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Feeling exhausted [I Have Cats]

Originally I wanted a laid back, fairly independent older cat. A cat that would be content to go about its business most of the day and then come up for occasional pets or whatever. Well I let my boyfriend talk me into getting two kittens instead, 5 months old. And wow I am miserable. They are everything I did not want in a cat. One of them is very needy and wants to be around us constantly no matter where we are and if we try to close him out he meows infinitely. They both are OBSESSED with food, all kinds of food, human or cat. We cannot cook with them in the room or they constantly try to steal and get into what we are cooking, which is dangerous when we have a hot stove on. I cannot so much as open my fridge or pantry with them around without them getting into something. They seriously act like we never feed them and like they are always starving, when we actually feed them plenty. We actually have to put them in another room while we get their food ready because otherwise its insanity they are leaping at us trying to get into their bowls before they are ready.

They are frequently jumping on the counters. They constantly are underfoot and I trip on them probably 50 times a day. I cannot read, study, nothing in the same room as them without them constantly trying to sit on what I am doing or otherwise get in the way. They have to be physically on me or on the thing I am trying to pay attention to at all times.

They have literally two good qualities. One is they are fully litterbox trained and we have never had any accidents. The other is they are very sweet/affectionate and have never shown any signs of aggression whatsoever. It makes me feel bad for feeling so frustrated with them, I just feel like this could have been avoided had we gotten an older, laid back and independent cat like I initially wanted. I also feel like the adoption agency was not transparent enough about their flaws. All they told us was they liked to tear up paper towels/toilet paper. They never mentioned a thing about their obsession with people food and acting like crazed sharks at a bloodbath whenever fed. That fact alone would have made me not want to adopt them. It is too stressful.

Anyways I just feel really overwhelmed. I want to care for these cats and provide a good home for them, but I don't know how to deal with all these behaviors, and the internet is NOT helpful, it's like really no one knows how to train a cat. Like for example I look up how to get them to stop coming after our food and its just like "don't feed them scraps!" And I don't! But that doesn't stop anything!

Anyways if anyone is experienced with kittens and can help out that would be great. Right now my and my boyfriend's life is like constant aggravation because of these two.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Just one word of advice, don’t have children😂

 
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