I feel horrible that it's come to me writing this, but I honestly have no idea what to do.
My family has had two cats for about 13 years now, M and Y (not putting in their names). They are both quite old, and are starting to see their health deteriorate slowly. Consequently, M has recently taken up peeing outside the litterbox onto the hardwood floor regularly (like 5-6 times a week during her bad phases, which happen about once every 1-2 months). This happens so much that it has started to rot through the hardwood floor, which has driven both of my parents crazy. And they take it out on M.
My brother, sister, and I are now older and out of the house, but whenever I am home, M and I are very close. She hangs out with me, sleeps in my room, etc. And, by and large, the peeing problem stops when I am around, giving her attention, playing with her, etc. My parents have tried many many solutions to get her to stop peeing (medicine, new litter boxes, new litter, pretty much everything the online forums would say), but they haven't been good about making sure she's not stressed out.
Things finally came to ahead last night. I have just gotten back to the east coast (where I live) from California (where my parents live), and M had been generally alright while I was home, some peeing outside the litterbox but not every day. I woke up this morning to this email from my mom, sent to me and my siblings.
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This sent me sobbing. My mom has had an anger issue for quite some time, and so I can imagine her being quite violent in throwing M out. It feels like my mom has crossed a line into straight up animal abuse, but when I called my dad, he told me I was simply overreacting, and that M was now back in the house. He then proceeded to say that he was angry too at M.
I have no idea what to do. I live across the country in a place that won't let me have cats. My sister lives 5-6 hours from my parents and seems open to taking M in, but I know that any discussion of removing M from my house will just make my mom even more angry, and then she could turn to be abusive towards my sister and me.
TLDR: My parents are abusing a cat I love dearly, but I am very far away and feel powerless to do anything about it. Any help is appreciated.
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