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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To start: yes, I know I'm a horrible person for considering either option. We've struggled with keeping/parting with our now 16yr old cat for more than five years. We're at the end of our ropes and it's no longer sustainable. So these are my two remaining options: euthanize or re-home.

Cat is lovely but incredibly timid. Lives only in our bedroom and bathroom. Won't leave our room to use litter box. Litter box is now in our shower. She reliably uses the litter box to poop (95%, other 5% in our shower) and tries to pee there but ends up peeing in shower at least half the time. And flings litter everywhere so we are combatting litter in the shower. Box elsewhere in bathroom doesn't work because she pees outside of it and it soaks into grout.

She's 16. She's in good health. She just needs a home with NO noise/children/activity with room for a very large litter box. She's nice. But would never tolerate another animal or busy home.

So what's the kindest move here? We are more than five years into biting the bullet and waiting for nature to take its course. She seems like she's planning to live forever. Our room smells like a toilet all day every day. I don't even want to sleep there anymore. We have worked HARD to make this work. But it's time for her to move on. I just want to do the kindest thing knowing that neither is really a great choice. [/quote]

Op,

Imagine you wanting to adopt a cat.  Would you adopt a kitten or a 16 year old that does not poop in the liter?  If you wouldn't why would you expect others too?  Euthanize is the best solution if you absolutely can't wait a few years.  You had the best years of her life and I can't imagine abandoning them when they are old.[/quote]

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