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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP are you still around? We adopted a 'mature' cat from a friend who had two and the second cat suddenly started battling the first. You're asking how to rehome:
--[b]tell all your friends, colleagues, etc. that the cat has a peeing issue, unknown cause, and you want to find a new home, with the idea that the cat may have to be put down.[/b]
--Put on a note on a community bulletin board (my office has an online one, my synagog has one on a wall)
--talk to an assisted living facility, who might want an older, calmer cat
--contact some local shelters to find out if they'll take her

You might try to diagnosis this a bit - an anxious cat in a noisy, busy house w/ four kids and an anxious spouse sounds like a cause to me. A calm, quiet house might stop the cat from peeing outside the box.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but that's crummy.  Someone will probably step forward to take the cat completely out of guilt -- i.e., OP is saying "someone has to take my cat or I'm killing her."

OP and her husband aren't winning any favor with me.  OP things her husband has done her a favor for putting up with the cat for so long, but it sounds like OP had the cat BEFORE the husband was in the picture.  Why does the cat get the boot?  The husband knew you had a pet, and he should have assumed from the age of the cat at the time of meeting that the cat would be around for a while.  I have little sympathy for him.

Also, the poor cat went from being with OP to being with OP, a husband who hates said cat, and 4 children.  That's a lot of change and stress for a cat.  Most litter box issues originate because of drastic changes or stressors.

I had a cat who developed litter box issues after a health issue gave him a negative association with the box.  I had a really fantastic vet who gave me some solid advice.  We put him on anti-anxiety medication.  And then I put him in a small bathroom (it can be any small space) with a clean litter box.  I spent some time in there petting him every day.  It was difficult because he still meowed.  But after a few days, he started using the box.  Eventually, I expanded the area of access he had.  The idea is sort of like crate training in order to reestablish litter box habits.  I also think the anti-anxiety meds helped a lot.

OP, have you tried putting your cat on anti-anxiety meds (not the feliway stuff at petsmart, but an actual prescription from the vet for pills)?  It made a huge difference and the prescription was relatively inexpensive.

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