disturbing. I have owned four cats and never had a problem. If your cat is misbehaving, you need professional help. Realize what cats are like before you take them in! I know I am going to be unpopular for posting this but this whole thread is disturbing. Yikes!
I agree with the poster who said this is disturbing. Bringing animals into your home is a responsibility and a commitment. If you are unable or unwilling to work with a difficult pet, then you should get over your guilt and give him/her back to the shelter..or find a no kill rescue in your area. I have been fostering cats with all kinds of issues for 15 years, and each one leaves my home a little better off than when it came.
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