Man Loses Patience Over Wife’s “Frustratingly Annoying” Cat, Gives Her An Ultimatum

They accidentally trained the cat to learn that when it screams endlessly, it will get whatever it wants. You can train that off the cat, but it'll take a long time and effort. To be honest tho, I find the NTA horrendous, and certainly not everything has been tried. Also, orange cats are just cats that happen to be orange, they aren't mentally difficult. Orange cat has one single brain cell is a meme, not reality

The cat needs love as well.

Have the vet check his thyroid. My cousin had a cat that was like that. She was always healthy and fine except when going to the vet She acted like a little demon and they would have to put the carrier in the gas chamber to knock her out before they could touch her. She was losing wt and was given an expensive thyroid cream to go on her ears. She got bony skinny and ate all the time. The meds stopped working and she had her put to sleep at home when she was 18 or 19. The vet said she had dementia.

Get a spinning auto feeder. Split a can of meat into each slot and set it to turn every hour. Then after a few weeks, extend it to every 90 mins, then every 2 hours, then every 2 1/2.

I have two 14 year old cats. Both of them scream at me all day every day. It never ends. Mostly they do it because they like it when I talk back to them. One of them likes to sing, but between screaming at me, screaming at each other, or screaming at nothing, it's constant. But they are really sweet.

They are baby-ing the cat too much. I called it abuse if you overfeed your cat and make them obese. Also, I wonder if the cat has enough play time to release its stamina.

This is a clear situation of rewarding bad behaviour. Set up a feeding schedule, and stick to it. A timed feeder might help the wife not give in to the cat's demands. It does 't have to be three times a day. Find one that will dispense a small portion every hour if that's how often the cat wants to eat. Set up an area to put the cat overnight. Laundry room, garage, basement. Give him food, water, toys, and his preferred bed, and let him cope for 8 hours while you sleep. Put up aluminium foil where he scratches (use masking tape), and give him a scratching post/pad. After the habit is broken, you can remove the foil. Cats need firm boundries, because they are perfectly willing to be antisocial little jerks to get their way. Walk back the ultimation, get a book on cat training, and have a family meeting to set up a realistic plan for managing his behaviour. Some stuff, like him wanting to be in the middle of everything, are normal cat behaviour you'll have to live with.

I love cats very much but I understand this man. Life cannot become torture. Too bad he lives in a country where cats that do not find a home are euthanized. In Italy it is not like that, at most they live until the end in a cattery.

I had an orange cat Rizla. He was a lovely boy.

Sometimes people new to pets needs some guidance. And if illness is not an issue, routines are a must if you want a stable environment in the household. My SIL has a new dog (I know, I know, the post is about a cat but I think this example applies anyway) and was struggling so after some advice she is happy now with the new routine for the doggie, making her life a little bit easier. (edited for spelling)

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LOL'ing at "never get up for cats." My kitty is 20 years old and has dementia. If she wants food in the middle of the night, I'm going to give it to her. Otherwise she will just torture me and keep me awake until I do. There's no "learning" here, due to her dementia. I just want to keep her feeling well fed and happy.

I'll make one suggestion I didn't see and wasn't mentioned. Is he still intact? If he is, get him neutered. Male cat behavior can change dramatically after that.

The comments saying the cat may need a companion are probably right. With the exception of my old girl who passed last year (she was happiest being a lone cat after the others passed before her. They made her life a misery so we held off on getting any others until she went) all of our cats have been happier with ‘siblings’. We currently have 3 bonded cats (kittens about 7 months old) and they do almost everything together and if they ‘lose’ each other they call out to find them. One is a ginger and he’s no worse then the others. They know their feed times for wet food and have dry food available 24/7 in a basic cat feeder. And no disruptions at night.

hes deff the ah. clearly not every option was explored and he trained the cat to order them around. he wouldnt b in this situation if he had just researched ways to handle this kind of situation. a simple google search couldve saved him alot of trouble. he says he wont listen to his kids bc they never put effort in? hate to break it to the OP but neither did he. like in all honestly id love to tell the op "congrats u got a cat and made urself its servant".

The cat has to go!