to secretly get rid of our kitten and tell the DC that it ran away?

[SaggyBaggyPuss]

Have had kitten for around 6 weeks now. DC have wanted a pet for a long time and I gave in and got one for them. Cats are easier to deal with than dogs right?

Well today, I have had enough. I had have to scoop 3 lots of shit out of the litter box and there was a piece of shit on the floor that must have come off her paws and which means that the whole house, and sofa is now covered in cat shit germs puke!

It also runs up the curtains which are now all pulled. My leather --look- dining chairs have scratch marks where it keeps jumping up the back of them and it has pulled up the carpet on the stairs.

DS (6) is constantly chasing it round the house with an incessant cackle (over excited, not cruelly, the cat loves him) which does my head in and keeps taking it upstairs to lie on his bed.

Last week, it has a runny arse and I still have the wounds where I had to bath it, not before it spread kitty shit germs everywhere again.

As a side note, I also suffer from OCD. Not 'a bit' but actually diagnosed.

I love my DCs to bits but they also love the kitty a lot. I am not sure I can put them first this time!

WIBU to find a good home for it and tell them it ran off into the forest and I couldn't find it

YABU. You shouldn't have gotten the cat if you didn't think about that.

You have a spouse and at least one child that is old enough to help take care of the cat; delegate. Follow up on it. Make it stick.

If you do get rid of the cat, for the love of God, don't lie about it. Be honest.

Sukey - you'd normally be right, which is why I never say anything horrible normally - but this one is not a genuine poster IMO. It's someone bored, who thinks they are funny, but they're actually just a sad little twat.

Oh yes I completely agree. She's either a goady sadact, or a nasty bastard. It was just the comment about the furniture I thought was off, because that has nothing to do with her behaviour, and plenty of other perfectly lovely MNers will have similar furniture.

Oh jeez looong thread so haven't read all the replies.
Our kitten is 4.5 months and to be honest I've been stressing out for ALL the reasons you have- the shit, the litter, the kids running around and her chasing them (toys on string), the shit on the paws etc! However, we had her spayed chipped and vacc'd 2 weeks ago so she's been going outside for the toilet now and pretty much stays out all day (access to cat flap) and life is sooo much more chilled!
She gets lots of lovely attention when we get home from school/work etc and I'm not constantly stressing about the mess or smell.
Long story short stick with it. If you aren't used to having pets (as I wasn't) it is a bit of an eye opener and takes some getting used to. Good luck

All safe to come back now??

That is a tiger in a cat suit.

When I posted this one of him on FB, I didn't notice the perspective myself and how he doesn't seem much smaller than the horse, but some people at first glance thought I had a pet wild cat. In fact he's quite petite as only just turned a year old.

He has catitude :) Very handsome.

Since OP has done the off, I'm going to share photographs of my 2 little lads.

B&W (MCat) is my beautiful Moggy and the one with mad curly fur sticking out in all directions is Little M, my Devon Rex, giving himself an ear wash, and other photo he's possibly praying to his Cat God that you will do right by your kitten

They've got me through an horrific year, each in their unique way. And I luffs the fluffy scoundrels. Little M brings me rose prunings when I'm sad, but OP prolly wouldn't like that, unless they were disinfected.

Please re-home responsibly Saggy, and your kitten will grow into a cat who will bring joy, not angst into someone's life. I appreciate you have ignored all of my suggestions/declined to respond.

oh my… Rubbish you have my dream puss.. a Devon Rex.. I'm looking for a companion for tiger boy above and a DR kitten would be purr-fection but I don't suppose DR rescues come up that often..haven't at all in my line of work yet
Black and white kitty is a stunning boy too

Mantra cats!

Worth contacting breeders, although sadly, the ones "retired from breeding" have had less human contact than the average cat. I ummed and aahd about getting a pedigree kitten, but MCat (glossy B&W Mog) was so neurotic, yet lonely through the day - he'd come tumbling down the stairs as soon as he heard a key in the lock, to greet us, and Rexes thrive within a multi-pet household.

They luffs each other! Little M (my Devon) demands head washes from MCat when he wakes up.

I recently read a re-homing pedigrees thread on the Litter Tray about 2 Cornish Rexes (very similar in temperament, and wavy hair, like Devons) needing adoption, but I can't recall which thread.

Will try and find it for you tomorrow.

We had to rehome our cat after a year of owning him due to the fact he made my daughters face swell.
It was horrific to have to have him re homed. I sobbed all the way home and cried for days.... And I'm a dog person. The worst thing has been my daughter feeling guilty for being allergic to him and missing him like crazy. She is only 5 but it's hit her like a ton of bricks. It's a horrific decision to make and not one that should be taken lightly.

Little M appears to be a sheep

I call my boy Little M too! and our lizard is Big M. As when we got the kitten , the lizard was about three times as big as him! (their real names are Mischief and Mojo). Now it's the other way round but the cat still remains Little M.

Read through pages and pages of this thread. I'm still not sure the OP is not an attention-seeking troll. But for the benefit of the doubt, I'm treating it as a real post. It is sad to see how disposable a number of people regard a kitten. Some cats may indeed be very aloof but many more get very attached to people. Finding a new loving home certainly seems the best option for the sake of the kitten who relies on being looked after and having its physical AND emotional needs met! If the OP is for real than what I have noticed and it seems to have not really been picked up on, is the utter irrational resentment the OP seems to have towards the animal not merely because it does what any young animal does but the fact that her youngest kid loves this kitten. And it seems her partner was affectionate to it when it was on his lap. She is literally dripping with jealousy over the love and bond her youngest child seems to have towards this animal. Yes sadly some people are really this fucked up that they are jealous of a little helpless animal and the love it receives from a child or partner! I am very sympathetic towards anyone with OCD, as have two very close friends who suffer quite badly but both are massive animal lovers and who have pets in spite of it. I'm not just worried for the welfare of the poor kitten but the children! OCD appears to be the least of your obvious issues. More worrying is the total lack of empathy and envy over the bond your child has with this kitten.

Fwiw, I thought she came across as jealous of tiny adorable kitten too. Though it could have been her attempt at humour (which fell flat for me).

Yes sadly some people are really this fucked up that they are jealous of a little helpless animal and the love it receives from a child or partner!

That is really weird and yes, you're right, I think she was jealous of it

Glad Lizzieoak and Moonface spotted too that the OP seems very jealous of the love and affection her youngest child appears to have for this kitten. In several comments, she mentions how the child loves the kitten and their bond and is extremely resentful. I could have understood that her OCD is that pronounced that she cannot cope with all of the 'hygiene' issues. But what really saddened me was the level of antipathy, bordering on to hatred for this tiny animal because both her child and partner shown it some fondness :(

Paw high five from one Little M to another, alltoomuch. He is a little dream of a cat.

Worth contacting local pedigree re-homing sites, I had a search for the recent thread on the Litter Tray about the pair of Cornish Rexes, but couldn't find it.

There has been a lot of suspicion as to whether he really is a cat or a sheep lizzie. But sheep don't bring screaming frogs into the house...

all that made me cry.
Can't believe how heartless some people are
I'd pay anything ( and have!) to keep ours well and happy.
Never forget when i was young we found two dogs tied up at the side of the motorway
My dad ended up going back to get them when the rspca wouldn't.
Don't understand how people could just abondon or kill an animal rather than take it to a rescue.
Those people make me sick.
If i knew anyone who did that in rl i'd cut them out without a second thought.
all that cat is huge!!

Little M earlier this evening

good for your dad taking the dogs :( did they find good homes?