I'm at my wit's end with my cat [View All]

[meow2u3]

The entire week, my cat has been incessantly mrrowing to go out. He's even kept me up at all hours because he just wouldn't shut the hell up! That's because I left him home alone (with an ample supply of food and water) for five days the previous week because I left town.

Yesterday and the day before that, Boots escaped because he sensed that I was to leave town (my friends came over to try to pick me up), just as we were about to leave. Trouble is, this cat is so smart he comes back home only when he thinks I won't be going anywhere. And the night before last, he kept me up all night mrrowing, scratching at the back door, pawing at the blinds just as I was about to fall asleep, you name it. When he did pull me out of bed, I got so angry at him I did something I was not proud of: I cornered him into the bathroom and spanked him just to shut him the hell up, after a half an hour of chasing him all over the house! Needless to say, he did keep his mouth shut.

To complicate matters, I not only am not allowed to get another cat, I'm also not allowed to let my cat out because of a town ordinance prohibiting animals to roam free. Nor can I afford to buy my cat anything but the cheapest cat toys.

I'm seriously considering giving Boots a new home with a family who has someone home at all times. I can't keep living stuck in the house prisoner to a cat with separation anxiety issues.


Boots, the slavedriving cat with a serious separation anxiety issue.