mamagotcha | (Reply)

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Ugh, I feel for you and I wish I had an answer. I have been a cat person for my entire life, in fact a few years ago I would've said I would always have at least one cat. Then in the past few years something has changed and I don't really even understand what. I think it's partly because cats are a lovely low-maintenance companion but when they suddenly become high-maintenance, well... they are not really a good-enough companion to be worth the PITA stuff. Honestly If it weren't for our kids' attachment to our cats, I would seriously think about re-homing the cats, or at least the younger two. However they would come as a pair, one with a special diet/urinating/pooping/yakking issue so I don't think I could find him a home very easily. We do confine our cats to the basement laundry room every night, and sometimes for part or all of the day depending on if we'll be home and what's going on with the above-mentioned issue. It doesn't seem fair to them but I'm not sure what else to do. And they do live a very long time. *sigh*