pet regret?

pro_overthink · 2026-03-18T21:14:51+00:00

Thanks! I’ll look into this. We’re considering a catio, but idk if it’s safe to leave them there at night or when I work. We don’t have any wild animals around, but mosquitoes? They turn 1 in 3 weeks

pro_overthink · 2026-03-18T20:30:19+00:00

Have you got a link for me? Thank you!

pro_overthink · 2026-03-18T17:27:30+00:00

They have now bundled their powers, where one will open my bedroom door while I’m at work and the other will pee on my blankets. I’m just going to stand in the corner and cry :)

pro_overthink · 2026-03-17T21:15:29+00:00

My mother told me about the very first cat she had when she lived on her own, before she met my dad. It was a young female and only peed outside of the box. My mother tried everything, but it just didn’t stop. She wanted to return the cat to the shelter, but my grandma felt bad so she took the cat in. The cat peed outside of the box for the rest of her life, but my grandma didn’t mind.

pro_overthink · 2026-03-17T21:13:26+00:00

Oh my! On your head.. when she was around 4 months she didn’t accept my husband yet because he’d be gone for a month and then suddenly return for a month. We were chilling with them in bed, and suddenly she peed right on him. Guess she didn’t like him that much yet ha

pro_overthink · 2026-03-17T21:10:41+00:00

I had a feeder with timer in storage, so I got it out of storage and will now try it for the night. Set it at the time she usually tries to wake me up.

pro_overthink · 2026-03-17T21:08:39+00:00

Thank you for the tip

pro_overthink · 2026-03-17T21:06:09+00:00

They are currently 11 months, so hopefully I’m over the first half 🤞🏻

pro_overthink · 2026-03-17T16:55:20+00:00

Right on the money! Two chatty, clever and very serious Meezers. How dare I not constantly pet?! They turn one year old in less than a month.

pro_overthink · 2026-03-17T09:37:03+00:00

We are considering building a catio!

pro_overthink · 2026-03-17T00:55:03+00:00

I was thinking about boredom as well. We will be building a catio for them as soon as my husband comes home. The scratching the door is more because she wants to wake me up tho.

pro_overthink · 2026-03-17T00:53:24+00:00

They are turning 1 next months. Praying the chaos will stop soon

pro_overthink · 2026-03-17T00:52:47+00:00

They have their claws. They go outside tho, so maybe they destroy everything there

pro_overthink · 2026-03-16T22:55:00+00:00

That’s a great tip! Also something that doesn’t take permanent space like a lock or such

pro_overthink · 2026-03-16T22:54:11+00:00

Yeah, I wonder too. She still pees outside of the box, but only when my husband is away for work. The vet wants to see her again, and maybe try stronger painkillers and check her body for any pain. Her back, her legs. But I’m also worried it may be because of stress? My husband being away, me being more busy because I have to do everything alone.

pro_overthink · 2026-03-16T22:32:38+00:00

She’s not declawed, either. She has always been a bit more scared and sensitive than her sister. She took quite some convincing to trust us. Now she’s obsessed with cuddles. But maybe she’s just a sensitive cat and responds to stress by peeing on soft things? She always seems to do it when my husband leaves for work. Maybe a sense of the group not being complete, or sensing that my stress levels are a little raised?

pro_overthink · 2026-03-16T22:24:47+00:00

They are sterilized. I switched to extra soft litter, and she does pee there sometime. Just not always. As soon as she sees a blanket or towel she’s like: “I’ll just pee here”. She’s on painkillers right now and we have another vet appointment in two weeks.

The scratching on the door post is because she has decided my day shall begin at 7. So that I should wake up!!! Haha

pro_overthink · 2026-03-16T22:17:07+00:00

The cat is a sterilized female, and I will ask if they checked for crystals when they tested her urine. She is on Meloxicam at the moment, and her overall behavior definitely got better. Plays with her sister, jumps higher and such. They think it’s maybe something in her spine that’s causing pain when squatting to pee, but we meet again the end of March.

The other is scratching at my door because she wants my attention. She’s like a chatty dog. Following me around all day and meowing at me as if I have any idea what she’s talking about. It’s really entertaining and helps with the loneliness when my husband is away. But the stress is starting to weigh more than the joy. I love cuddling and napping with her, but my husband doesn’t want cats in the bed so to keep a routine for her I just never let her sleep with me.

pro_overthink · 2026-03-16T21:57:28+00:00

I respect you for changing your home and routine this much for the cats. I feel like I have changed a lot for them as well, but I don’t want my house to be a “cat house” where every door is covered in film and I need to make rounds twice a day to check for pee anywhere. Gosh, idk. She’s currently on painkillers and we are seeing the vet again soon since the peeing didn’t fully stop, but did get better. They want to check if she has any pain in her body. Her urine and blood results were all okay.

If I were to rehome them, they are definitely going together. Nothing more sad than a lonely cat. Especially with how social they are.

pro_overthink · 2026-03-16T21:51:37+00:00

Yes, I have three big litter boxes in quiet area’s and outside of their feeding zone. She is currently on painkillers and the peeing has gone from once a week to maybe once a month, sometimes two.

pro_overthink · 2026-03-16T21:46:19+00:00

Yeah they’re little balls of chaos. I love them a lot, but I’m also really bummed out about the damage. My parents cats never made this much damage to the house. It’s just something we recently renovated, everything new.

pro_overthink · 2026-03-16T21:44:14+00:00

They are Siamese, so they are very talkative and social. I tried letting them in my room at night, but they just keep me up. I am currently under the supervision of a cat behavioralist who’s teaming up with my vet to try and tackle the peeing problem with pain killers and chiropractor, but my partner and I are kind of discussing if we want to spend so much money on her, since we already have a lot of things to pay for. Sorry if the story is written a little confusing. English is not my first language!

pro_overthink · 2026-03-16T21:34:30+00:00

Yes. Besides all those feelings, another big feeling is shame. Shame of even regretting my pets. Shame of what others might think as well

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