I have two cats that have become too much for me to handle. I recently separated from my husband due to abuse and I’m expecting my first baby in a few months. One of the cats was more “his” cat, but when he moved out he did not take the cat. This cat now yowls for hours every night and attacks the other cat, causing her to urinate. I am waking up many times every night and early morning due to the loud meowing, breaking up fights, and cleaning up cat urine.
I also tried switching to pine litter to cut down on all the litter they track, which caused the other cat to start peeing in the spare room. Even though I’ve switched back to their regular litter she’s gone on the carpet in that room several more times, despite using a pet vacuum, enzyme cat urine spray, and endlessly scrubbing at the carpet and even pulling up the carpet to clean the subfloor.
Now I’ve found what I’m 99% sure is a tapeworm fragment on my sheets. They’ve had tapeworm almost a year ago which I treated with flea treatment and deworming pills. Except for when I brought in one of the cats as a kitten (almost 4 years ago), I have never seen fleas on either on them. They are also both indoor cats. I don’t understand why they are getting tapeworm.
I feel terrible about giving up my cats, but I can’t imagine living like this with a newborn on my own while also working full time. Any advice on rehoming cats, or why I should or shouldn’t do it is welcome.
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