Returning a rescue cat?

[Fur6y]

I rehomed a cat back in October. I feel like they weren't entirely upfront with the reasons why she was being rehomed and at the very least didn't tell me the full extent of it.

She has been having a lot of accidents around the house and I'm really at the point that I just don't know what to do. I have had her at the vet and they have done tests which have come back clear and are now saying that they think it's more a behavioural issue than a medical issue.

I am struggling to cope and really don't know where to go from here and I'm thinking that my only option is to ask them to take her back

I've got plenty of litter trays and the trays are always clean.

This really is a last resort and it isn't a decision I will make lightly. Is there anything I should have tried?

I don't think there is anything else you could have done. Do you have young children? Is she an only cat? If no and yes respectively then things are unlikely to be any better in any other home. I hate to say this but she will probably have to be put down. This is something no owner would tolerate.

Let the rescue make that call though. And they may not have known. If she had been kept in a pen she wouldn't have had any choice but to use a tray, so the behaviour may not have shown up.

Does she go out?

Please try www.feliway.com/uk/

We also rescued around the same time and talked about returning her but our rescue has settled down and no longer wees everywhere (but does still bite us )

It's expensive stuff but worth a go for a few weeks, it sounds like you have a v stressed out cat.

Have you tried putting a litter tray somewhere in the garden an gradually removing it? We solved our pissy cats issues by making her realise she could go for a wee outsider like that. We haven't had an 'accident' in the house for ages.

I have a young child. They did know as I have spoken to them about it and the previous owners were friends. I'm not 100% sure if they knew the extent of it or not but somewhere along the line someone hasn't been entirely upfront about the extent of the situation. There is nothing I can really do about that though and although I wouldn't have taken her on if I'd known the full details that isn't my main concern here really.

She doesn't. She has always been an indoor cat She is almost 3.

I'm absolutely gutted. She is a lovely wee cat and apart from this she is a perfect fit for me and DD. If I thought we had any chance at solving this I would try in a minute.

She's probably miserable. Let her outsider :)

I agree with Methe. Mine were indoor cats for more than a year until I went on holiday and left my neighbour in charge. They have been very happy, unharmed, much better behaved outdoor cats for the 11 years since!

Due to another condition I am reluctant to let her out

What other condition?

You could try putting some deep shelves up for her, with carpet stuck to them, giving her somewhere high up so therefore child free? They like having somewhere to escape to from where they watch their humans.