Cat has weed on Christmas presents

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As above. Fuck! They were in a suitcase and I was packing and I went to another room to get my clothes. So now I need to buy replacement Christmas presents for 6 people aged between 1 and 75 at Kings Cross tomorrow morning. All while carrying a million bag lady bags because my big suitcase is out of action due to the wee. Thank goodness I'd hardly put any clothes in I guess! What a start to Christmas!

But no one be nasty about my beautiful girl she is old and doddery and a bit gross but is utterly perfect.

Oh @onand you are so funny and witty

Aww poor kitty, this aging lark is a bastard!

A duty protest if you going away without her for Christmas?!

Quite a few shops there, you'll be able to replace those types of gifts there & keep the others for yourself. There's no way I'd put them in with my clothes! And absolutely no way I'd give them to anyone else.

im relieved they were hand knit.items or whatever.

Read the room @Onand 🙄

@CatStoleMyChocolate Honestly I'd love to share photographs, I have thousands of her. At this very moment she is curled up on my legs and her precious face is under her adorable paw and her soft tummy fur is showing, god I'm so lucky to have her. But I'm oddly attached to my anonymity so instead I will just have to paint a picture with my words and ask you to imagine the finest, sleekest black panther with enormous green eyes and a tiny chip in her ear that adds to her charm.

And thank you, I had forgotten about Hamleys! This makes things much better!

@SnoopySantaPaws , ditto! I actually very nearly got mother a cashmere travel wrap thing, I have never been so glad I decided to be a bit budget conscious!

For pissing in a suitcase? Fucking hell fire

Awww bless her! Mine do that kind of thing, but like yours they are old
and doolally and leaky. Sounds like you’ve got a good plan for replacements, good luck!
(PS we have to put presents under the tree after breakfast on Christmas Day, ready to unwrap then and there, or one of the furry wee bastards is guaranteed to piss on as many of them as he can reach before being stopped 😂)

Honestly, online vouchers and a big smile and tell the story, which as pp's have said will become a legend. Don't kill yourself running around tomorrow. Bring wine.

You’ve made me want to go and move presents that are in the living room now in case my cat gets to them.

Poor you OP what a hassle and expense for you. Can you claim your pet insurance I wonder

Hope you have a lovely Christmas.

Our cat watched us pack to go on holiday then when we briefly left the room puked ALLLLLL over the suitcase contents

Oh nooo

Is she old and senile?

Animals can get a version of cognitive decline..but can also pee inappropriately if there is stress in the household {visitors} &c.

Parents had a Neutered Burmese Boy who was a shocker for peeing when stressed.. we nicknamed him ''Piss Artiste''

His oily amber pees could be found sprayed up radiators &c.

It was only that parents {and us} loved him so much that it was tolerated with a sigh.

@turnsout Do you think your Cat knew you were going away?...seems she targeted your case with precision! 🎯

They don't like to be left behind!

Maybe when you are old and doddery, and pissing inappropriately, your younger relatives will opt for PTS for you, too.

We had a female cat that peed on everything.
She climbed in Mum’s dryer & peed.
She backed up to the bureau Mum kept all her good tablecloths & napkins & placemats, etc. & peed.
She jumped in company’s - an MD - car & peed.
She backed up in everyone’s closet & peed.
It was that horrible, disgusting pee smell that never comes out.
My mum was ready to kill her. My dad wouldn’t let anyone touch her, because the cat was “his favourite.”
My dad won the battle but lost the war. His clothes and shoes were ruined. So was his desk.
That cat was a menace.

God that's horrible!!!!

Would you like to be pts when you get old and incontinent? Cats are the cleanest creatures. I'm sure she hates it.

@oakleaffy , thank you for checking.

She had full vet check and bloods in October so pretty sure she's fine, just a little bitch. I don't think stress induced cystitis is the cause at the moment, but will use Cystaid over the next few days just in case and have spritzed some Feliway on her igloo in case she is feeling worried.

To be honest she's just always been a bit of a pain picking an odd place to wee. I've got it sorted over the years as have found a litter she likes (keep her shut out of the spare room which is her main target and no longer have a doormat) but still have a mishap once or twice a year. I just hadn't thought the suitcase would be a target!

Luckily not incontinent and pretty good with her tray still. I'm not sure I'd say she's fully senile but she is slowly becoming needier and hungrier, which I think are signs.

My late ginger boy peed devotedly in the house. His main target was the armchair he loved to perch on watching the world go by. We went through a lot of throws trying to protect it!

He pissed on books in the bookshelves. He ruined 2 satellite receivers. That cost me a unit with doors... He pissed on the sofa once and we didn't know, until SIL's new boyfriend sat down and complained that it was wet (so was he, he didn't last long!!)

DH has always been a massive lover of vinyl and (fortunately) kept all his LPs in plastic covers and that was another target of the ginger demon!! I never let on until he'd been dead for 6 months which was probably wise as DH said he'd have killed him if he had known (he really wouldn't!)

Then, we moved house, and he never, ever did it again! Never figured what was stressing him so much in our previous house!

A friend and her H split up and unfortunately I was briefly staying with them at the time. It was all a bit complicated so that I was there when friend went on holiday with her new boyfriend, and husband was minding new boyfriend's 2 kittens... husband was going on holiday with new girlfriend when friend and new bf came home (do keep up lol!) and one of the kittens got in his suitcase and peed on his passport...!

@mainecooncatonahottinroof Oh god, don't say that - I'm so batty I'll probably end up convincing myself I need to move house for her wellbeing now 😂

What a lovely ginger boy (and lol at SIL's wet bf)!

Oh dear....Good luck with the last minute shopping!
Poor old kitty, I imagine christmas is abit stressful for her.

My presents are on a table so youngest dog doesn't pee on them (little shit).
Middle dog is more trustworthy even though she is toothless, blind, wonky legged and has dementia!
(Eldest dog is an angel though).

I think this may be your cat...

Omg. My kid has wanted a cat since she was two. Back then I said “when you are seven” and she hasn’t forgotten. She’ll be seven in July. Are you telling me getting a cat means being prepared for it pissing all over my house? Seriously people are ok with that. Holy hell. I feel sick at the prospect, no matter how cute it is.

No it doesn’t. My cat (rescue) doesn’t even use his litter tray unless desperate - he goes outside. He’s never once peed where he shouldn’t. He is the best cat ever though!

No. They have accidents like all pets/children/some adults but if they are peeing everywhere there is something else wrong.

Cat piss isn't the finest aroma.

I'll never forget when my elderly cat woke me up standing on the window ledge by my bed (few inches higher) and very deliberately maintained steely eye contact whilst doing a poo. I started screaming my head off.

I'm sure replacement gifts will be nice and all will be OK but no-one likes last minute dashing around! :)