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[viet_mom]

Hi Legl. Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, there are no doors on the bottom floor of the house, except for the basement door. I am, like you said, keeping all the blankets in a closet. In fact, this morning, Vietbabe and me hung around at 6 am in the chilly living room unable to cuddle in a blanket because the cat would piss on us. Lo and behold, he came in and decided to piss anyway directly on a fabric chair right in front of me.

What a fun morning. The positive is that I "caught him in the act" and did what you said - "No!" and took him to the litter box. The negative is that I had to chase him first which took me upstairs leaving Vietbabe downstairs which is not safe. Then I had to bring him to the basement, leaving Vietbabe upstairs with the basement door open which is even less safe. I called the Vet and have an appointment but I'm not going to be able to do too many "training seminars" with the cat. It's too risky for the baby.

You're right - it looks like he wasn't bothered before by anything but he is now. I don't know why -- he still sleeps with me at night and I play with him as before. I hope he is a quick study with behavior modification. He's already peed in the crib. That is absolutely nasty and unacceptable. I keep the nursery door closed now but he's peeing everywhere else. This really sucks. I love the cat but can't live like this!!

BTW - the "after the fact" punishment I gave him last night wasn't really as bad as I described. I brushed the blanket he had peed on onto his face, but is was a soft fleece and the blanket was dry, and I dropped him into his litterbox. I did yell, but not very loud. Otherwise I'd upset the Babe. He wasn't even perturbed. It wasn't like those scenes with the person digging the cat's face in his poo - I agree that stuff is cruel (and utterly useless). Will not do anything like that again. But I will give him up before my baby is lying around in cat pee all over the house.

Sorry for the two long messages, and for ranting. I'm obviously upset. And I'm realizing this is probably not going to get too much better and I'm going to be forced to give him up.

Viet_Mom